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Francis Bacon

from Shine by Alex Spencer

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There is a famous interview between Francis Bacon and Melvin Bragg where the two are sitting in a restaurant and Bacon is getting progressively more drunk. Melvin Bragg asks him about his fascination with painting mouths. Francis Bacon gives a lavish explination about how beautiful the open mouth is, upon which Melvin Bragg makes an astute observation ...

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Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon said he loves the open mouth
So many colours he said it reminds him of a Turner painting
Of a Turner painting.

Melvin Bragg said, but Francis, your mouths are always black.
Your mouths are always black!

That's right he said, I never really managed it.
I never really managed it.

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from Shine, released December 4, 2019
Double bass: Ben Lehmann
Saxohpone: Paul Engelmann

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Alex Spencer Berlin, Germany

Set afloat on a soft and shimmering stream, Alex Spencer's music is the kind of boat ride in which simple human rowing begins to resonate with deeper, inner currents. UK born Alex Spencer set down roots in Berlin in the year 2000. Today, she can be seen walking her black Labrador dog through Görlitzer Park, playing the singer-songwriter circuit and, on occasion, also raising her three children. ... more

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