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Topic: 1972 Blues-Rock...Electrified Blues...Whatever Posted: May 04 2015 at 15:02
Continuing my musical review of 1972, there were several superlative blues-rock albums that year (so many that I gave up at 10 choices). It was probably one of the last gasps of greatness for that genre, which petered out with prog, then punk and disco. I added in a couple live albums that are must-hears if you haven't done so.
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Posted: May 04 2015 at 18:52
sublime220 wrote:
Exile>Eat A Peach>Smokin'
Yeah, that's probably the logical order. Exile on Main Street is one of the Stones top three albums in my book, but I'm having a tough time voting, so I'll hold off for a bit. I mean each album listed has at least one or two truly transcendent blues numbers: Edgar Winter's version of "Tobacco Road", J. Geils' "Hard Driving Man/Whammer Jammer", Hendrix's ultimate version of "Red House", Jeff Beck's "Going Down", etc.
Oh what the hell, I'll go with Smokin' today. Underrated band, was Humble Pie, and no one had a set of pipes like Steve Marriot. There are, of course the standards like "Thirty Days in the Whole", "C'mon Everybody", "Hot 'n' Nasty" and "Old Time Feeling" (with Alexis Corner on a Martin Tipple mandolin-guitar), but even the secondary tunes like "I Wonder" are just blown out by Marriot's shrieks and his wonderful fuzz-tone blues harp:
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Yeah, that's probably the logical order. Exile on Main Street is one of the Stones top three albums in my book, but I'm having a tough time voting, so I'll hold off for a bit. I mean each album listed has at least one or two truly transcendent blues numbers: Edgar Winter's version of "Tobacco Road", J. Geils' "Hard Driving Man/Whammer Jammer", Hendrix's ultimate version of "Red House", Jeff Beck's "Going Down", etc.
Oh what the hell, I'll go with Smokin' today. Underrated band, was Humble Pie, and no one had a set of pipes like Steve Marriot. There are, of course the standards like "Thirty Days in the Whole", "C'mon Everybody", "Hot 'n' Nasty" and "Old Time Feeling" (with Alexis Corner on a Martin Tipple mandolin-guitar), but even the secondary tunes like "I Wonder" are just blown out by Marriot's shrieks and his wonderful fuzz-tone blues harp:
I think the only reason why I voted for HP is because I had discovered that album in my collection unbeknownst to me. I think it was a double pack, as I knew I had Rock On and loved it.
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Posted: May 04 2015 at 21:15
Of those on the list it's between Stones and Allman Bros......I'll go with the Allman Bros even though Exiles is one of the best things the Stones ever did. All those early Allman Bros albums are indispensable for blues rock fans...imho.
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Posted: May 05 2015 at 09:35
The Dark Elf wrote:
sublime220 wrote:
Exile>Eat A Peach>Smokin'
Yeah, that's probably the logical order. Exile on Main Street is one of the Stones top three albums in my book, but I'm having a tough time voting, so I'll hold off for a bit. I mean each album listed has at least one or two truly transcendent blues numbers: Edgar Winter's version of "Tobacco Road", J. Geils' "Hard Driving Man/Whammer Jammer", Hendrix's ultimate version of "Red House", Jeff Beck's "Going Down", etc.
Oh what the hell, I'll go with Smokin' today. Underrated band, was Humble Pie, and no one had a set of pipes like Steve Marriot. There are, of course the standards like "Thirty Days in the Whole", "C'mon Everybody", "Hot 'n' Nasty" and "Old Time Feeling" (with Alexis Corner on a Martin Tipple mandolin-guitar), but even the secondary tunes like "I Wonder" are just blown out by Marriot's shrieks and his wonderful fuzz-tone blues harp:
Big Humble Pie fan.....I like this one better....:)....btw their first 2 early albums are also excellent.
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Posted: May 05 2015 at 09:48
dr wu23 wrote:
Of those on the list it's between Stones and Allman Bros......I'll go with the Allman Bros even though Exiles is one of the best things the Stones ever did. All those early Allman Bros albums are indispensable for blues rock fans...imho.
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Posted: May 05 2015 at 10:10
dr wu23 wrote:
Good list of blues rock bands but imo not their best work.....
Yoo-hoo, Wu...this poll wasn't a referendum on what was the best work of which band, it is strictly based on albums released in 1972. The year in the title should be a dead give away.
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Posted: May 05 2015 at 10:32
The Dark Elf wrote:
dr wu23 wrote:
Good list of blues rock bands but imo not their best work.....
Yoo-hoo, Wu...this poll wasn't a referendum on what was the best work of which band, it is strictly based on albums released in 1972. The year in the title should be a dead give away.
Well thank you...Elfie......I hadn't noticed that.
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Posted: May 05 2015 at 16:27
micky wrote:
^ yeah but that Beck album smoked...
that said... Eat a Peach all the way man..
Ummm...Micky, the song "Situation" (one of my favorite tunes, and one we used to play in bars -- by the way, Jeff sounds way off and sloppy on this live version) is from the album Rough and Ready (1971), not Jeff Beck Group (1972), like this song:
Edited by The Dark Elf - May 05 2015 at 16:33
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