One of the most riveting fuion of rock and brass to fill the shelves of a collector would be the album The Going’s Easy by The Greatest Show On Earth who first employed vocalist Ozzie Lane for a year. Greatest Show On Earth originally formed in 1968 through guitarist Garth-Roy and his bass-playing brother Norman, […] Continue reading →

Former guitarist for Moby Grape, Skip Spence entered the Columbia recording studios in Nashville 1968 to record his first solo album entitled Oar. Spence had just been released from the prison psychiatric ward of Bellevue hospital where he was incarcerated for six months. Skip produced the album, sang, played the drums and bass and all […] Continue reading →

Ex Tim Rose & the Thorns Jake Holmes later known as the Feldmans had written entire albums for Frank Sinatra and The Four Seasons. Jake’s debut The Above Ground Sound Of Jake Holmes which featured Jake on acoustic guitar, ex Feldmens Teddy Irwin on electric guitar and ex Brain Police Rick Randle on bass carried […] Continue reading →

Squelching reverb and crescendo leadbreaks quantify the German Freakbeat band Electric Sandwich. The first phase of this hippy ensemble came together with ex Whetstones drummer ‘Wolf‘ Lupus Fabian joined up with ex Chaotic Trust bassist Klaus ‘Lowry’ Lormann and ex Slaves of Fire guitarist Jog ‘Edu’ Ohlert , fronted by ex Flashback singer Jochen ‘Archie’ […] Continue reading →

Saxophonist Dan Seals, younger brother of Jimmy Seals of Seals & Crofts and classical pianist John Colley started out as the Shimmeres with various recordings in Nashville until their stage act as Colley & Wayland. Backed by Hip Records they launched their 1968 debut Smell Of Incense along with the title track which made #56. […] Continue reading →

Memphis Tennessee not only reeled in country styled rock but also quivered under the savaging thunder of Alamo.The roots of Alamo go back to guitarist Larry Raspberry who played with the Gentrys in 1965 when they charted with “Keep On Dancing”. The strength of Alamo was largely due to the mountainous vox and grinding hammond […] Continue reading →

Britannia may have ruled in far off countries but they definitely lost their vision in the home territory, particularly with a Welsh group called Blonde on Blonde who were largely ignored. The first coloring of Blonde On Blonde comprised Les Hicks (drums), Gareth Johnson (guitar / sitar / lute) and Richard Hopkins (bass / piano […] Continue reading →

The soul of Prog Blues is acutely balanced in the quintessential Every Which Way and their one and only self titled release. This remarkable group came together when ex Nice drummer Brian Davison teamed up with ex Skip Bifferty / Heavy Jelly vocalist Graham Bell, future Lake Geoffrey Peach and jazzy ex Sweetwater Canal bassist […] Continue reading →

Andwella’s Dream was a thrusting injection of freakbeat that could not be ignored. Their slicing riffs were high core psyche injected from guitarist / keyboardist David Lewis, bassist Nigel Smith and drummer Gordon Barton who started out as The Method that at one time included Gary Moore.They were regulars at the Maritime Club where Van […] Continue reading →

Fear Itself were more of a blues group caught in the psyche energy of 1966. Members comprised of ex Electric Blues vocalist Ellen McIlwaine, Chris Zaloom lead guitar ex Soldiers bassist Steve Cook, replaced by Paul Album and drummer Bill McCord. Fear Itself lived on the edge playing clubs like Cafe Bizarre in New York […] Continue reading →