I can't find it just now, but I vaguely remember a Bill Nelson quote when asked about Be Bop Deluxe decades later, he said something on the order of "that's the sound that young boys make when they dare to dream" (sure I didn't get it quite right)
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Criminally commercially unsuccessful bands
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I can't find it just now, but I vaguely remember a Bill Nelson quote when asked about Be Bop Deluxe decades later, he said something on the order of "that's the sound that young boys make when they dare to dream" (sure I didn't get it quite right)
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Animal Logic, with Stewart Copeland and Stanley Clarke
Balance was a band with Peppy Castro (previous with Blues Magoos), Bob Kulick, and others. Their first two albums were filled with well crafted pop and rock tunes. They had a couple hits and then broke up and the members went into other projects.
Because of this thread I was looking over my music library there are hundreds of bands that I dug that never really received the attention I thought they would, conclusion.....I'm a jinx.
When I was thirteen I had an album called Bang Bang You're Terry Reid, we all know he passed up the vocalist spot in Led Zeppelin, just an awesome singer. Here he is in one of his later periods with very overlooked bassist lee Miles.
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Ambrosia
Climax Blues Band
PFM (at least here in the USA, Italy may view them differently.)
Sea Level
Randall Bramblett
Fanny
Nektar
Spooky Tooth
Focus
Zappa
The Crusaders
Casiopeia (they may be appreciated at home in Japan)
T-square (same as above)
Incognito
MezzoForte
Kinga Glyk
Hamilton, Joe Frank, and Reynolds (They had a couple of hits in the early '70's, but their albums showed great versatility and talent. Tragically, Dan Hamilton passed away much too soon.)
Stories (Another band who was talented but failed to garner enough attention. Their albums went way beyond "Brother Louie".)
The Sanford Townsend Band (see above and substitute "Smoke From A Distant Fire" for "Brother Louie".)
Rhinoceros
Blue Moon
Rasputin's Stash
Climax Blues Band
PFM (at least here in the USA, Italy may view them differently.)
Sea Level
Randall Bramblett
Fanny
Nektar
Spooky Tooth
Focus
Zappa
The Crusaders
Casiopeia (they may be appreciated at home in Japan)
T-square (same as above)
Incognito
MezzoForte
Kinga Glyk
Hamilton, Joe Frank, and Reynolds (They had a couple of hits in the early '70's, but their albums showed great versatility and talent. Tragically, Dan Hamilton passed away much too soon.)
Stories (Another band who was talented but failed to garner enough attention. Their albums went way beyond "Brother Louie".)
The Sanford Townsend Band (see above and substitute "Smoke From A Distant Fire" for "Brother Louie".)
Rhinoceros
Blue Moon
Rasputin's Stash
Hmm, a lot of deodorant. That's one thing I never carry.
First time I've seen anybody mention that band, I have that album.
Caldera.
They were a Latin Jazz Fusion band that lasted from 1976 to 1979.
They released four albums an dissanded due to lack of exposure,fans and support from the record label.
They had strong ties to Earth,Wind and Fire.
"Out Of The Blue"was the very first tune that I heard in '77 on the radio from them.
AllMusic Review by Alex Henderson
"Caldera's fans -- something it didn't have nearly enough of -- hoped that Dreamer would be the LP to make the band famous in the jazz-fusion world. But Caldera continued to be obscure, despite providing an adventurous, captivating mixture of jazz, funk, rock, and Latin music. True to form, the writing is excellent on this album: One cannot accuse Caldera's members of weak writing on the South American-influenced "Rain Forest," the samba-minded "Celebration," the flamenco-influenced "Brujerías," or the Carlos Santana-ish opener, "To Capture the Moon." For Caldera, the term "Latin music" meant a variety of things -- everything from Spanish flamenco and Afro-Cuban salsa to Brazilian samba and Andean music -- and on this LP, all of those things successfully interact with jazz, funk, and rock. Like Caldera's three previous Capitol albums, Dreamer went out of print after the band's breakup and has yet to be reissued on CD."
They were a Latin Jazz Fusion band that lasted from 1976 to 1979.
They released four albums an dissanded due to lack of exposure,fans and support from the record label.
They had strong ties to Earth,Wind and Fire.
"Out Of The Blue"was the very first tune that I heard in '77 on the radio from them.
AllMusic Review by Alex Henderson
"Caldera's fans -- something it didn't have nearly enough of -- hoped that Dreamer would be the LP to make the band famous in the jazz-fusion world. But Caldera continued to be obscure, despite providing an adventurous, captivating mixture of jazz, funk, rock, and Latin music. True to form, the writing is excellent on this album: One cannot accuse Caldera's members of weak writing on the South American-influenced "Rain Forest," the samba-minded "Celebration," the flamenco-influenced "Brujerías," or the Carlos Santana-ish opener, "To Capture the Moon." For Caldera, the term "Latin music" meant a variety of things -- everything from Spanish flamenco and Afro-Cuban salsa to Brazilian samba and Andean music -- and on this LP, all of those things successfully interact with jazz, funk, and rock. Like Caldera's three previous Capitol albums, Dreamer went out of print after the band's breakup and has yet to be reissued on CD."
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The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Excellent they knew their stuff, tight Band, listen to them all the time in the '70s
Frank Arcidiacona.
