R.I.P. Jaki Liebezeit, Can co-founder and drummer, has died at 78.
Kraut Rock lost a gem.

EDGAR  BROUGHTON  BAND.
One of the most unique bands in rock history, interested in rock n roll music from Little Richard, onwards including Bill Hayley, Del Shannon, Elvis and then blues, Howling Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Sonny Boy Williamson, Buddy Guy etc. they also liked some of the UK beat groups inc The Hollies, Searchers, The Shadows of course and Beatles and Stones. Then Capt.Beefheart,Frank Zappa,Animals, Yardbirds,John Mayall,Cream.
They started as Tony and the Talons. Then The Original Road Runners and then The Edgar Broughton Blues band. 

Members :

Robert "Edgar" Broughton (vocals, guitar), Steve Broughton (drums), Victor Unitt (guitar, 1968-69, 1970-73), Arthur Grant (bass, 1968-76, 1989-94), John Thomas (guitar, 1975), Terry Cottam (guitar, 1975-76), Dennis Haines (keyboards, 1982-83), Andrew Bristow (guitar, 1989-93), Kris Gray (bass, 1994-2010), Ian Hammond (guitar, 1994-2010), Luke Broughton (keyboards, 1998-2010)

KIM  SIMMONDS   -  OUT  OF  THE  BLUE  2008.

Kim Maiden Simmonds (5 December 1947 – 13 December 2022) was a Welsh musician. He was the founder, guitarist, primary songwriter and sole consistent member of the blues rock band Savoy Brown, which he formed in 1965. Simmonds had led Savoy Brown since its inception, appearing on every Savoy Brown release.

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IRON  HORSE  -  EVERYTHING  IS  GREY  1980.
EX -Guess Who - BTO

The Band :
Vocals, Guitar – Randy Bachman
Backing Vocals, Guitar – Tom Sparks
Bass – Ron Foos
Drums – Chris Leighton
Lead Vocals, Keyboards – Frank Ludwig
Producer – Dennis Mackay, Randy Bachman


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ALEX  HARVEY  BAND   -   THE  MAFIA  STOLE  MY  GUITAR  1979.


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THUNDERCLAP  NEWMAN   -   1971  HOLLYWOOD  DREAM  re.1991.

Formed in 1969, Pete Townshend of The Who, introduced Speedy Keen to GPO Telephone Engineer Andy “Thunderclap” Newman and teenage guitarist Jimmy McCulloch. Pete produced and played bass on the classic single “Something in the Air”, recorded them at his studio and introduced them to his manager Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp who ran and owned Track Records. An Album, “Hollywood Dream” followed, also recorded and produced by Pete with him on Bass. The Band ceased in Late 1971 with Speedy going on to produce two solo albums and a single. He also produced the first Motorhead album and also co-produced, with Danny Secunda of “Twist” fame, LAMF by Johnny Thunders and the heartbreakers. He sadly passed away in March 2002. Jimmy McCulloch afterwards played and toured with, John Mayall and Stone the Crows, before joining Paul McCartney and Wings in 1974. In 1978 he joined the reformed Small Faces before joining The Dukes. He died tragically in in September 1979.

The current Thunderclap Newman group was formed in February 2010 at the instigation of music business manager Ian Grant. The line up of the band is Andy Newman, Mark Brzezicki, Nick Johnson, Josh Townshend and Tony Stubbings. They have recorded and released in 2010, an album, “Beyond Hollywood”.

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There is South and there is CHARLIE  DANIELS...

CHARLIE  DANIELS   -  UNEASY  RIDER  ( HONEY IN THE ROCK )  1973.


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PHIL  LYNOTT    -   YELLOW  PEARL  A  COLLECTION   2010.



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JEFFERSON  AIRPLANE - WHITE  RABBIT  THE ULTIMATE  COLLECTION 3CD  2015.


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JEFFERSON AIRPLANE 
Η αρχή της ιστορίας ειναι καπως περίεργη. 

Ο νεαρός Martyn Jerel Buchwald ή αλλιώς Martyn Balin , σχεδιαστής και ζωγράφος ,μέλος του συγκροτήματος φόλκ Town Criers, βλέπει στο σόου του Ed Sullivan τους Beatles,ετος 1964 λίγο πριν την γέννηση της σκηνής της Δυτικής Ακτής και του αφθονου lsd, πετάγεται απο το καθισμά του και φωνάζει , απο τωρα θα παίζω μόνο rock & roll !! 
Φεύγει άμεσα για Σαν Φραντζίσκο ,φιάχνει ενα γκρουπ και παίζει για τα kαθημερινά τους εξοδα στο Drinking Club. 
Εκει γνωρίζει τον Paul Kantner φίλο του D.Crosby και του D.Freiberg frontman των μετέπειτα (QSMS).
Ο Kantner εχει μόνιμη παρέα ενα ψηλό μανιακό κιθαρίστα που εχει παίξειμερικές φορές με την Janis Joplin, το όνομα αυτού Jorma Kaukonen.Η συνέχεια ειναι γνωστή,αυτός φωνάζει τον φίλο του Jack Cassady και με drummer τον Skip Spence!! ναι τον μεγάλο αυτο κιθαρίστα,και την Signe Tone Anderson στα φωνητικά γεννιούνται οι πρώτοι Airplane.
Μετα τον πρώτο δίσκο ο Skip φεύγει να φιάξει τούς Moby Grape και την θέση του παίρνει ο πολυ καλός τζαζίστας Spencer Dryden ,στο μεταξύ η Anderson περιμένει παιδί και φεύγει. 
Ειναι η ωρα της Grace Slic... 
Κυρίες και Κύριοι ,οι JEFFERSON AIRPLANE - TAKES OFF -
Δέστε τις ζώνες σας. 

The beginning of the story is a little weird. 

Young man Martyn Jerel Buchwald -aka- Martyn Balin a designer and a painter ,member of the folk group "Town Criers" as he is watching the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show on 1964 -a short while before the West Coast music scene explosion - he jumps off his chair saying, from now on i will only play rock & roll. He leaves for San Franscisco, he forms a band and plays every night for his living at the Drinking Club.
There, he meets Paul Kantner, a friend of D.Crosby and D.Freiberg the later frontman of Quick Silver Messenger Service.
Kantner is accompanied by a very tall guitar-maniac who had played a few times with Janis Joplin, his name, Jorma Kaukonen. 
The rest of the history is known, he calls his friend Jack Cassady and with Skip Spence on drums!! Yes, this magnificent guitarist , and Signe Tone Anderson on vocals the first line up of Jefferson Airplane is born.
After their first recording, Skip leaves to form Moby Grape and his place is taken by the very good jazz-man Spencer Dryden, meanwhile Anderson is pregnant and leaves the group. 
It's Grace Slick's time !! 
Ladies and Gentlemen fasten your seat belts,JEFFERSON AIRPLANE   TAKES OFF!!

A personal story from the archives of Too Old..  

THE  KINKS   -   GIVE  THE  PEOPLE  WHAT  THEY  WANT  1981 - rem. 2010.



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I really got into it in '67 when I saw Frank Zappa, The Doors, Steppenwolf and Hendrix. It was a bunch of hippies playing for other hippies. And that's what I wanted to do.
AND..
Some day, we'll be playing a club, such as Ziggy's, and at night when we go on it will be less than half-filled. I'll go up to the promoter and say, `Son, congratulations, you just retired the great George Thorogood.' I want to make sure it ends before it comes to that. - George Thorogood

MOUNTAIN  TWIN PEAKS

MOUNTAIN   -  1973  TWIN PEAKS.

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