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Forgotten 70's Rock Bands

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Goatee220 said:
The A's - from Philly.
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Don't know how well they were known outside the Philly area but I always liked them. They were just a little before my time so I never actually got to see them live, but I always heard them on WMMR (would have loved to have seen them and The Hooters at The Electric Factory last fall, couldn't make that show). Actually, Philly had a lot of great original bands back in the late 70's and early- to mid-80's.

FWIW, I just got "The A's" and "Woman's Got The Power" on CD (both albums on one disc) maybe a month or two ago. I got asked to put together the music for my college class's 25 year reunion and besides all the "Top 40" hits from the years we were in school I wanted to include songs from the Philly bands from that era as well since so many of them played on campus. I have a bunch of old albums from those bands and was really happy to add that disc to my collection, too.


Mojo-Man said:
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Cactus.
Fanny.
Splinter.
Wet Willie.
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Wow, another Fanny fan! They were definitely before my time, but my brother is 10 years older than me and was a big fan way back then, so I heard all their albums. Great stuff and even though I haven't heard any of their material in 30+ years I bet I still know the words to a lot of their songs.
 
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k31bassman said:
One of my all-time favorites.
Very cool bass work IMO.
Andy Powell was the remaining original member that toured this past spring performing Argus in it's entirety. Martin Turner has toured with his own line-up billed as "Martin Turner's Wishbone Ash".
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I've got tickets to see Martin Turner's Wishbone Ash in September.

I saw both incarnations a couple of years ago and preferred Martin Turner's, not that there was anything wrong with Andy Powell's just Argus was more my era than the later material that Andy Powell plays.
 
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Argent, especially when the original guitarist, Russ Ballard, was on board writing.

Fanny, grossly under-rated and under-remembered band. Real rock 'n' roll music. They did a ferocious cover of The Beatle's "Hey Bulldog", and Stephen Stills' "Special Care" as well as their own rock 'n' roll "Cat Fever", "A Place In The Country", and "What Kind of Lover". Then they could turn around and do heartfelt songs like "Think About The Children" and "You've Got A Home".

Poco- They started what made The Eagles famous, and did it with more heart and soul than what Henley/Frey's group became. As much as I love the early Eagles (like the first three albums before Bernie Leadon became disenchanted), Poco's music always seemed more "real" for lack of a better word. While often the happy toe-tapping stuff was truly uplifting and joyous, the dark and somber stuff had realistic sub-texts, and they had great titles (like "Consequently, So Long"). But they also could mix things up by having a great upbeat cheerful ditty musically with the darker more ominous lyrics like "You'd Better Think Twice". Plus they had Timothy B. Schmit's bass playing and vocals. I've always been a fan of Buffalo Springfield and Richie Furay's contribution to that band, so Poco is very important to me. Besides what other band had TWO bass players leave to join The Egos?!

Wishbone Ash. I was in a record store one day and asked a friend of mine for a recommendation of something he thought I'd like that I wasn't aware of. He handed me "Live Dates" and I was smitten.

John
 
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