STING Englishman In New York Live Cover 2022 - GUTHRIE GOVAN Guitar & ZAK BARRETT Saxophone

Sting Englishman in New York live 2022 Instrumental cover by Guthrie Govan on guitar and Zak Barrett on soprano saxophone. “Englishman in New York“ is a song by English singer Sting, from his second studio album ...Nothing Like the Sun, released in October 1987. Branford Marsalis played soprano saxophone on the track, while the drums were played by Manu Katché and the percussion by Mino Cinélu. Sting wrote the song about the famous eccentric and gay icon Quentin Crisp, who is the “Englishman“ of the title. The song was composed not long after Crisp had moved from London to an apartment in the Bowery in Manhattan. Sting had met him and Crisp remarked jokingly to the musician that he “looked forward to receiving his naturalisation papers so that I can commit a crime and not be deported.“ When Sting asked him what kind of crime, he answered, “Something glamorous, non-violent, with a dash of style. Crime is so rarely glamorous these days.“ Sting included this stor