Inside Out

Vinyl LP pressing. Bernard Fowler's talents as a singer, songwriter, producer, and instrumentalist have resonated throughout the span of his extraordinary career in the music industry. However, Bernard is most widely known as the longtime collaborator and backing vocalist for the Rolling Stones, a position he has proudly held for thirty-one years and counting. His dynamic vocals have also appeared on hundreds of albums for other artists as diverse as Herbie Hancock, Yoko Ono, Alice Cooper, and Bootsy Collins. Fowler's newest solo endeavor, Inside Out is a brilliant re-interpretation of songs from the Rolling Stones catalogue, recasting them in a mode often reminiscent of the pre-hip-hop work of the Last Poets and Gil Scott-Heron. In the process, Fowler forges a new, very personal identity for songs he's performed for decades alongside the "the world's greatest rock n' roll band." The first single from Inside Out is a conga-driven re-make of "Sympathy for the Devil," but generally the album dives into Rolling Stones deep cuts. Darryl Jones, Steve Jordan, Ray Parker, Jr. And many other luminaries join in for some remarkable grooves.