BRIAN CRANE
Folk pop stylist who performed as duo The Paper Bubble with Terry Brake in the early 19070s, and on record were backed by The Strawbs.
Being Human Being is a classic piece of English whimsy, jaunty upbeat life affirming; Working Man a Lindisfarne folk rocking style ‘northern’ paean to English working class; I’m Laughing another flute driven harmony laden piece of whimsy.
Brian continued to write songs through 1970s and 1980s, releasing several solo albums. He also penned English lyrics to toplines for a couple of Indian pop music LPs during the mid 1980s. Brian once appeared as a TV extra performing his own song Saints and Sinners for a TV drama which required “musician plays in the background”.
Several of the songs Brian wrote with Terry in Paper Bubble were adapted for a musical in 2019 and staged at Severn Arts Theatre, Shrewsbury. Brian is today a published author.