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unusual facts about Thijs van Leer



Focus 3

"Round Goes the Gossip" is a jazz fusion piece with a centre section featuring Thijs van Leer singing an extract from Virgil's Aeneid (printed on the back of the album in Latin and English; the topic: rumour).

# "Round Goes the Gossip" (Thijs van Leer) – 5:16 (contains verses from Virgil AENEIDOS LIBER IV "extemplo Libyae magnas it Fama per urbes,...")

Focus 9 / New Skin

This time Pierre van der Linden (drummer of the classic '70s Focus lineup) joins Thijs van Leer with Bobby Jacobs remaining on bass and Niels van der Steenhoven replacing guitarist Jan Dumée.


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