JAMIE PERRETT has a new video which he's premiering exclusively with Vive Le Rock ahead of the his London headline show at the weekend.
If the name sounds familiar it may be because Jamie is the son of THE ONLY ONES frontman PETER PERRETT, as well as being his guitarist and producer on his most recent album for Domino, Humanworld. Jamie was also the original guitarist in Pete Doherty's BABYSHAMBLES.
His second solo single, 'Angel Of Santiago' follows on from Jamie's debut single 'Masquerade Of Love' and was inspired by a fraught journey from Barcelona to Nîmes.
"It was one of those nights, like the Scorsese movie After Hours, where everything just goes wrong," Jamie explains. "Trying to get from A to B seems like an impossible task. We missed the train by seconds. Then attempted to get a coach which didn’t exist. An Uber to the local car hire place ended in disappointment when we found out our license had just ran out. With each passing hour and options running thin, we sat in the taxi contemplating our next steps. 'I’ll drive you,' said Sandra, the flamenco guitarist from Barcelona. 'We’ll make it to Nîmes, France (390 km) in time for the gig'. Me barely being able to keep my eyes open, nodded in agreement and pointed in the direction of France. Luckily we made it, just in time for sound check. No-one would have done. Oops."
"The video was quite a healing experience," he continues. "A 3-day shoot with a lot of trekking on the south coast near Gosport. A mini-pilgrimage, like a condensed Camino De Santiago. I’m at my most happiest when in transit, constantly moving, alone with my thoughts. Some of the weather was quite extreme and the paths (semi) treacherous. A lot of the time I was just silent. Going through my own shit. Reliving memories."
Jamie and his band play The Grace (formerly Upstairs At The Garage), London this Saturday 2 October - tickets
'Angel Of Santiago' is available to stream/download here.