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{{Infobox_band

[[Image:Python lee jackson early 67 email.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Python Lee Jackson, early 1967]]

| band_name = Python Lee Jackson

| image = [[Image:Python lee jackson early 67 email.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Python Lee Jackson, early 1967200px]]

| caption = Python Lee Jackson, early 1967

| origin = [[Australia]]

| current_members = [[David Bentley (musician)|David Bentley]]<br />[[David Montgomery (musician)|David Montgomery]]<br />[[Mick Liber]]<br />[[Tony Cahill]]<br />[[Gary Boyle]]

}}

'''Python Lee Jackson''' was a [[1960s]] [[Australia]]n band. The group's most famous hit was ''In a Broken Dream'' featuring [[Rod Stewart]] as guest vocalist.

==Members==

Stewart originally only sang 'guide' vocals on this track, and the intention was for another singer to sing the recording 'proper', once Python Lee Jackson recruited another singer. It was felt that Stewart's vocals were so good that the single would be released as it is now, and the rest is history....

[http://www.davidbentley.com.au *David Bentley] - songwriter, [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[vocals ]]

*David Montgomery - [[drums ]]

*Mick Liber - [[guitar ]]

*Tony Cahill - [[bass guitar]]

*Gary Boyle - [[guitar ]]

==''In A Broken Dream''==

Stewart originally only sang 'guide' vocals on this track, and the intention was for another singer to sing the recording 'proper', once Python Lee Jackson recruited another singer. It was felt that Stewart's vocals were so good that the single would be released as it is now, and the rest is history...was.

Recorded in London in 1969, In a Broken Dream languished until the mid-70s when it rose to number three in the British charts and the#56 middle reaches ofin the US Hot Hundred.

In Europe, the song became something of a classic. It turned up on the sound tracksoundtrack of films and documentaries (including the acclaimed art house movie [[Breaking the Waves]]) and became the subject of many cover versions.

[[Rod Stewart]] included the song on two anthologies of previously recorded work and, in the mid-90s, an English band, [[Thunder (band)|Thunder]], delivered a high octane reading that propelled it into British charts for the second time.

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Most recently, In A Broken Dream surfaced on the leading edge of a collection of songs recorded by British singer [[Kathryn Williams]] - along with songs by [[Leonard Cohen]], [[Neil Young]] and [[Kurt Cobain]].

==External link==

[http://www.davidbentley.com.au David Bentley] - songwriter, keyboards, vocals

*[http://www.davidbentley.com.au David Bentley- Official Website]

David Montgomery - drums

Mick Liber - guitar

Tony Cahill - bass guitar

Gary Boyle - guitar

{{Australia-band-stub}}

[[Category:Australian musical groups]]

[[Category:1960s music groups]]

[[Category:Rod Stewart]]