Rock On! Wednesday, 18 september 2024 – Bakerloo, Mick Abrahams, Tea & Symphony, Glass Harp & Jeff Beck Group
Psychedelic, heavy, prog and more innovating sounds spanning the late 60s and the early 70s – Wednesday April 17th. Dan’s pick of the week: Bakerloo (Bakerloo), Mick Abrahams (Mick Abrahams), Tea & Symphony (An Asylum for the Musically Insane), Glass Harp (Glass Harp) & Jeff Beck Group (Beck-Ola).
Prog Archives review: “The first track, a jazzy instrumental called “Big Bear Ffolly”, was named after Jim Simpson’s British tour Bakerloo were on, which included the fledgling Black Sabbath named “Earth” . This piece includes some fantastic gritty guitar playing from Clempson, and some fast and furious bass/drums from Terry Poole and Keith Baker (coincidentally another famous drummer of that name is relevant!). The band do a brilliant version of “Bring It On Home” made famous to us by Led Zeppelin, and have kept the song to the same style here, though Plant sings it better!… Read more...