Favorite Black Rock groups...anyone?
Surrealist
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Has anyone heard the Next Morning or Warlock albums? And if so, can you share some insight about these Black Rock groups and their music?My fave Black Rock groups, in no particular order are:Scorpion (self-titled eponymous LP..."Wildflower" and "Running From Myself" are my favorite songs from the album)The Relatives (Louisiana funk/rock)The Young Senators (for "Ringing Bells")early Funkadelic, especially "Maggot Brain" LP and also their first albumSan Francisco TKO's "Acid Lady" definitely had a lot of rock in the mix, but there were also non-Black members in the groupBlack MerdaPurple Image
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Fishbone, Bad Brains, Living Colour, Doug Pinnick from King's X, 24-7 Spyz, Mother's Finest
this is f*cking hilarious!
...and mention that EP by Death, which seems to be the toast of the reissue world lately. The "proto-punk" claim is no joke.
The Next Morning's album on Calla (reissued on CD on the Sundazed label) is really good...no funk influences at all, just a straight-up hard rock deal.
Sweet Apple had a worthwhile album on Columbia in 1971.
There was a band called Xavion, from Memphis, who had a LP on Asylum around 1984 - good, but very mainstream for the time, no punk or new wave touches, just straight-ahead rock that could have been aired on MTV. One Strutter told me that they are gigging around on the Memphis prom and frat-party circuit still.
And here's some black rock pioneers from the fifties/early sixties...some of these acts went on to be better known as blues performers, and at least one of these men became a minor country star in the '80s (that would be Big Al), but there is no denying the rock (or rockabilly) edge these guys had...besides Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and Little Richard, there were:
- the Duals (black surf duo who recorded for Sue)
- Don & Dewey
- Big Al Downing
- Eddy Clearwater
- Nat Couty
- Kid Thomas
- Ray Sharpe
- Grover Pruitt
- Esquerita
- Barrence Whitfield (okay, he's newer than the rest, but he's been keeping the 1950's black rock sound going since the early eighties)
They're from Chicago (although I think they may have relocated here from elsewhere).
That guy that used to play guitar with the Isley Brothers, right?
What has he gone on to do since?
this album is really boring, if you can snag it for 10 or under i'd say do it otherwise hold out, it's nothing special.
though i remember freaking it out when i found it, the cover b/w the fact it was on the same label as the smith connection lp had me shook.
peace,xavier
Me too...Jimi was and is my favorite artist of all disciplines...
My Black Rock supergroup would look like this:
Conductor: Leroy Mitchison
Betty Davis, vocals
Inell Young, vocals
lead singer of Honeycone, vocals
Mississippi John Hurt, vocals
John Lee Hooker, vocals
James Brown, vocals
Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Hazel, alternating on lead guitar
Shuggie Otis, rhythm guitar
Blind Willie McTell, rhythm guitar
Memphis Minnie, rhythm guitar
Bebe McGill, rhythm guitar
Clyde Stubblefield and Art Blakey, alternating on drums
Cindy Blackman, drums alternate
Bootsy Collins on bass
Me'Shell N'dege Ocello, bass alternate
Jack McDuff, organ
Garland Jeffreys