Today I decided to listen to two of my favorite rock guitar heros and one great vocalist. Guitarist' Robin Trower, Ronnie Montrose and vocalist Davey Pattison.
I listened to Trower songs: Bridge of sighs, Stitch in time, The fool and me, my personal favorite- Too rolling stoned and others.....
Then I pulled out "Gamma". I listened to: Razor King, Wish I was and Skin and bone and others.....
Davey Pattison hooked has also up with Michael Shenker also. I really enjoyed my day so far. Anybody else heard anything good?
Ghost, thanks for the reminder of "Mind Transplant", which I knew about but have never heard. Will check into that. Your reference to Mouzon reminded me of Larry Coryell, "Introducing the Eleventh House", with Mouzon (and Randy Brecker, as I recall). Tinny sound but interesting music.
I agree with you on Bolin with Deep Purple. Their styles just don't seem to mesh (for that matter I've never been a huge fan of DP with Steve Morse, though I'm a big fan of the original DP lineup and Steve Morse with the Dregs).
As for Zephyr, I prefer "Sunset Ride" to "Sail On" and Bolin isn't even on that album.
One reason I like Barnstorm is the backing musicians, Joe Lala (Blues Image, Stills' Manassas, and a host of others), Kenny Passerelli and Joe Vitale, who sort of became the house band at Caribou studio for a while. Showed up on albums with Dan Fogelberg, Michael Stanley, Fools Gold, and probably a bunch I can't think of.
Back to the theme of the OP, I'm presently listening to, and "The Who Sell Out", extended version. What a wonderful album.
It's is a Black cover. Just says Rory Gallagher and Stage Struck. Both LP. From soundstage direct Also preordered Robin Trower. . "Where are you going". LP. On Amazon
Start with these and look foreword to a good listen
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Hello again 77.... Interesting you mention Bolin w/Cobham. I’m actually, as I write, listening to Bolin on Alphonse Mouzon’s "Mind Transplant" and, earlier today, saved Cobham’s "Spectrum" (all this courtesy of Spotify) - so I will listen to that later.
According to the All Music Guide write up on Mind Transplant, Cobham & Mouzon sort of parallel each other and the AMG reviewer has high praise for both of these recordings which happen to also share Bolin as guitarist.
So far, the sonics on just about everything I’ve listened to with Bolin are pretty attrocious and/or feature lame songwriting (at least to my ear) e.g., Zephyr, Deep Purple’s "Come Taste The Band". This made it hard for me to appreciate his playing. I do need to check out Teaser and Private Eyes. I did not get real far with the James Gang’s Bang. Zephyr’s Sail On is something I’d like to hear more of but it is hard to listen to...being hot and sizzly treble-wise.
You are preaching to the choir re Joe Walsh solo. I have Barnstorm, So What, ...the Player You Get, and But Serouisly Folks. BSF is probably my fav (with the exception of the OVEREXPOSED "Life’s Been Good...". Second Hand Store, Indian Summer, Tomorrow. Gorgeous melodies and great lyrics.
This Mind Transplant has good sound and I can hear the (genius?) in Bolin’s playing...wouldn’t a figured him for the speedy jazz fusion riffing he’s doing. He plays to some pretty complex time signatures too. Several of the "songs" on this MT are a little light on melody and development...being mainly a working over of a short phrase or theme and they do get a little repetitive. BUT I’m also hearing some deeper stuff that will be worth revisiting.
Looking forward to the Cobham. Nice chatting and I apologize to Nutty for monopolizing his thread. [BTW - Mr. N and all...please feel free to post over at The Minority Report (What’s in Your CDP Tonight). I’d welcome your comments there and seeing some of these artists and LPs getting even more exposure].
Slaw - the Russian Wilds and Elephant Stone duly noted. Thanks. Will sample them too.
"Thirds" is under-appreciated, in my view. James Gang tried to find a new identity after "Thirds", when Joe Walsh left. They added Dominic Troiano on guitar and Roy Kenner on vocals for two albums that were merely OK, and not essential listening. But then they re-emerged with Tommy Bolin adding searing guitar and some pretty good tunes. Two albums, "Bang" and "Miami" resulted. "Bang" is the better of the two, but "Miami" is good, too.
(Dominic Troiano also stepped into the Guess Who after Randy Bachman's departure, incidentally, but GW's post-Randy albums were not their best,either).
If you find you enjoy Tommy Bolin, you might search out Billy Cobham's "Spectrum", an interesting jazz-rock-fusion collaboration.
And, if you fancy Joe Walsh, don't miss his first solo album, "Barnstorm".
I've always been a Trower and R Montrose fan. I buy only vinyl and admit I haven't bought any Trower since "Seven Moons". I've always loved the James Dewar era best.
In order to join in here, I'll offer up a couple that rock in a different way and may be under the radar.
The Russian Wilds "Howlin' Rain" Elephant Stone "S/T"
On Tap for today. Ian Moore. I really like a lot of his music. He's great live as well. I saw him many years ago in Cincinnati. He has a lot of great music.
Check out "Ian Moore and all the colors" (2000). The song "Magdalena" is great. And my personal favorite song from "Ian Moore" (1993) "How does it feel"?
I'm glad you liked Glenn Hughes. He's been around for the block a few times. He played with Deep Purple, Hughes /Thrall, Black Sabbath and check out Black Country Communion. It features Hughes, Jason Bonham (Zepplin), and Derek Sherinian. (He has even more than I've mentioned ).
That reminds me. He jammed with Tommy Bolin also! Check out Tommy Bolin "Teaser". Great albumn. "Marching powder", and my favorite "wild dogs".
treadman, I'll check out your recommendations. I'm always on the lookout for new music.
Glenn Hughes played with another guitar great Tommy Bolin in Deep Purple. Tommy Bolin's 2 solo albums are certainly worth checking out. Teaser from 1975 and Private Eyes from 1976.
N - I was totally clueless about Glenn Hughes. Had to look him up on Wikipedia and found a LOT of his stuff on the Spot (that's Spotify for all those Tidal-loving haters...hahaha)...anyway - WOW! The dude has certainly got some pipes! Volume, range and dynamics...not to mention able to handle quite a few different styles. I jumped around a bunch on Spotify. His From the Archives Vol 1- Incense & Peaches he has this sort of Bozz Scaggs R&B kind of sound. I liked Jackie Got the Call Today. Then he's got a Christmas album singing traditional carols pretty straight up. Now I'm listening to Music for the Divine (a bit of Steven Tyler or maybe Lennie Kravitz style-wise) and I also sampled Building the Machine. Anyway, glad you mentioned him. Thanks.
This afternoon I dug out some Pat Travers. " Puttig it straight" and " Crash and burn". I've seen him live four times. He was here in my hometown on January 29th. He always puts on a good show. I saw him years ago when he was promoting the Crash and burn albumn. He had Pat Thrall with him!
Yesterday we were discussing Jack Bruce. Simply a legend. How about Glenn Hughes? Now there is a guy with soul?
Another vote for Rory Gallagher! Just listened to "Blueprint". One of the most underrated Guitarists IMHO. Some absolutely wicked slide playing on "Race The Breeze".
Lots of Sasha and John Digweed including Northern Exposure this morning during 45min workout. A blend of tribal, deep house, techno and 80's pop disco helps to fight fatigue and makes it more efficient.
radfrad, I don't belive Rory will dissapoint you. He's great.
ghosthouse, I'll definitely check out your recommendation. FYI, I watched a friend's copy of "Rory Gallagher, Live at Rockplast 1976-1990". It's very good also.
jet, I'm always looking for new music to listen too. I'll look into Lucius.
Today I'm cueing up some Gary Moore and maybe a few cuts from the great Roy Buchanan. Whats on your playlist for
Last night I was checking out on Youtube a very recent release by the Brooklyn band called Lucius and their new album "Good Grief". After listening I ordered it on CD from Amazon. For me very inspiring new music. Its also available on vinyl. I should mention that my Ayon CD player has a USB into its DAC so I can play anything online thru my system :) Regards Jet
Love Rory too....more than Robin, actually (no offense radfrad). Check out Irish Tour ’74, Nutty. It used to be uploaded to YouTube. If not, it is certainly worth getting although it’s not hi-res or anything but still a great concert movie. Really gives you a sense of who Rory was along with his live show and band. Lou Martin ex-of Killing Floor on keyboard is very good, I thought. I have a bunch of Rory’s stuff on CD. My favorite might be his first solo release after Taste (it’s self-titled). [Really enjoy talking about the music, by the way.]
I thought I may be alone when it came to Trower ,most never heard of him. Maybe I'm just old Trower Tours USA every other year for 10 years at least. His sound is spot on with all his old music today. His band sounds slightly different do to different. Bass & Singers. But always great show Great Thread nutty Im gonna go listen to him now. Just at low volume so family can sleep. He even sounds good at low volume. At least to me anyway
Any Rory Gallagher fans out there? I just ran through "Top Priority " and "Calling Card. I love his raw unpolished sound. He was amazing. I found a YouTube cut with Jack Bruce and Rory Gallagher performing "politician" live.
Glad y'all are liking Robin's stuff with Jack. You might also like RT's work on Procol Harum's Broken Barricades LP. (but you probably already know that one). I'll have to look for his latest release. Thanks for the heads up, radfrad.
I have all related Trower BLT stuff Trower is touring east half of USA now. And west side of USA in 2017. Has a new CD that he is running with and Album. Yes Album [vinyl]. You can preorder it at Amazon
I went on a Robin Trower bing a few weeks ago. Whipped out all my old vinyl that I kept from back in my high school and college days. Long Misty Days is my fave.........
I'm a big Robin Trower fan. And I have picked up quite a bit of old vinyl of his over the years surprisingly great shape Saw him Last fall. Funny but I rocked out w him on my system last Saturday few hour listen including Robin Trower,Humble Pie ,Hindrix,Janis Joplin, Cream,Yes, among others. I'm just a rocker
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