Sussex Cowboy Rides Out

New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Jaybee Official Website) - Jaybee (aka James Bennett) writes and sings surprising, quirky, outrageous and original songs about angels, vampires, cowboys and pussy cats in a vaguely pop idiom, all brewed in a studio-formerly-known-as-garage, from equal parts technology and inspiration. Lives near Brighton, UK. Never plays live. Is intensely private (apart from spilling his soul all over those songs). Loves Kate Bush with a passion, and also Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Rufus Wainwright. All of them solo mavericks. And that's what Jaybee aspires to be.

Sussex Cowboy: the album
Take two characters called Billy and Bonnie from their normal surroundings in a 101 country songs, and transplant them to Brighton, England 2009. Things might be a little different.
This is the premise of "The Ballad of Bonnie and Billy" (clue; sample lyric: "...Billy wakes up in another man's bed."
That's one of the tracks from Jaybee's sixth solo album, "Sussex Cowboy", which also features "Brokeback Mountain", in which
Ang Lee's randy cowboys are transplanted to Devil's Dyke in the South Downs in the middle of a rave; "Virginia Woolf" in which the Sussex Cowboy rides boldly up to Bloomsbury and rescues said Ginny from her bluestocking life; and "The Wild Wild East",in which things go strangely Bollywood.
Elsewhere there are vampires in "Oskar and Eli" (inspired by the movie "Let The Right One In"); an abused lover's lament in the torch song "Conquistador", and a guide to internet dating in "Blind Date".
Sussex cowboy mixes shiny synths with weeping pedal steel (and a touch of sitar!). It's pop but kind of country too. It's a little bit gay but safe for straights.
It's funny but deadly serious. And it's out now on iTunes, at www.jaybeemusic.com (for streaming and mp3 downloads) and amazon.com and amazon.co.uk
(on CD, and MP3 downloads)