Python Lee Jackson was a 1960s Australian band. The group's most famous hit was In a Broken Dream featuring Rod Stewart as guest vocalist.
Python Lee Jackson | |
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 Python Lee Jackson, early 1967 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Australia |
| Members | David Bentley David Montgomery Mick Liber Tony Cahill Gary Boyle |
Members
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 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 #56 in the US Hot Hundred.
In Europe, the song became something of a classic. It turned up on the soundtrack 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, delivered a high octane reading that propelled it into British charts for the second time.
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.
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