Listen/purchase: Born Lover by Kris Ryder SONG OF THE WEEK! “Born Lover” by Kris Ryder a.k.a. Chris Andrews …This late 70s New Wave “blue-eyed soul” song urges the natural-born instinct to love, with a groove that feels like a prequel to “Beat It” (Michael Jackson) and “Easy Lover” (Philip Bailey & Phil Collins). “Born Lover” features sizzling guitar by Phil Palmer (Dire Straits) “dueling” with synthesizer by Billy Lyall (Alan Parsons, Pilot). On a cosmic jukebox it would place near Level 42 and Boz Scaggs. If this is your introduction to Chris Andrews, he’s a British singer-songwriter and recording artist whose songs have been covered by Roger Daltrey, David Essex, and Davy Jones (Monkees). Under the name Tim Andrews he was a champion of late 60s psychedelic pop and (later), as Kris Ryder, he released New Wave synthpop sides in the 80s. Chris was also part of the seminal freakbeat band Fleur de Lys.
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