We can only hope that when we reach our ninth decade on planet Earth we’re having as much fun as former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman sounds like he’s having on this laid-back collection of gentle boogies and carefree shuffles.
His voice was never that strong in the traditional sense (anyone remember Je Suis Un Rock Star? You might choose not to), but at 87 Wyman’s super-weathered vocal expression of these 10 tunes adds to the rocking-chair vibe.
He tackles covers such as Taj Mahal’s Light Rain and Bob Dylan’s Thunder On The Mountain in a manner that he admits in the sleeve notes owes an unashamed debt to JJ Cale.
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The title track (no relation to the Beatles track but one of three self-written originals) is typical of the likeable bouncing grooves Wyman’s band create here. ‘Eat a pack of cherries, spit out the pips,’ he suggests. You can’t beat simple pleasures.
