Highly recommended album full of original great late 70's USA rock group vibe with male/female vocals on top and wicked guitar playing.This is a cool private press with all the moves.
vendredi 28 août 2026
DANIEL McGLYNN FANTASY BAND - ENCOUNTER (Usa '81 HARD PROG ROCK) IN REQUEST
lundi 17 août 2026
THE BLUE VELVET BAND - SWEET MOMENT WITH BLUE VELVET BAND (USA '69 COUNTRY ROCK BLUEGRASS)
The Blue Velvet Band "Sweet Moments With The Blue Velvet Band" (Warner Brothers, 1969) (LP)
(Produced by Erik Jacobsen)
A smooth but sweet major-label album made when the '70s newgrass scene was still just around the bend. There's certainly a power-packed lineup: Bill Keith and Jim Rooney join up with fiddler Richard Greene (who had just served his own apprenticeship with Bill Monroe) and guitarist Eric Weissberg in his pre-Deliverance days... people often cite this as a pioneering bluegrass record, but I just don't hear much high-lonesome here, rather, it seems like a tradition-oriented hippie country set, with most of the "rock" sensibility set aside in favor of old-fashioned twang and a little bit of Bakersfield bounce. The repertoire is a swell mix of Hank Williams, Bill Monroe, a Luke Wills western-swing oldie and a cover of Merle Haggard's "Somebody Else You've Known," with these guys scooping the Flying Burrito Brothers by a year or two. The also show deep folk scene roots with a reading of "The Knight Upon The Road," and version of the Appalachian murder ballad "Little Sadie." I think it's Jim Rooney singing lead, and I have to admit he's an acquired taste. For the first few tracks you might think there's a hint of parody in his voice -- after a while, though, you'll realize it's just the plain-spoked way that he sings, not some kind of nudge-nudge, wink-wink thing. There are only two original tracks on here, including one of the album's strongest songs, "Hitch-Hiker," a cheerful novelty number written by Weissberg that captures some of the feel of the times. I guess this has been reissued on CD, though the original LP is worth tracking down just to enjoy the hilarious "board game" drawing and text that Eric von Schmidt designed for the inside of the gatefold sleeve. A long out-of-print landmark album that is more of a quiet, iconoclastic nugget than an earthshaking stylistic game-changer.
jeudi 6 août 2026
dimanche 26 juillet 2026
THE ROSSLYN MOUNTAIN BOYS - LONE OUTSIDER (USA '82 COUNTRY ROCK)
The Rosslyn Mountain Boys "Lone Outsider" (Schitzophonic Records, 1982) (LP)
(Produced by Bob Dawson, et.al.)
By the time this album came out, they'd pretty much worked the kinks out of their performing style... The steel playing, in particular, is pretty sweet, and undeniably true to country roots... There are several nice songs on here, although nothing really reaches out and grabs you -- that's probably mostly due to the modest production values... Nothing sounds bad, but the music lacks immediacy. Nonetheless, this is a nice document of one of the East Coast's great also-ran twang bands. BUT LONE OUTSIDER IS A NICE TRACK
THE ROSSLYN MOUNTAIN BOYS - ROSSLYN MOUNTAIN BOYS (USA '76 COUNTRY FOLK ROCK)
The Rosslyn Mountain Boys "The Rosslyn Mountain Boys" (Adelphi Records, 1977) (LP)
(Produced by Bob Dawson & The Rosslyn Mountain Boys)
This DC-area country-rock/boogie band worked the Mid-Atlantic country-folk scene for the better part of a decade, and recorded a few albums and played a bazillion gigs (not counting the occasional reunion gig...) The band sported several several ex-rockers and nurtured some country pickers who would later make a go of it in Nashville. Steel player Tommy Hannum, who had played with Emmylou Harris in her pre-Gram Parsons folk days, and who went on to be a notable session player in the '80s and '90s, is one of the most notable bandmembers, at least from a country perspective: he gets some sweet licks in on a tune or two. Another mainstay of the band was pianist Peter Bonta, who became a prolific Americana session player and engineer, and joined Bill Kirchen's band in the 1990s. This debut album is uneven but charming; I remember hearing the best songs off it getting airplay on KFAT, back in the days before "alt-country" existed... It's work checking out, if you ever run across a copy, though you shouldn't make any heroic efforts...
dimanche 19 juillet 2026
SOUTHERN IMAGE BAND - DOWN THE ROAD (USA '82 COUNTRY ROCK)
Easygoing, unpretentious country-pop from a Lafayette, Tennessee band that started in 1979 and kept together for several decades after releasing this LP in the early '80s. Brothers Keith and Paul Ballou are the lead singers and while at first they may seem a little underwhelming, they grow on you after a while, particularly when singing covers songs such as JJ Cale's "Tulsa Time," Merle Haggard's "Swinging Doors" and even John Denver's "Back Home Again." There's a sincere, laid-back, no muss-no fuss feel about this album that's kind of nice... They also cover a few of Alabama's early hits -- "Tennessee River," "Love In The First Degree" -- which underscores the band's devotion to group-vocal harmony, but again, it's so low-key and relaxed you can't help but get drawn in. The Ballous and various cohorts kept this group going well into the Facebook era, and you can kinda see why the hometown folks would want to come see 'em play. Definitely worth a spin!
mardi 30 juin 2026
LAMBERT & NUTTYCOMBE - A HOME (USA '70 FOLK) ORIGINAL VINYL RIP
Denis Lambert and Craig Nuttycombe established the musical duo Lambert and Nuttycombe in late 1967 after meeting when they were both in Los Angeles area bands. They initially signed with Electra Records but were later contracted to A&M Records. Craig had been a member of the surf band The New Dimensions in the early sixties.
Their debut album At Home was co-produced by David Anderle, Glyn Johns, and Chad Stuart. Now sharing a home in Sausalito, they were recorded to tape by Wally Heider's mobile unit. Released in 1970, At Home featured the duo on acoustic guitars and their superb harmony vocals. They toured the west coast of the United States and later opened for Canned Heat on their European tour.
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DANIEL McGLYNN FANTASY BAND - ENCOUNTER (Usa '81 HARD PROG ROCK) IN REQUEST
Highly recommended album full of original great late 70's USA rock group vibe with male/female vocals on top and wicked guitar playing...
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