Great moments in obscure rock ‘n’ roll
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Great moments in obscure “classic” rock ‘n’ roll albums: Leaf Hound, “Growers of Mushroom,” 1971
For heavy blues rock, it doesn’t get much heavier than the debut album by Leaf Hound, which went largely unnoticed at the time, but enjoyed a revival of interest with the “stoner rock” crowd in the 1990s, leading Peter French, the original lead singer, to reform the band in the 2000s. There are so many
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Great moments in obscure “classic” rock albums: Budgie, “Bandolier,” 1975
This great Welsh hard rock trio never made it big in either the U.S. or Europe, but have long had a strong following among hard rock afficionados (helped no doubt by Metallica covering a couple of their songs, most famously “Breadfan“). Their best album, in my view, is 1975’s Bandolier (their fifth album), from the
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Great moments in obscure “classic” rock ‘n’ roll albums: Humble Pie, “Rock On,” 1971
Steve Marriott, the dynamite vocalist and lead guitarist from The Small Faces teamed up with Peter Frampton in 1969 to form Humble Pie, a heavy blues rock band with a sound rather different than Marriott’s prior, psychedelic band. Although Humble Pie had its greatest success after 1971’s Rock On (and after Frampton left the band),
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Great moments in obscure “classic” rock ‘n’ roll albums: Spooky Tooth, “Spooky Two,” 1969
For the next couple of months, I will feature some great, but largely forgotten, rock albums from the “classic” era of rock ‘n’ roll (i.e., the era indebted to the American blues). First up is a British rock band, formed in 1967, with one American (Gary Wright, later of “Dream Weaver” fame in the 1970s),
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Great moments in obscure rock ‘n’ roll: Christine McVie, “I Want You,” 1970
Before she married Fleetwood Mac bassist John McVie, Christine Perfect was already part of the British blues scene, most notably with the band Chicken Shack. This great tune was a solo number recorded in 1970: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJONhfJOEII Feel free to add links to other Christine Perfect favorites, including with Chicken Shack.
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