L. I. V. E.

[J E B Stuart]

For a spell in the late 60's and early 70's, several "horn bands" became popular. This band was named after its founder Bill Chase and they were top shelf musicians.  Sadly, Bill was killed in a 1974 plane crash. This was their biggest hit:

Amen.

[J E B Stuart]

This would be fairly tame stuff in this day and age, but in 1968 it was over-the-top. The band was formed in 1967 by - you guessed it - Arthur Brown, and this number went to #1 in the U.K. and #2 in the U.S.:

Amen.

[Herman]

Listening to a little Pat Travers Band.

[DKG]

Listening to a little Pat Travers Band.

That is a catchy tune.

[J E B Stuart]

That is a catchy tune.

Yep, and Travers is one of the true greats.

Amen.

[Herman]

Yep, and Travers is one of the true greats.

Amen.

Ya, I just got back into his music again recently.

[J E B Stuart]

Ya, I just got back into his music again recently.

Here's one of my favorites from his first album in 1976 which, by the way, I have:

Amen.

[DKG]

Yep, and Travers is one of the true greats.

Amen.

I have heard the name, but I did not know any of his songs.

[Herman]

Here's one of my favorites from his first album in 1976 which, by the way, I have:

Amen.

Ya, I like that too. I am going to listen to some more Travers.

[J E B Stuart]

Killing Joke was a U.K. band formed in 1979. As far as I can tell, they've had virtually no presence in the US music scene. They did, however, have a long run in the U.K., as well as some other countries. I have not listened to much of their work, but I do really like this song from 1994. Jaz Coleman's bug-eye expressions in this live performance crack me up:

Amen.

[Herman]

Old Herman was not a real fan of Sabbath or Ozzy solo. I aint saying they or solo Ozzy was the worst of the seventies and eighties. There lots of acts a hell of a lot worse.

One tune I did like in my teenaged years in Kindersley was this solo number. It was a good party tune forty years ago.

[J E B Stuart]

I thought I'd go ahead and post this song here so we can see Badfinger performing live. Theirs is a terribly tragic story. Lead singer Tom Evans in this clip hung himself in 1983.  Pete Ham who is playing keys and backing vocals in the clip, hung himself in 1975 after discovering their manager Stan Polley had fucked 'em outta all their money.

Amen.

[priscilla1961]

I thought I'd go ahead and post this song here so we can see Badfinger performing live. Theirs is a terribly tragic story. Lead singer Tom Evans in this clip hung himself in 1983.  Pete Ham who is playing keys and backing vocals in the clip, hung himself in 1975 after discovering their manager Stan Polley had fucked 'em outta all their money.

Amen.

I like the song.