Jimmy Cauty - Brown Eyed Girl (Paperback)

Chapters: Brown Eyed Girl. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 35. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: James Francis Cauty (commonly known as Jimmy or Jimi Cauty, also known as Rockman Rock) (born 19 December 1956) is a British artist and musician born in Liverpool, England in 1956. Cauty is best known as one half of the hitmaking duo The KLF; as co-founder of The Orb and a leading innovator in the birth of the ambient house genre; and as the man who burnt one million pounds. Cauty was married to Cressida (n e Bowyer), with whom he has twins, Daisy and Harry, and a younger son, Alfie. As a 17-year old artist, Cauty painted a popular The Lord of the Rings poster (and later, a counterpart based on The Hobbit) for British retailer Athena. In 1981-2 Cauty was guitarist in a band called Angels 1-5, who recorded a Peel session on 1 July 1981. Lead vocalist was Cressida Bowyer, whom Cauty later married. In 1984, Cauty took on guitarist duties with pop/rock group Brilliant, in collaboration with singer June Montana and bassist Youth. The group split in 1986 after a less than warm reception to their debut album, Kiss the Lips of Life. Following Brilliant and a brief stint with Zodiac Mindwarp and The Love Reaction, Cauty joined with Bill Drummond to form The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (The JAMs), a Situationist-inspired artistic collaboration that played out in various guises and media over much of the next decade. As an A