Fusion Orchestra
Vocalist Jill Saward went on to better things with the group Shakatak
Vocalist Jill Saward went on to better things with the group Shakatak
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This is one of my favorite tunes from the day... And they still rock down south. Bass player, Wyzard is absolutely one of the unsung great bass players. Dude plays like he has twenty-five fingers.
While this band may be obscure, drummer John 'Pugwash' Weathers, ended up playing with Gentle Giant from 1972 - 1980.
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Just acquired this on vinyl last week, been jamming it. Very strange, very spacey.
Not to be confused with this Debris, from the 1990s, and Massachussetts:
Debris -- accommodate the mess
Ha! The drummer in my high school band had that album. No idea whether he ever listened to it; I know I didn't...but we both gazed dreamily at that album cover on many a summer afternoon
Terje Rypdal is one of my favorite ECM artists. Don't think I'd call him "obscure"; once you accept that modern [sic] jazz is an extremely marginalized fringe genre, anybody with any notoriety is far from obscure. Arguably Rypdal is the missing link between Jimi Hendrix and Bill Frisell.
Okay, anybody remember the Alan Ross Band?
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Admittedly the only reason I do is because when they toured with Eric Clapton in the mid-70s my Mom saw a concert review in the New York Times and said "Look, someone with your name!" (My middle name is Alan.)
How about Sad Cafe?
Sad Café (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I saw them live in 1977, one of the first shows I saw after I moved to Boston. Apparently their singer went on to join Mike + The Mechanics.
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Admittedly the only reason I do is because when they toured with Eric Clapton in the mid-70s my Mom saw a concert review in the New York Times and said "Look, someone with your name!" (My middle name is Alan.)
How about Sad Cafe?
Sad Café (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I saw them live in 1977, one of the first shows I saw after I moved to Boston. Apparently their singer went on to join Mike + The Mechanics.
LOL, yeah if you're 13... I remember I wanted to be that lion cub taking breast feed from her... I remember even doing blow up copies in the xerox machine (Black and White, dodgy resolution) and nailed them on my wall. I do think the second side holds up a little bit more...Ha! The drummer in my high school band had that album. No idea whether he ever listened to it; I know I didn't...but we both gazed dreamily at that album cover on many a summer afternoon
Yes, he's top 3 favorite guitarist all genres of mine too. But apart from Norway, is virtually unknown these days, and even back then, and have no internet site of his own, just through ECM. I think his 70's stuff (inlcuding his band DREAM in the 60's) where as close to "obscure 70s rock" as you can get. Here we go again "obscure for whom?" I think he's pretty obscure, even if Jeff Beck, and the likes has been name dropping him. He was informed some 10 years ago from his management that some collector had won an auction of Jimi Hendrix record collection, where this record resided. The DREAM one. Terjes sister knew Jimis Swedish girlfriend, at the time, and Terje asked her to pass on the record to him, with a signed greeting on it. He never ever heard from him, or even in a roundabout way, but it seems that that record of the collection was well worn, and had been well played in comparison to the rest. Whether it was him who played it (doubt it) or someone else hanging with him no one will ever be able to tell. Ok, nuff of this, he definitely ain't no household name, and came from no known band, and didn't play with any big one afterwards. I do think some of his later work with ECM are a bit too esoteric, and introvert stuff. He made his 15 minutes in the limelight with the soundtrack spot in the huge blockbuster film " HEAT " in the 90s."Late Night" I think it was called. My personal favorite? "The Return Of Per Ulv" from "If Mountains Could Sing" album.
Tommy Bolin 's Zephyr, Black Oak Arkansas come to mind. Look at Tommy's and Glenn Hughes' respective biographies, lots of interesting nuggets there.
