Re: Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Manfred Mann's Earth Band are one of my all-time favourite bands. I am old enough to remember the Mike D'Abo-era of the original Manfred Mann band, which I really like(d). The Paul Jones-era and Chapter Three were never really to my taste, despite the presence of McGuinness Flint and Mike Hugg. However, Earth Band seemed fantastic when they broke through with Solar Fire and Joybringer. Despite losing the great Mick Rogers, they acquired one of the best progressive rock singers ever with Chris Thompson. It was MMEB heaven when Rogers rejoined and they were both in the band at the same time. I've got most of their albums and seen them live a number of times, but it is difficult to single out a best album as they are all good. If you pressed me I might go for The Good Earth.
Mick Rogers formed the highly-rated Aviator and made an album of Hendrix covers with Pat Travers. That's a phenomenal pairing, but to my knowledge they did not record any new material.