Savoy Brown

Good blues /rock band......

Heh...yeah sorry that was me earlier. 

Edited by Guldbamsen - October 01 2015 at 10:39

I'm off I'm cancelling - much too silly for my liking

I'm more interested in the future Foghat line-up (from Getting to the Point until Lookin' In, with Raw Sienna as the pinacle) rather than the ex-Chicken Shack line-up (from Street Corner until Lion's Share, with the later as the pinacle)

I really like Looking In and especially, Savage Return by Savoy Brown.

Shake Down/Getting To The Point is available as a double disc set on BGO Records. Shake Down features Brice Portius on lead vocals. Sometimes he is good, sometimes he is not. Shake Down rates a C average. Getting To The Point featuring Chris Youlden on vocals is decent like Blue Matter. A Step Further is one of my favorites! "Made Up My Mind" is a fine up tempo Bluesy track with fantastic vocal phrasing by Chris Youlden. "Waiting In The Bamboo Grove" is an instrumental Blues arrangement with horns. It is more reminiscent of the style Blood, Sweat & Tears, Chicago, and Electric Flag were doing in the 60's. It's a fun piece. "Life's One Act Play" is an interesting Blues song with a backing of string arrangements similar to Fleetwood Mac's "I Need Your Love So Bad". "I'm Tired" is a great Blues arrangement with sincere lyrics about a guy who feels trapped and forced by society to agree with things like "small talk", phony fundamental ideas, and overall sources of communication revolving around the concept of "agree to disagree". This song flows into "Where Am I" which is simply Conga playing for one minute and 51 seconds. Then the "Savoy Brown Boogie(live)" begins and I lose interest. The production is foul and the performance is not up to par for me. The first 5 tracks on A STEP FURTHER are a complete must to own ...if you like Savoy Brown. 


HELLBOUND TRAIN is more of an American "middle of the road" Allman Brothers Band style and I only favor a few tracks, however the song "Hellbound Train" is one of my favorite Rock songs that crosses between Procol Harum and Deep Purple. As a matter of fact, I can hear Gary Brooker singing this instead of Dave Walker. The Best Of Savoy Brown on the C5 label, released in 1990 ...is a good compilation and a worthwhile purchase. The Blues Keep Me Holding On is very good. It's a later release with strong playing and decent vocals. RAW SIENNA is decent and if I'm not mistaken, the last recording with Chris Youlden. It's not as exciting as the 4 tracks I mentioned ..contained on A STEP FURTHER. The first 4 tracks on A STEP FURTHER compare to any great British Blues Boom release ...such as the best Fleetwood Mac, Chicken Shack, John Baldry, Climax Blues Band, or John Mayall. 

Do you work for the NME?

TODDLER wrote: dr wu23 wrote: TODDLER wrote: Shake Down/Getting To The Point is available as a double disc set on BGO Records. Shake Down features Brice Portius on lead vocals. Sometimes he is good, sometimes he is not. Shake Down rates a C average. Getting To The Point featuring Chris Youlden on vocals is decent like Blue Matter. A Step Further is one of my favorites! "Made Up My Mind" is a fine up tempo Bluesy track with fantastic vocal phrasing by Chris Youlden. "Waiting In The Bamboo Grove" is an instrumental Blues arrangement with horns. It is more reminiscent of the style Blood, Sweat & Tears, Chicago, and Electric Flag were doing in the 60's. It's a fun piece. "Life's One Act Play" is an interesting Blues song with a backing of string arrangements similar to Fleetwood Mac's "I Need Your Love So Bad". "I'm Tired" is a great Blues arrangement with sincere lyrics about a guy who feels trapped and forced by society to agree with things like "small talk", phony fundamental ideas, and overall sources of communication revolving around the concept of "agree to disagree". This song flows into "Where Am I" which is simply Conga playing for one minute and 51 seconds. Then the "Savoy Brown Boogie(live)" begins and I lose interest. The production is foul and the performance is not up to par for me. The first 5 tracks on A STEP FURTHER are a complete must to own ...if you like Savoy Brown.  HELLBOUND TRAIN is more of an American "middle of the road" Allman Brothers Band style and I only favor a few tracks, however the song "Hellbound Train" is one of my favorite Rock songs that crosses between Procol Harum and Deep Purple. As a matter of fact, I can hear Gary Brooker singing this instead of Dave Walker. The Best Of Savoy Brown on the C5 label, released in 1990 ...is a good compilation and a worthwhile purchase. The Blues Keep Me Holding On is very good. It's a later release with strong playing and decent vocals. RAW SIENNA is decent and if I'm not mistaken, the last recording with Chris Youlden. It's not as exciting as the 4 tracks I mentioned ..contained on A STEP FURTHER. The first 4 tracks on A STEP FURTHER compare to any great British Blues Boom release ...such as the best Fleetwood Mac, Chicken Shack, John Baldry, Climax Blues Band, or John Mayall.  My personal favorite is Raw Sienna; imo that's the best set with Youlden;.....though I do like the earlier ones also. I have been listening to Savoy from the very early days because my best friend Bill is a blues fan and used to play them as early as 68/69. We used to 'alter our consciousness' in his old house and listen to all the early Brit blues bands.   Was Timothy Leary there? Oh No....not that again!