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 →

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 →

Somewhere in Bournemouth 1968, the green giant emerged largely through vibrant concert performances. The Hulk started with the thunderous vox of Pete Thorpe who fronted the Harvey Wells Soul Band that become legendary through the ballrooms of the ‘Boscombe Hippodrome’ warming up for Status Quo, Small Faces and Pretty Things. The stirring grit of “In […] 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 →

Cosmic traveller Donovan Leitch served his musical apprenticeship in hippy toil before being discovered by songwriter Geoff Stephens in 1964. Donovan effectively launched his career in 1965 when he became a regular on the British rock TV programmed Ready Steady Go, yet his US performing debut was at the 1965 Newport folk festival. Donovan first […] Continue reading →

Belfast gave us the visionary songsmith David McWilliams. In 1965 David formed the Coral Showband, named after Buddy Holly’s record label. A year later Phil Solomon set up his ‘Major Minor’ label and David joined after a one off single for CBS entitled “God and My Country”. Phil Solomon started out leasing recordings of artists […] Continue reading →

Out of the Big Roll Blues of the UK some would walk into the new rising rainbows, in particular ex Alexis Korner Zoot Money( Bruno Money) who received his nicknamed due to an obsession with jazz saxophonist, Zoot Sims? Zoot blew the minds of the audience at the ‘Windsor National Blues Festival’ when he unveiled […] Continue reading →

Cressida in the Fall The entirety of Cressida was the riveting piano solos of Peter Jennings who also shimmered through organ and assorted keyboards. Cressida with its’ first incarnation as Cressida’s Thorns formed in the late sixties with original organist Lol Coker who was displaced with ex Mustard drummer Iain Clarke and the superior Peter […] Continue reading →

Sextet Capability Brown were quintessentially multi-instrumentalists that could whip up CSN harmonies with the slightest of ease. The first watering was when ex Moments bassist Kenny Rowe, bassist /vocalist Tony Ferguson and percussionist Joe Williams from Tony Rivers’ folky Harmony Grass joined ex Gremlins Roger Willis and ex Fuzzy Duck guitarist/lute/balalaika player Grahame White to […] Continue reading →

Spirogyra born in Bolton Lancashire 1968 approached ‘Apple Records’ with a demo. This incredible psychedelic folk group were headed by vox songsmith Martin Cockerham, the first seed known as T’Bolton Beatalls comprising Mark Francis & Neil Duckworth. The groups official debut kicked off at Keynes College with eighteen musicians which later downsized to four members. […] Continue reading →