GLOBAL – Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Robert Berry is best known for fronting mid 80’s supergroup GTR, and later Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer outfit 3. The band was legendary in its time and made headlines tour after tour.
Fans came from all over the world to watch them perform and this comeback has been much anticipated and it is guaranteed to be a hit from the first note that is played.
After Emerson’s death in 2016 Berry sought fresh musical ground, and on this album he joins forces with Saga guitarist Ian Crichton and Saxon drummer Nigel Glockler as Six By Six. The music on the trio’s full-throated self-titled debut lives up to the pedigree of these players.
Powerhouse Glockler is clearly relishing the musical challenge, Berry is a born front man and consummate tunesmith, and co-writer Crichton is on blistering form on guitar.
The tracks lean towards melodic, guitar-heavy, 80s-retro AOR (anthemic and catchy lead single Yearning to Fly, the joyous Reason to Feel Calm Again) while maintaining some prog-rock heft (Casino, Battle of A Lifetime, The Upside of Down). An inspired opening salvo that bubbles with chemistry and bodes well for the future.
