TO THE POWER OF SIX
When Ian and I talk about this band we get so excited – we dance around the room. It’s quite embarrassing, actually!” Robert Berry’s infectious energy pours down the video link where he can be viewed bopping in his seat in his home studio in San Jose, California. He’s been holding forth about Six By Six, his new three-piece project.
The Ian in question is none other than Saga guitar veteran extraordinaire Ian Crichton; he breaks into a smile at his musical partner’s enthusiasm. Crichton is dialling in from Germany, where Saga are in the midst of a series of dates topped off with a high-profile festival show alongside Deep Purple and UFO.
“When Ian and I talk about this band we get so excited, we dance around the room. It’s quite embarrassing, actually!”
Robert Berry
Six By Six’s eponymous debut album is a widescreen, hooky but hard-edged affair. The warmth and power of Berry’s voice inhabits a space not unlike Marillion’s Steve Hogarth, but occasionally tips into more anxious, desperate tones akin to Roger Waters.
