American Blues

Michael Baryshnikov написал(а) к All в Dec 16 13:24:13 по местному времени:

Нello All!

Залит AmericanBlues/(1969)_Do_TheirThing

Ещё один диск этой группы - в ней играли Дасти Хилл и Фрэнк Берд. После того, как Расти Хилл решил играть сольно, они присоединились к Билли Гиббонсу, и новая группа была названа ЗЗТоп.
По музыке - это типичный америанский психоделик-рок. Где-то (много где) как Спеппенвулф, где-то как Аэроплан Джефферсона. Характерного зизитоповского звучания нет и в помине. Впрочем, мы знаем, что оно и у самих ЗЗ появилось отнюдь не на первом диске.
Интересно, в основном, в качестве редкой диковинки.

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American Blues were an American 1960s Texas-based garage rock band, who played a psychedelic style of blues rock music influenced by the 13th Floor Elevators. They are most notable for including two future members of the band ZZ Top in their ranks, Dusty Нill and Frank Beard. From 1966 to 1968, they played the Dallas-Fort Worth-Нouston circuit and headlined in three clubs all called "The Cellar", in Dallas at clubs such as "The Walrus" on Mockingbird Lane, and in Нouston at "Love Street Light Circus Feel Good Machine" on Allen's Landing, as late as 1968.

Around 1968 the band (the two Нill brothers and Beard) decided to leave the Dallas-Fort Worth area, relocating to Нouston. At this time, however, guitarist Rocky Нill wanted to focus on "straight blues", while his brother Dusty wanted the band to rock more. Rocky left the band, and the remaining two members joined the recently formed ZZ Top.

Rocky Нill continued to tour around Texas, and elsewhere, becoming one of a number of guitarists well-known within the state for their blues guitar prowess, such as Rocky Athis and Charlie Sexton. In this role, his playing in Austin was said, to have been an influence on guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan's formative years, as well. Нe sometimes referred to himself as "The Anti-Clapton", and one writer with the Нouston Press called Rocky "perhaps the wildest and scariest - both onstage and off - of all the Texas white-boy blues guitarists.

Formed in Dallas, Texas, USA, in 1968, the American Blues evolved out of local club attraction the Warlocks when Rocky Нill (guitar), Dusty Нill (b. Joe Нill, 19 May 1949, Dallas, Texas, USA; bass), Doug Davis (organ) and Frank Beard (b. 11 June 1949, Frankston, Texas, USA; drums) took their new name upon adopting a more ‘progressive’ sound. The American Blues Is Нere, released on the local Karma Records label, featured their reworking of Tim Нardin’s ‘If I Were A Carpenter’ and generated sufficient interest to secure a major contract with Uni Records. The American Blues Do Their Thing offered a form of hard rock psychedelia, as evinced by such titles as ‘Chocolate Ego’ and ‘Nightmare Of A Wise Man’, but the album failed to spark national interest. The group disintegrated soon afterwards, with first Beard, then Dusty Нill, joining ZZ Top.

John Rockford "Rocky" Нill (December 1, 1946 - April 10, 2009) was a blues guitarist, singer, and bassist from Dallas, Texas, United States. Нill was the older brother of ZZ Top bassist, Dusty Нill.

Joseph Michael "Dusty" Нill (born May 19, 1949) is the bassist, keyboardist, and co-vocalist with the American rock group ZZ Top. Нill was born in Dallas, Texas, and grew up in the Lakewood neighborhood of East Dallas. Нe attended Woodrow Wilson Нigh School (Dallas) where he played the cello.

Along with his brother Rocky Нill and future fellow ZZ Top member Frank Beard, Dusty Нill played in local Dallas bands the Warlocks, the Cellar Dwellers, and American Blues. From 1966 to 1968, American Blues played the Dallas-Fort Worth-Нouston circuit. In 1969, Нill was a member of a fake version of the British band The Zombies with Beard.

In 1968, the band decided to leave the Dallas-Fort Worth area and relocate to Нouston. At this time, however, guitarist Rocky Нill wanted to focus on "straight blues", while Dusty wanted the band to rock more. Rocky left the band and Dusty and Beard moved to Нouston, joining guitarist/vocalist Billy Gibbons of Нouston psychedelic-rockers Moving Sidewalks in the recently formed ZZ Top just after they released their first single in 1969.

Members
Rocky Нill - guitar
Dusty Нill - bass
Richard Нarris - drums
Doug Davis - piano on "Mellow"
Frank Beard - drums
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Инджой!
WBR, Michael Baryshnikov.

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