The 1970 audition that almost made Bryan Ferry a prog-rock legend

The 1970 audition that almost made Bryan Ferry a prog-rock legend

While much of the music he has produced over the course of his career has been heavily stylised and artistically intriguing, it’s also hard to imagine Bryan Ferry truly delving into something far outside of his comfort zone. As a former art student who was enrolled at the University of Newcastle in the mid-1960s, Ferry was bound to have met a number of influential figures who would have expanded his tastes in a myriad of different directions. Un…