Eric Johnson's jazz rock band from the 70s - The Electromagnets

Richland123 · #1 07-12-2011, 03:10 PM

Eric Johnson's jazz rock band from the 70s - The Electromagnets. Kyle Brock on bass.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXD2...eature=related

ericjohnson.com - electromagnets site

MonetBass · #2 07-12-2011, 03:18 PM

Geez, how old was Eric there? 14, 15?

Cool track, thanks for posting.

TC2112 · #3 07-12-2011, 03:25 PM

Check out how Kyle fixed his neck dive issues around the 1:55 mark

bassbrad · #4 07-12-2011, 03:26 PM

Love the leather thong on Kyle's neck to counterbalance the neck heavy Alembic bass.
Saw Electromagnets many times back in the day at Mother Earth and Armadillo. Seeing EJ and later the same weekend Stevie Ray Vaughan made me quit guitar.

JimK · #5 07-12-2011, 03:54 PM

...and the album-
Amazon.com: Electromagnets: Electromagnets: Music

Thanks for the reminder, I will have to re-visit it soon.

IIRC, it was Frank Zappa who said they were like the Mahavishnu Orchestra...but with a sense of humour.

bassbrad · #6 07-12-2011, 06:58 PM

There is also a 2nd Electromagnets well worth checking out.

Bill Maddux, the drummer for Electromagnets, was tragically murdered in his house several months ago by a disturbed neighbor.

http://www.kvue.com/news/local/Austi...112530209.html

http://www.kvue.com/news/local/Intru...112676624.html

diehard70 · #7 07-12-2011, 07:05 PM

I've been a Kyle Brock fan for a long time (early-mid 80s). Always plays tasty stuff. I have revisted the early EJ in a while, though. Thanks for the post.