By contrast to his blues/psych/rock super-group, the Yardbirds drummer Jim McCarthy‘s 1990’s band Pilgrim was musically closer to his time with progressive acts Renaissance, Illusion and even more so, their ‘New Age’ successor, Stairway.
Signed to the very hip Vertigo Records, British Lions’ self-titled debut hit the streets to critical acclaim in 1978.
Written at home in France, Yardbirds drummer Jim McCarty’s second solo album ‘Sitting on The Top of Time’ was recorded with top notch session support between June 2006 and April 2008 in Toronto.
Within weeks of the departure of vocalist Ian Hunter and guitarist Mick Ronson in late 1974 from the ranks of Mott The Hoople, remaining members drummer Dale Griffin, Morgan Fisher (keyboards) and bass guitarist Pete ‘Overend’ Watts were laying down demos at London’s Gooseberry Studio.
Ballads despairing war don’t go down well with Chicagoan Joe Wright, dubbed ‘Joe the Jammer’ by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant when he worked with them in Led Zeppelin.
‘Live At Blues West 14’ is Mo Foster’s fourth solo album. Foster reflects: “Musicians tend to loosen up in a club setting: away from the pressures of the studio or the concert platform they feel generally more relaxed, new ideas are tried, and they feel free to re-interpret old favourites.”
The progenitor of one of rock’s best known bands, formed in the UK with Mick Ralphs and David Tedstone on guitars, Stan Tippins on vocals, Dale Griffin on drums and Pete Watts on bass, the Doc Thomas Group toured Italy, recording this tight and buzzing R’n’B set for local label Dischi Interrecord in January 1967.
In 1999, bass supremo Mo Foster was to follow up his critically- acclaimed studio releases ‘Bel Assis’ and ‘Southern Reunion’ with this more experimental and improvisational set.
Rod Clements of Lindisfarne speaks to Jason Barnard about their imminent Magic In The Air UK tour, the new 'Radio Times – Live At The BBC 1971-1990' box set and Lindisfarne’s enduring appeal.
Two years after the release of his solo debut ‘Bel Assis’, ‘Southern Reunion’ comprises a second collection of instrumental observations and ideas by one of Britain’s finest bassists.
