Wednesday, 5 February 2014

Dan Penn - Nobody's Fool, 1973 (Country Rock)

1. Nobody's Fool 2:52
2. Raining in Memphis 3:43
3. Tearjoint 2:55
4. Time 2:21
5. Lodi 3:17
6. Ain't No Love 3:36
7. I Hate You 2:26
8. Prayer for Peace 2:45
9. If Love Was Money 3:32
10. Skin 2:45


Dan Penn - Guitar, Vocals
Charlie Freeman - Guitar
Tommy Richards - Guitar
Jay Spell - Keyboards, Piano
Mike Utley - Keyboards
Spooner Oldham - Organ
Bill Phillips - Organ
Greg Reding - Organ
David Hood - Bass
Jim Johnson - Bass
Tommy McClure - Bass
Sammy Creason - Drums
Dulin Lancaster - Drums
Chris Welch - Liner Notes
Susan Coleman - Vocals
Jeanie Greene - Vocals
Mary Holliday - Vocals


AMG:
"Songwriter/producer Dan Penn has been a quiet force behind Southern soul music for over thirty years. Always moving just out of view of the limelight, Penn has produced and written hits for the Box Tops, Solomon Burke, Aretha Franklin and Ronnie Milsap, among others.
Originally from Vernon, Alabama, Penn began his career as a performer, leading several white R&B bands around the Muscle Shoals area. Achieving early success by selling a hit song to Conway Twitty ('Is a Bluebird Blue?'), the songwriter eventually moved to Memphis, joining producer Chips Moman at his American Studios. Together the two, along with Penn's writing partner, organist Spooner Oldham, wrote and/or produced several hits for the Box Tops, such as 'The Letter' and 'Cry Like a Baby,' throughout the late '60s.
Penn eventually returned to Muscle Shoals during the period when Atlantic Records vice president Jerry Wexler was bringing acts like Aretha Franklin and Solomon Burke down from New York to record there. This led to Franklin cutting the Penn/Oldham composition 'Do Right Woman,' and for the next several years, Penn compositions such as 'Dark End of the Street,' 'Woman Left Lonely' and 'I'm Your Puppet' became soul classics and were recorded by such greats as James Carr, Janis Joplin and Dionne Warwick, respectively.
Never really considered a performer, in 1994 Penn released the long awaited follow up to his 1973 solo album Nobody's Fool. This album contains Penn performances of songs that others are known for such as 'I'm Your Puppet,' as well as new material. Moments from This Theater followed in 1999."

Nobody's Fool

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Nobody's Fool


Sunday, 2 February 2014

Billy Bond Y La Pesada del Rock and Roll, 1971/1972 (Acid Rock)

1. Salgan al Sol
2. Divertido (Reventado
3. Verdes Prados
4. Buen Día Sr. Presidente
5. El Parque
6. Cada Día Somos Más
7. Dueño de Tu Piel
8. Voy Creciendo

9. La pálida ciudad
10. La maldita máquina
11. Blues para mis amigos
12. Que descanses en paz
13. Para qué nos sirven
14. Voy a ver un amigo
15. La Marcha de San Lorenzo


Billy Bond – Vocals
Jorge Pinchevsky – Violin
Kubero Díaz – Guitar
Pappo – Guitar, Piano
Alejandro Medina – Bass


discogs:
Born in Italy, Juliano Canterini, known as Billy Bond began as part of the new Argentine beat music generation during the 60s. Backed up by musicians like the Fattoruso Brothers (ex-Los Shakers), he released several singles.
He was one of the owners of the mythical club La Cueva de Passarotus, at Pueyrredón Avenue, which he changed into just La Cueva, and turned it cradle of the Argentine rock. It later moved to Rivadavia Avenue. At this time his desire was to create an 'open' outfit; that is, a band which everybody could join and leave whenever wanted. Together with Jorge Álvarez he formed La Pesada del Rock And Roll (The Heavy of Rock & Roll), known as La Pesada and Billy Bond Y La Pesada Del Rock And Roll. Because of it's 'free' model, it seemed to be in a state of anarchy – but Billy was there to keep order.
By the end of 1970, Billy Bond y La Pesada released Billy Bond y la Pesada del Rock And Roll, their first album on the Music Hall label, comprising rock'n'roll, blues and hard-rock songs with psycho touches and humorous ironic lyrics.
Featured musicians included Pappo, Luis Alberto Spinetta, Javier Martínez, David Lebon, Vitico, Héctor 'Pomo' Lorenzo, Black Amaya, Poli Martínez Luis Gambolini, Nacho Smilari and Cacho Lafalce.
By 1972, the formations of the group became more or less stable, wich Claudio Gabis and Kubero Diaz on guitars, Alejandro Medina on bass and vocals, Jorge Pinchevsky on Violin, Isa Portugheis and Jimmy Marquez on drums and Billy Bond on vocals and production. The band would proceed to records with many artist and participate in many of the member's solo albums.
On 1972 they released BIlly Bond y La Pesada Vol. 2, known as La Oreja (The ear) for it's cover.
On 20, October 1982, the group participated in the Gran Festival de Rock, a date that would beome a legend. The public, too crowded and located in too far from the scenario, attemped to relocate to closer to the groups. At the same time, a police unit entered the scene and began to opress and arrest people. Billy Bond responded with a Peronist speech, 'VIolence will be answered with more violence'. This prompted the police to arrest him first, act that provoked a great outrage in the public, reacting against the police, trashing the place and many police cars. It's attributed that he answered the police with a '¡Rompan Todo!' ('Break everything!'). But actually, when he was taken by the police, someone shouted in outrage 'Se lo llevan a Billy. ¡Roman Todo!' ('They are taking Billy! Break everything!). After this, the band limited itself to recording albums only, and the shout woould become a legend in the history of Argentine Rock.
On December 1972 they released Billy Bond y la Pesada del Rock Volumen 3, known as Tontos, conmemorating the famous October 20.
In 1973 they released Billy Bond y la Pesada Vol. 4.
The group disbanded in 1974, when Billy Bond, Claudio Gabis and Alejandro Medina emigrated to Brasil.
The group is widely regarded as easing the transitional period between the first generation of Argentine rock (Manal, Almendra, Los Gatos) and the second wave, one of Progressive Rock, that would follow.

Billy Bond Y La Pesada del Rock and Roll

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Billy Bond Y La Pesada del Rock and Roll