Spooky Tooth are one of those bands that are more notable in hindsight than they were in their heyday, due to the accomplishments of their alumni. Greg Ridley (Humble Pie bassist), keyboardist John Hawken (First 2 incarnations (pre-Annie Haslam) of Renaissance), guitarist Mick Jones of Foreigner, and Gary Wright of “Dream Weaver” and “Love is […]
Peabody’s Picks:Blackfeather – Long Legged Lovely
And….we’re back! After a much longer than intended hiatus, let’s resume our journey thru the backpages of rock’n’roll history, shall we? Today the ole time machine takes us back to the year 1971. The place is Sydney, Australia. Banshee wailer Neale Johns and guitarist John Robinson have just replaced the original bassist and drummer of […]
Peabody’s Picks:Toad – Vampires
Today we visit Switzerland, a first for this series. In 1970, bassist Werner Fröhlich and drummer Cosimo Lampis left the legendary Krautrock band Brainticket as that group was working on the album that became Cottonwood Hill. In Basel, they joined forces with guitarist Vic Vergeat, who had played briefly with Hawkwind, and vocalist Beni Jaeger. […]
Peabody’s Picks:Wild Turkey – Butterfly
In 1970, after recording the first three classic Jethro Tull albums This Was, Stand Up, and Benefit, bassist Glenn Cornick was fired by the band, as his lifestyle was more social and substance-oriented than that of leader Ian Anderson and some of the other band members. Not missing a beat, Cornick formed Wild Turkey, which […]
Fleetwood Mac at The Spectrum Center, Charlotte, NC
In a continuation of last year’s trend of “go see Rock’n’Roll Hall of Famers on their One Last Go-round tour”, I took the whole family to Fleetwood Mac. All in all a really good show, probably better than I expected. I had never seen Fleetwood Mac, in spite of being somewhat of a fan, particularly […]
Peabody’s Picks:Pluto – Down and Out
I must start today’s post with full disclosure: approximately 90% of the time, I have no idea of the rock’n’roll trivia aspects of these songs, I just know I like them, then when researching the history of them I find out the bass player was in such-and-such a band, the keyboard player went on the […]
Peabody’s Picks: Arzachel – Soul Thing
Today the ol’ time machine is set for Geoffrey Chaucer’s favorite town, Canterbury, England, in the year 1969, smack-dab in the middle of the “Canterbury Scene”. The scene was of intertwined bands, consisting of a revolving cast of very talented musicians playing a heady mix of progressive rock, psychedelia, and jazz. The most well-known of […]
Peabody’s Picks – Bulbous Creation:”Having A Good Time”
Today’s entry is an oddity even for this blog – a song from an album that was officially released 44 years after it was recorded. In 1971, Kansas City band Bulbous Creation recorded their one and only album, You Won’t Remember Dying, but before they could raise the money to release it, the band broke […]
Peabody’s Picks – The Jaggerz: “The Rapper”
In the mid 60s, Slippery Rock State College student Dominic Ierace (better known by his stage name Donnie Iris) was in a succession of bands, culminating in a Pittsburgh group called the Jaggers, which was signed by the legendary Philadelphia duo Gamble and Huff. Prior to recording their debut album, they notice there was another […]
Song of the Day – Budgie: “Breadfan”
Virtually unknown in the U.S. until Metallica included this song on their 1998 Garage, Inc. album of cover songs (Metallica originally included it as one of two songs on the B-side of the 1988 single release of “Harvester of Sorrows” from the …And Justice For All album, but seriously, who buys Metallica singles?), Budgie were one of the earliest […]
