CAPTAIN BEYOND

Interesting supergroup reuniting members of Deep Purple MK I (vocalist Rod Evans), Iron Butterfly (guitarist Rhino and bassist Lee Dorman) and The Johnny Winter Band (drummer Bobby Caldwell). But somehow they never really happened. Their mix of 70´s hard rock with some late 60´s psychedelia is quite interesting, but there is almost no prog at all. I guess if they persisted a little more then thy maybe reached another level, since the musicians involved were great. It is also strange they never were a big success.

Maybe their music was too elaborated for a hard rock act and maybe not psychedelic or prog enough for those markets either. Captain Beyond must have been hard to sell in the early 70´s. There are some fine acoustic passages, blues rock licks, jazzy interludes and spaced out vocals. Nowadays the music seems a little dated, but it is very good also, specially if you´re interested in the styles I mentioned before. Like others reviewers have pointed, their sound was a bit ahead of the time. Unfortunately they wouldn´t hold to their ground for too long, which is a pity. With time and patience they could be a lot bigger. Worth a listen.