Quella Vecchia Locanda - 2 superlative albums from early 70´s (of course) Premiata Forneria Marconi Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - "Will the Circle Be Unbroaken" 3 LP set Kansas - their all early albums up to "Point of Know Return" are superb King Crimson w/ David Cross Arti + Mestieri - w/David Cross and Mel Collins (wind instruments) especially today
Gatemouth Brown was a blues guitarist who also played the fiddle. Not quite a rock guy, and his heyday was in the 1950s, but he was around the rock scene in 70s, too.
I think Roxy Music's Eddie Jobson turned up here and there for other bands, too.
Another band that featured the violin prominently was Caravan out of England. Their albums" In the Land of Grey and Pink" and" For Girls who Go Plumb in the Night" are very good. Two band members then broke off and formed Hatfeild and North another band which featured the violin .
C123666, Papa John Creech was not part of the original Hot Tuna. Hot Tuna had been through many incarnations by the time Creech had come along. Please check out the book "Got a Revolution" by Jeff Tamarkin. It's a must read for any fan of the Jefferson Airplane and it's many offshoots. What Fillmore are you referring to in 1988? I thought they had both closed by then? If your saw a band featuring Jorma and Jack and Paul and Grace and Papa John I would say you saw the Jefferson Airplane. This band had Johnny Barbatar(sic) on drums.
Daryl Way's Wolf hasn't been mentioned. Try "Canus Lupus" and "Saturation Point". both excellent, with good recording quality. Probably hard to find thoughve them on vinyl that I bought in '75.
The Mahavishnu orchestra Gentle Giant The Flock Hot Tuna Grinderswitch Jean Luc Ponty Frank Zappa John Mayall with Don Sugarcane Harris Jefferson Airplane with Papa John Creach Charlie Danials Band
Can't believe no one's mentioned the Dixie Dregs! One of the all-time great instrumental rock bands, with a world-class guitar player (Steve Morse). Also try ELO (The Third Day ROCKS!).
Papa John was part of original Hot Tuna and played with Hot Tuna on occasion (saw Hot Tuna with Kanter, Slick, and Papa John at the Fillmore back in 88). Papa John also played regularly with Kantner's Starship in the late 80s and early 90s. He passed away a few years back.
I know Papa John Creech played in Dragon Fly and yeah that has some of the best violins on it. Ouststanding album IMHO. I also think He palyed on a few other Jefferson Starship albums. But that was the mid 70s. ;)
FM. They were a trio out of Toronto that had a minor hit up here with Phasors on Stun from Black Noise. One LP they released was called Diecrct to Disc. Its when they had a vinyl master cutter and didnt use any tape. It was cut in one go or they tossed it and did the whole thing again. The sound was very clean and clear on it. The violinists name is Nash the Slash. Mr Slash(???) is an amzing violinist. Saw him live and rocked through his own stuff and the best cover of Smoke on the Water Ive heard. Im sure theres tuff is out of print but soem of it it did get to CD. Black Noise is the one to look for.
Perhaps one of the most beautiful renditions of the violin in rock is on Jethro Tulls' stand up album, reasons for waiting. Also the Who's Baba O'Riely, One of my favorite allthough it is not rock is Cosmic Messenger by Jean Luc Ponty.
I listened to the Scarlet Rivera LP last night. She's the one who played on Dylans Desire LP and toured with the Rolling Thunder Review.
She has a very distinctive sound, and the LP is obviously violin driven. The sound was very good. It's not just violin though, there is a solid bass and drum underpinning with a little vocal thrown in there occasionally. It also has guitar and some piano.
It will have to be found used since I'm sure it has been out of print for 25 years. I just bought a copy for $1.00.
Dweller, I was just going to mention Ten Years After. "A Space in Time", a great album, uses violins on some of the tracks. And speaking of guitars sounding like violins, Eric Clapton and Duane Allmon do a good job of that on the instrumental part of Layla.
What about Jimmy Page and Alvin Lee? Mr. Page actually used (uses?) a bow on his Les Paul. Alvin Lee makes his Gibson ES-335 sound very much like a violin on the Ten Years After album "Cricklewood Green - Love like a Man".
Hey Cwlondon, Gentle Giant was definitely on the brainfry poop menu. Really dug that Playing that Fool record. It's not the greatest recording and it looks like the One Way Label did its usual piss poor job of putting an analog recording on those shiny little digital discs. Gotta' agree that some G.G. tunes seem a little pompous and embarrasing at times, but they came up w/ some pretty intricate and high quality stuff. What really did it for me was being at a concert where they opened for Yes (who were great). Gentle Giant clobbered them in the chops department, no mean feat since the Relayer tour was a real high point for Yes.
Sorry about the opinionated tangent... umm, High Tide (Simon House), Embryo and early Michael Urbaniak also put out some good burnin' violin rock in the early 70's
Lugnut-You beat me with 'its a beautiful day' The album with 'white bird'.. awesome! For you familiar with this band,you may want to check out "days of the new" a modern band that sounds very familiar to IABD...they have 2 CD's out,both are good but I think the first is the best.Very good music!
I hope you weren't including Gentle Giant in "brain fry poop".
OK, its a little pretentious, but some of my earliest audiophile aspirations began while listening to my "Peel the Paint" on my older, next door neighbor's stereo.
I was hypnotized by the blue light of his Marantz receiver watching him apply another coat of linseed oil to a huge, er, water pipe, made from a cedar tree in his garage.
Kansas oh around 1979 I voted them my third favourite band now I listen to glitch electronica, Jazz and er...Kansas still... Point Of Know Return....still great.....
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