What a great band this was. Juicy Lucy formed in 1969 by steel guitarist Glenn Ross Campbell who had played in the garge/psych band The Misunderstood from California. The band moved to England and was "championed" by legendary DJ, John Peel. After the dissolve of the Misunderstood, Campbell recruited sax player/keyboardist Chris Mercer, the "croaking" vocals of Ray Owen, guitarist Neil Hubbard(later joined Joe Cocker), bassist Keith Ellis from Van Der Graaf Generator and drummer Pete Dobson.
Thier s/t debut from 1969 featured greasy blues, boogie, southern rock elements influenced by the US born Campbell and psychedelia at a break neck speed of a locomotive. Thier version of Bo Diddley's "Who Do You Love" reached the top 20 and the album peaked at #41 on the UK charts.
Ray Owen left after this release and went to release his solo album "Ray Owen's Moon" and was replaced by Paul Williams from Zoot Money's band and is great blues vocalist in his own right for the next two albums.
^^^That's Zelda Plum on the cover. Really, that's her name. How appropriate.
Thier s/t debut from 1969 featured greasy blues, boogie, southern rock elements influenced by the US born Campbell and psychedelia at a break neck speed of a locomotive. Thier version of Bo Diddley's "Who Do You Love" reached the top 20 and the album peaked at #41 on the UK charts.
Ray Owen left after this release and went to release his solo album "Ray Owen's Moon" and was replaced by Paul Williams from Zoot Money's band and is great blues vocalist in his own right for the next two albums.
^^^That's Zelda Plum on the cover. Really, that's her name. How appropriate.