Immaculate Fools

The British band the Immaculate Fools became so popular in Spain that they eventually moved there. Created in London, Britain, in 1984, the Immaculate Fools was made up of Kevin Weatherill (business lead vocals, classical guitar, harmonica, bass), Paul Weatherill (acoustic bass, support vocals, percussion), Brian Betts (classical guitar, slip acoustic guitar, percussion, mandolin), and Barry Wickens (violin, dulcimer, classical guitar, accordion). Even though group landed around the graphs in Britain, their cross of Celtic music, folk, and option rock found a lot more achievement in Spain and Germany. In 1987, their LP Dumb Poet premiered in the us by A&M Information as well as the Psychedelic Furs-esque monitor “Tragic Humor” was a hit on university radio. The music group toured with Bob Dylan, Iggy Pop, Basic Thoughts, the Stranglers, as well as the Moving Stones; nevertheless, they grew sick and tired of the British music picture in the past due ’80s and relocated to Spain, where these were superstars. In 1997, the Immaculate Fools split up after Weatherill departed from your group. Phoning himself Dirty Ray, Weatherill forgotten the Immaculate Fools’ Celtic details for gritty blues on his single debut Primitive. Affected by John Lee Hooker, Howlin’ Wolf, Tom Waits, and Nick Cave, Weatherill documented the record with Simon Anderson (percussion) and Rainy Moor (electrical organ).