Steamhammer from England.... solid bluesrock featuring cover-versions of songs originaly recorded by B.B. King and Eddie Boyd as well as own material. Good album but nothing special in my book - although they even pull out a sax and a flute every now and then.
Kieran White has got a typical blues-voice and knows how to use it, nothing to complain about the guitarwork...as stated above - everything you are going to hear on this record is solid but i do miss some highlights.
A big plus: You still can get the first pressing quite cheap which is something unusual when it comes to non-mainstream records from the early 70's.
Here some tracks for you to listen:
Junior's Wailing (live at Beatclub)
Even The Clock (check out the psych/prog mood on this one)
When All Your Friends Are Gone (live at Beatclub)
this is by far not the best steamhammer.
AntwortenLöschenwell, it's the only one i have...need to buy approximately 30 other records first, then maybe some more steamhammer ;)
AntwortenLöscheni cant decide if two or three guys on that cover look like morons. so i'll stop the cover review at this point.
AntwortenLöschenMight agree with you - their take on good ol' Bluesrock ist not the most original on "Steamhammer/Reflection". Yet I agree with Mr. Dimarco as well - they did very interesting things on later albums. So better get those too, by now you should've ticked off all 30 other records already!
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