Denny and Cass Elliott were formerly together in a folk group called the Mugwumps, which weren;t bad at all. I saw them with Peter, Paul and Mary when I was a little boy wiht my parents. That group also had John Sebastian and Zal Yanovsky. Elliott and Denny went on to the Mama's and the Papas...
Re: leon russell fans?
Shelter People was a great album to be sure. It contained, among other things, an incredible version of George Harrison's Beware of Darkness. Does anyone remember when he chimed in on that song with george at the Concert for Bangledesh? It was a great moment.
I still...
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I think he went in to the "Hank Wilson" era right after that. I actually liked that album a lot thought it was a huge departure. reminds me a little of what Springsteen just did with the Pete Seeger stuff.
I do not see how anyone can really rate some of the great guitar players over one another. So many styles, so much subjectivity. Some of the best guitar players I have ever hear came from more obscure bands like
Jan Van Akkerman of Focus. It is hard for me to believe there were very many more...
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That was an odd story as I recall. Leon and Benno (a pretty solid guitar player) formed a duo called the Asylum Choir and put out one album called Look Inside the Asylum Choir, I believe in 1968 or 1969. It was a pretty mediocre effort in my opinion. Some people really...
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Man, John Nitzinger, a blast form the past. He wrote a shit load of great songs for Bloodrock, a very tight, underappreciated band. He also wrote from stuff for Alice Cooper and Carl Palmer's PM.
Re: leon russell fans?
I went through a serious Leon Russell phase and then sort of lost interest. The list of his collaborations reads like the who's who of rock and roll and I respect the hell out of him. I thought he hit his peak with "Carney" and "Leon Live". Never much cared for anything...
Man this is some trip down memory lane. How about ....
Bloodrock (DOA, Kool aid kids) loved that band
Moby Grape
Atomic Rooster
Blues Magoos
Blodwyn Pig
Canned Heat (on the road again)
Crow (Evil Woman, Cottage Cheese)
Electric Prunes
Vanilla Fudge
Flo and Eddie...
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