It’s 45 years since Christie’s ‘Yellow River’ topped the charts around the world and it’s that country rock sound and their self-titled debut album that band leader and songwriter, Jeff Christie, is best known for. However, the long player’s follow up ‘For All Mankind’, including its title track, moved the band’s sound forward, nearer towards Jeff’s British contemporaries like The Who.
‘For All Mankind’ was a heartfelt wish for peace drawing from Jeff’s Yorkshire roots, and he has just released a new version of that pivotal song. Jeff talks to Jason Barnard about its release, set against his career spanning 50 years in the music industry:
http://thestrangebrew.co.uk/articles/jeff-christie-for-all-mankind
This is Jeff Christie`s strongest song and it has a fantastic political message .Everyone should listen to Jeff`s words in this wonderful piece ou music and the world would be a better place