Bryan Ferry released "Boys and Girls" in 1985 and many musicians were involved in those sessions, and when asked about it, many of them can´t answer in which song they played as those sessions were very particular. Dire Straits´s keyboardist Guy Fletcher mentioned in his forum that his parts released on "Boys and Girls" were not recorded for that sessions, but some years before when he was auditioning for Roxy Music. Also Guy Pratt, who played bass for Pink Floyd, Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music mentioned in his book "My Bass And Other Animals" that his audition for Bryan was to record bass on hours of tape that Mr Ferry provided, most of them unreleased material with David Gilmour and Mark Knopfler guitar.
Bryan Ferry´s last record, AVONMORE contains a prove of what Guy Pratt worked with. "LOST", one of the new songs features Mark Knopfler playing Spanish guitar, but Knopfler didn´t played for this record. His guitar comes from the "Boys and Girls" sessions and Mr Ferry rescued it for that concrete song, with nice results as it fits perfectly well to the natural elegance that always stands up in any Bryan Ferry work.
Who knows what other treasures has Bryan Ferry in his drawers waiting to see the light, in the meantime, we´ll enjoy his last treasure.
