We can only hope that when we reach our ninth decade on planet Earth we’re having as much fun as former bassist Bill Wyman sounds like he’s having on this laid-back collection of gentle boogies and carefree shuffles. His voice was never that strong in the traditional sense (anyone remember You might choose not to), but at 87 Wyman’s super-weathered vocal expression of these 10 tunes adds to the rocking-chair vibe. He tackles covers such as ’s and ’s in a manner that he admits in the sleeve notes owes an unashamed debt to .
The title track (no relation to track but one of three self-written originals) is typical of the likeable bouncing grooves Wyman’s band create here. ‘ ,’ he suggests. You can’t beat simple pleasures.
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