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| From | Not Lame <popmusic@notlame.com> |
| Subject | Beck, Bogart & Appice |
| Date | Mon, 02 Aug 2004 17:37:54 -0600 |
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> I gotta speak up here.... Having seen BB+A, I can report it was about the
> worst
> show I've ever seen. Being a long time Jeff Beck fan it was bad enough when I
> went
> to see him in 1972 and realized he dumped the superior Cozy Powell-Clive
> Chaman
> rhythm section for those two bozoz. Ok, I will admit Carmine did have his
> moments
> of brilliance (Morning Dew in particular) , but Timmy Bogart is just the
> worst. No
> redeeming value at all. The worst bass player in the world and overbearing
> when he
> stepped up to the mic. I think only Jay Furgeson could match him for ego and
> inability to recognize that the rest of the band was so much better!
> That live In Japan album is not good, neither is the studio album. Jeff wisely
> abandon that whole thing after starting on the follow up. He'd hired Pete
> Brown to
> do the lyrics, which he did....There is a live boot from the Rainbow that does
> have
> some moments, but Jizz Whizz? C'mon.
Must defend my comments on BB&A...never saw them live(too young to afford
all the shows that came thru as I picked the album up in '75 when I was
12/13 and I'm sur ethat swallowed up my allowance) but the BB&A album is a
wonderful little thang IF and ONLY IF yr into that bluesy-early 70's Stoner,
power trio thing.
I am. And I listened to this recently for putting songs onto the Ipod and
2/3 of still rocks me pretty darn well.
The live album....okay, can roll w/ y ou there......but I was 15 when I
formulated my opinion of that one. There's a reason why it was Japanese
only.......
Does not surprise the band was not very good live......Beck's band tended to
be in the 70's from what I was told(never saw h im live in permutation but I
did have a drink standing next to him at the Cocunut Teaser in 1987 as I
drooling over his lovely blonde lady friend....it was a very hot
performance, yes, indeed.)
Okay, obscure early 70's hard rock band recommendation.....Stray. But their
FIRST, self-titled album. INCREDIBLE merging of expansive British fuzzy
rock-psych and early Black Sabbath. The whole album is on CD #1` of THE
DEFINITIVE COLLECTION. There may be one of you there that will care, but if
you do and check this out, you will thank for me th is one later. (the
other material from this band is very, very hit and miss, mostly miss but
the debut is incredible!)
http://www.notlame.com/index.htm?action=product&itemid=111698&parentid=
Oh yeah...and don't get my going on MOXY from Canada.....man, I keep pulling
this stuft. Just tuned to MOXY II over the weekend and CriMINEY, this band
kicked ass! but I'll leave the stories w/ MOXY to Jaime......
Rawk, Much Roll,
Bruce
@ Not Lame
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