This is Osibisa’s self-titled first album, released in 1971. It has an added artistic bonus with cover art by Roger Dean. Although the group formed in London in 1969, the band members hailed from Africa & the Caribbean: Teddy Osei (tenor saxophone), Sol Amarfio (drums), Mac Tontoh (trumpet, flugelhorn) from …
Harry Manx was born on the Isle of Man in 1955 and the family immigrated to Canada when he was 6. He spent time as a roadie and sound engineer at the El Mocambo in Toronto. He left Canada at age 20 to busk in Europe and Japan. It was …
If you’re a guitar & blues fan, Johnny Winter is no stranger at all. This is his “And” band, comprised of Winter, Rick Derringer, Randy Jo Hobbs & Bobby Caldwell. The album was released in March, 1971 and consists of live performances from 1970 at the Fillmore East in New …
How can one go wrong with a band named “The Brimstone Solar Radiation Band”? Add in instruments like the bouzouki & the sitar, that they come from Norway and they released a song called Norwaii Five-O. This was more than enough quirk for me to look into them. This is …
There are a lot of hard working bands out there that have toiled away for years, never getting more than regional or cult recognition. Stan Webb and Chicken Shack are one of these groups that needs a wider audience. Here’s a link to their Wiki page. Chicken Shack formed in …
Another one & done band, The Sacred Mushroom released their eponymous album in May, 1969. Formed in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1966, by brothers Larry (guitar, vocals) & Danny (vocals) Goshorn, Joe Steward (bass), Fred Fogwell (guitar), and Doug Hamilton (drums), they disbanded later in 1969. The Goshorn brothers went on …
This is quintessential ’70’s guitar rock. Another power trio, featuring John Du Cann (guitars, vocals), Paul Hammond (drums) and John Gustafson (bass, vocals). Du Cann & Hammond were formerly in Atomic Rooster (Death Walks Behind You vintage) and Gustafson had been in Quatermass. There are certainly hints of Atomic Rooster, …
This is Free’s first album, released in 1969. Of course, this predates their breakthrough hit “All Right Now” which is many folks’ introduction to Free. I like the harder, rawer feel of this album relative to their later work. There’s some real good blues & rock guitar work from Paul …
Not a psychedelic album at all in the sense of trippy, substance friendly songs from the late ’60’s, but a sonic wall of power trio guitar rock reminiscent of the ’70’s. This album moves seamlessly between hard & blues rock, underpinned by Eric Gales’ stellar guitar work. There is strong, …
Time for some straightforward, unapologetic, meat’n’taters 1970’s power trio guitar rock. And Pat Travers fills that bill nicely. This is Travers’ third album, released in 1977 & features future Iron Maiden drummer, Nicko McBrain. After this album, Travers would juggle his lineup & create the Pat Travers Band. This album …
