Tony Banks on new Rocking Horse Music Club album

The new Rocking Horse Music Club album The Last Pink Glow: An Interpretation of Jack Kerouac’s The Haunted Life features Tony Banks!

The late Richard Macphail leaked a photo last year (showing Tony Banks with hin and Brian Coombes from Rocking Horse Music Club) indicating the two of them are working on something – see this news piece here. Later last year, Brian also posted a photo with him and Tony Banks on his social media account (see image).

Rocking Horse Music Club returns in 2025 with The Last Pink Glow: An Interpretation of Jack Kerouac’s The Haunted Life. The album is scheduled for release on 9th May 2025.

The album is an interpretation and reimagination of an unfinished Jack Kerouac novella called The Haunted Life. For this project, Rocking Horse Music Club worked directly with Jim Sampas, the Literary Executor of the Jack Kerouac Estate, often using Jack’s words from the novella as lyrics. Musically, The Last Pink Glow continues the band’s penchant for eclectic, genre-defying albums, blending progressive rock with elements of americana, blues, electronic, and orchestral music.

As one of America’s most influential writers, Jack Kerouac is best known as the father of the beat generation and for his novels On the Road, The Dharma Bums, and Big Sur. He has made a particularly profound impression on multiple generations of musicians; John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd), David Bowie, Van Morrison, Fish (Marillion), and members of the Doors and King Crimson have all cited the author as a primary influence on their writing and philosophical outlook and have paid tribute to him musically over the years.

Tony Banks co-wrote and plays on one track

Unlike the band’s previous album, Circus of Wire Dolls, which required numerous special guests to tell its sprawling story, The Last Pink Glow features only one special guest. Genesis legend Tony Banks co-wrote and performs on the song The Haunted Life. Tony doesn’t make many guest appearances on albums, so it’s an honor to have him on our record.

The Last Pink Glow will be available worldwide on all streaming services on 9th May 2025. The CD version of the album is currently available for pre-sale through Burning Shed (UK) and at the band’s online shop at rockinghorsemusicclub.com. Other outlets for the CD will be added.

Rocking Horse Music Club will be debuting songs from The Last Pink Glow at shows throughout New England this spring and will return to England in November for shows at Trading Boundaries in East Sussex.

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