BLURT

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When poet/puppeteer Ted Milton picked up the alto sax for the first time he experienced catharsis and, after his short-lived sax tutor told him he can't teach him anything without spoiling his aspiring pupil's idiosyncrasy, he formed Blurt in 1979 with brother Jake Milton on drums and arts teacher Peter Creese on guitar.

Their sound was rough and urgent, though not unfinished – far from it – the sparse vox-sax-guitar-drums instrumentation showed off the taut lines of Blurt's schizo-disco-scapes, able to crowd them with claustrophobia while still keeping a clear, fresh sound. Ted Milton's total lack of interest in smoothing out belied a stronger mind than most. During gigs they found their audiences flabbergasted at first, awestruck at second and hooked in the end. Rumour spread about this crazy three-piece outfit with a madman going out of his mind on bourbon and blowing his sax to shreds.

The press soon gave
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BLURT Blurt album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Blurt
RnB 1982
BLURT Poppycock album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Poppycock
RnB 1986
BLURT Smoke Time album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Smoke Time
RnB 1987
BLURT The Body That They Built album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Body That They Built
RnB 1988
BLURT The Kenny Rogers Greatest Hit album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Kenny Rogers Greatest Hit
RnB 1989
BLURT Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hit (Take 2) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hit (Take 2)
RnB 1989
BLURT Pagan Strings album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Pagan Strings
RnB 1992
BLURT Ted Milton And The Blurt Big Band ‎: Magic Moments album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Ted Milton And The Blurt Big Band ‎: Magic Moments
RnB 1994
BLURT Celebrating The Bespoke Cell Of Little Ease album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Celebrating The Bespoke Cell Of Little Ease
RnB 1998
BLURT Cut It! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cut It!
RnB 2010
BLURT Beneath Discordant Skies album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Beneath Discordant Skies
RnB 2015

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BLURT In Berlin album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
In Berlin
RnB 1981
BLURT Bullets For You album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Bullets For You
RnB 1984
BLURT Friday The 12th album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Friday The 12th
RnB 1985
BLURT The Body Live! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Body Live!
RnB 1989
BLURT Live At Oto album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live At Oto
RnB 2016

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