We continue our look back at the music of 50 years ago…..
When a band goes through as many lineup changes as Savoy Brown it’s hard to get that big breakthrough. While it happened for another British blues-rock band, Fleetwood Mac, as they transitioned to pop music, Savoy Brown had to be satisfied with being that band that just kept on keeping on. Touring and recording though a myriad of personnel changes over the years.
The constant was guitarist Kim Simmonds who was as solid as they get. Crisp, clean lines that reeked of that British Blues sound.
The 1971 LP, “Street Corner Talking”, featured an almost entirely new lineup as Lonesome Dave Peverett, Roger Earl and Tone Stevens had left to form Foghat. The 1971 version of the band featured Dave Walker on vocals and almost the entire lineup from another British blues band, Chicken Shack…Paul Raymond on keyboards, Andy Silvester on bass and Dave Bidwell on drums.
It’a solid record which features a couple of nice covers…The Temptations classic “I Can’t Get Next to You” and Willie Dixon’s “Wang Dang Doodle”. Simmonds and Raymond combine on some nice stuff too including the rockin “Tell Mama” and “Let It Rock”…and they stretch out on a nice slow blues called “All I Can Do”.
The production is really clean from producer Neal Slavin. It’s a pure sounding LP…maybe not as raw as British Blues is supposed to be…but it works. Enjoy!
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