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Jesse Rae | |
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| Birth name | William Philip Jesse Rae |
| Born | 1951 (age 72–73) |
| Origin | Scottish Borders |
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| Years active | 1978–present |
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| Website | Jesse Rae's channel on YouTube |
Jesse Rae (born 1951) [1] is a Scottish singer, songwriter and composer from St Boswells in Scotland. [2]
In the 1970s Rae moved to the US securing work as a runner in the New York Stock Exchange to fund his stay. Through work in Cleveland and Los Angeles studios, he became acquainted with several leading soul and funk artists, including Roger Troutman, Bernie Worrell, Nairobi Sailcat and Michael Hampton from the Parliament and Funkadelic enclave.
Returning to the UK, he was unable to secure a recording contract despite offering several demos and his debut single "D.E.S.I.R.E." was latterly released via the Miami-based TK Organisation.
In 1981, he worked with Worrell as part of the P-Funk offshoot band, Space Cadets, whose sole album was released in the US in that year. Rae also spent a brief time with members of Granicus in a band called the Boys. Rae can be heard on their album Thieves Liars and Traitors on a cut called "Taste of Love".
He worked closely with Adrian Sherwood and the Sugarhill Gang, releasing a 10 inch discomix dub.
Rae has recently been working with an abundance of students from the Borders College Campus. He has reached out to three students to help create him a website to get Brick FM (Funk and Soul of the Scottish Borders Community Radio) out to his African American friends and public. Rae is the Scottish Borders and Scotland, Funk Ambassador for The Funk Music Hall of Fame and Exhibition Centre in Dayton, Ohio, US. [3] [4]
As a songwriter, Rae is best known for the 1982 song, "Inside Out", a hit single by the band Odyssey. [5] [6] Rae's own version was included on his debut studio album, The Thistle. [7] Rae dedicated the album to "Luzuli and Senkrah and Scotland." [8]
Rae's single "Over the Sea", reached number 65 in the UK Singles Chart in 1985. [9] [10] Rae directed the music video for the song at Eilean Donan and New York City. [11] [12] The Thistle was then released in 1987 on WEA. [7] 1992. Tour of Japan with on U Sound in 'Strange Parcels' and release of "Life's a Killer Dog"/"Body Blast'n" 10" single.
A second studio album, Compression was eventually released in 1996. [13] The album was notable for being recorded via the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) system, a product of the BT Group.
A remastered version of The Thistle was released by River Records in 2004 and included a DVD of three promotional videos for the songs "Over the Sea", "The Thistle" and "Chainsaw" directed by Rae in the mid-1980s.
On 21 October 2010, Rae opened for Adam Ant at the Union Chapel in London, playing a 30-minute set.[ citation needed ] On 23 May 2011, Rae was again a support act for Adam Ant, who performed at the O2 Academy in Glasgow, Scotland. On 11 December 2011, Rae played two "live music video shows" at Edinburgh, Scotland's "Voodoo Lounge" bar. In regard to the Voodoo Lounge shows, Rae explained: "I call it, my Aye Pad, using the frontier of technology using pioneering software for full interactive entertainment, and the 'Rae formula' to making Music Videos." [14]
Rae's compilation album, The Best O' , [15] was released on CD, with a companion CD release of rare tracks, Funk Warrior – A Collection, in July 2012. Both editions were limited to 500 copies.
A second reissue of The Thistle was released as an expanded double-CD on 12 May 2014, and features 12 unreleased mixes and four tracks previously unavailable on CD. The reissue, entitled The Thistle (Special Edition), was limited to a run of 1,000 copies (packaged in a jewel case with an eight-page booklet) and was released by Rae's own Luzuli Music label. [16]
A 2-CD album of unreleased recordings entitled Worae was released in November 2017. Worae features instrumental tunes recorded with the late keyboardist Bernie Worrell. [17]
A double CD album of Compression era recordings featuring unreleased tracks, titled Global '95 was released on 29 April 2021 and 8 August 2022 saw the 10th Anniversary reissue edition of The Best O' CD.
During an October 2012 solo performance at the Paisley Abbey venue in Paisley, Scotland, Roddy Frame, formerly of Aztec Camera, performed a rendition of "Inside Out". Frame explained that during his time as a WEA artist, he was asked about Rae, who was conveyed as a Scottish musician who always wore a kilt and helmet. Frame expressed "love" for the song and explained that he enjoyed playing the song at his home. [18]
In 2007, Rae stood for the Scottish Parliament as an independent in the Scottish Borders electoral constituency of Roxburgh and Berwickshire to warn the Scottish Borders that they would be losing their high street banks and of the devastation to local shops and businesses this would cause. [19] He gained 318 votes for a 1.2% share of the vote. [20] He stood again in 2011 as an independent candidate in the expanded seat of Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, this time polling 308 votes for a 1.1% share.
In the 2015 general and 2021 Scottish Parliament elections, he stood in Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk. [21] [22]
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