Catfish - Live Catfish - (1971 Great Us Blues Rock With Bob "Catfish" Hodge & Dallas Hodge - Vinyl Rip - Wave)

Vinyl rip in Flac of a rare live album by Bob "Catfish" Hodge in 1971 one of the greatest blues rock singer ... 

A solid group playing of white blues with charismatic frontman- lead singer of "Catfish" Hodge had a tremendously powerful voice and this was very apparent on "Live Catfish" this guy knows how to use it. He surely ate gravel before singing and have a good sip of whisky and perhaps dude smoked a bit of this and that..hehehe
Although the the whole project seems to have been rather half-heartedly undertaken.
Probably will a good addition to anyone's collectibles!
Original 1971 vinyl first pressing USA - yellow Epic Records E 30361 - Subtitled "featuring Bob Hodge".Recorded live at the Eastown Theatre, Detroit, Michigan. 
This is the second, and last album by Catfish. This is their only one live album, of 1971. After this, the lead singer, Bob Hodge, split from the band to do his own albums. He went on to release Boogie.... occurring after the dissolution of a group,  at the side of famous artists (Bonnie Raitt, Jimmy Thackery, Dr. John.) - Review by Adamus67 

Bob "Catfish" Hodge - Vocals, Guitar

Dallas Hodge - Lead Guitar

Dennis Cranner - Bass

Jimmy Demers - Drums

Harry Phillips - Keyboards

John Hill - Piano on "Nowhere To Run"

01- Nowhere to Run

02- Money

03- 300 Pound Fat Mam

04- Mississippi River

05- Letter to Nixon

06- Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On

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Mike Bloomfield All Stars Featuring John Cipollina - Prisoner's Benefit, Old Waldorf - San Francisco - April 20th 1977 (Wave)

1. I Don't Want No Wife

2. Movin'

3. You Send Me

4. Feel So Bad

5. Mr. Pitiful

6. Tell It Like it Is

7. When I Was a Cowboy

8. Women Lovin' Each Other

9. Try It Before You Buy It

10. Too Much Monkey Business

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Mike Bloomfield - guitar, vocals & piano

John Cipollina - guitar

Mark Naftalin - piano

Roger Troy - bass, vocals

Robert Jones - drums, vocals

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Bloomfield & Cipollina playing together !!!!

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Top Drawer - Solid Oak (1969 great us psychedelic rock with guitar/keyboards duet - wave)

Top Drawer is without a doubt one of those bands that has been long forgotten about. If it wasn’t for this wonderful compilation record, I don’t know if I ever would have stumbled upon these guys. This obscure band hailed from the rural center of the United States, coming right out of Kentucky. There aren’t many facts to be said about the band, considering they were around back in 1969-1970 and they only have one album that I am aware of. Their one and only album, titled “Solid Oak”, was recorded back in 1969 at Fultz Recording Studio over in Kentucky, and if you have one of these original records in mint condition, it could sell for well over a hundred dollars. The album is constantly being sought out due to it’s rarity. According to the record sleeve of the compilation I mentioned above, the album was only repressed one time back in 1980 on Akarma Records from Italy, and has never been pressed since. On top of that, none of the band’s original members have ever surfaced to talk about the music, and it’s not looking like they’re about to show up anytime soon. This song was included on the compilation in hopes that the band members would take notice of the praise that their almost-perfect record “Solid Oak” has continually received over the years. Then perhaps the band members can give us their side of the story on what it was like to be twenty-something years old in the middle of America and release a psychedelic masterpiece, and then vanish back into normal life without a trace. Listen to the first track of their forgotten masterpiece right here on YouTube. This track is the main reason the album is so sought out, with its monumental guitar soloing and the constant loop of the keyboard, this song undeniably flirts with perfection. That’s enough from me, now it’s time to find out for yourself. Check out the amazing “Solid Oak” with the link below…and…oh yeah…


Imagine a talented high quality psychedelic mix of Cream and Grateful Dead with great songs and near progressive structures that remain firmly in Psych land. Perhaps the best privately released Heavy psych album around. Amazing album.
Top Drawer was a organ/guitar driven Hard psych/late 60's style psych band that released this great album in 1969. It is late 60's underground hardrock/psych, but the lead guitar and organ is way psychedelic and wasted with a vibe similar to Bolder Damns way out there psychedelic leadguitar style (I hope ya know what I mean). Both albums have a great underground vibe and talent and songwriting skills you'd expect from the best out there. Both albums are keepers. Enjoy them and share your views! 

Tracklist
01 Song Of A Sinner - 8:42
02 What Happened Before They Took The People Away - 5:19
03 Middle Class America - 4:55
04 Time Passes Much Too Quickly - 3:30
05 Messed Up - 3:46
06 Baker's Boogie - 3:39
07 What's In Store - 4:26
08 Sweet Memories - 4:56
09 Lies - 5:10


Credits
Alan Berry - Bass Guitar  
John Baker - Guitar, Vocals  
Ron Linn - Organ, Harpsichord, Rhythm Guitar  
Ray Herr - Percussion, Vocals  
Steve Geary - Trumpet, Vocals 

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Sam Apple Pie - East 17 (1973 great uk blues rock - Wave)

Sam Apple Pie recorded their second album East 17 in 1973, with Sam Sampson and Bob Rennie from the first album supported by Andy Johnson and Denny "Pancho" Barnes on guitars, and Lee Baxter Hayes on drums. East 17 is a bit more polished and diverse than their first album but probably lacked a real killer track to get them wider publicity and recognition. Flying is my favourite track reminding me of Wishbone Ash in dual guitar mode. All tracks are worth a listen - exciting and memorable live band who deserved more success than they achieved.

Tracklist

01.Good Time Music
02.Louise
03.Out On The Road
04.Route 66
05.She's The Queen
06. Old Tom
07.Flying
08.Call Me Boss
09.Another Orpheus


Credits:
Sam "Tomcat" Sampson - Harmonica, Vocals
Bob "Dog" Rennie - Bass
Andy Johnson - Guitar
Denny "Pancho" Barnes - Guitar
Lee Baxter Hayes - Drums

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Agnes Strange - Strange Flavour ( 1975 great uk hard rock and hard blues - Flac)

Re-issue very rare UK album from 1975 by this UK power trio with Hendrix/Taste/early Quo leanings. Plenty of guitar work and a heavy rock attitude. Somewhere between late '60's acid rock and late '70's metal. Features 5 bonus tracks and a booklet that contains band history and reproduction of UK and European artwork.A bluesy hard rock combo from Southampton whose album is very sought-after by some. The small Birds Nest label was distributed by Pye and their second 45 was also on a Pye subsidiary label although strictly outside the archive's time frame, both cuts are non-album and very rare.

Tracklist
01. Give Yourself A Chance (Single Mix) - 3.28
02. Clever Fool - 3.23
03. Motorway Rebel - 4.04
04. Travelling - 2.53
05. Strange Flavour - 3.55
06. Alberta - 5.43
07. Loved One - 5.59
08. Failure - 5.18
09. Children Of The Absurd - 7.47
10. Odd Man Out - 3.53
11. Highway Blues - 5.30
12. Granny Don't Like Rock'N'Roll - 5.21
13. Inteference - 1.44
14. Give Yourself A Chance (LP Mix) - 3.28


Credits
John Westwood (lead guitar, vocals)
Alan Green (bass, vocals)
Dave Rodwell (drums, vocals)


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Juicy Lucy - Juicy Lucy (1969 great uk rock with outstanding guitars & vocals - Wave)

Steel guitarist, Glenn Fernando Campbell, was the star behind this band. He'd joined them from The Misunderstood. Their vinyl zenith is usually considered to be their first album which contained a number of tight, well constructed songs, including a fine cover of Bo Diddley's Who Do You Love?, which also took them into the 45 Charts. It came on the now highly collectable spiral Vertigo label in an attractive gatefold sleeve. Sadly it was downhill thereafter, their fortunes were hardly helped by several personnel changes. Paul Williams, ex-Zoot Money, came in on vocals, replacing Roy Owen on the second album, but the result was a disappointment. None of the original line-up survived for their fourth and final effort, Pieces. The line-up for this included Andy Pyle, whilst he took a brief break from Savoy Brown. The final verdict must be that they failed to achieve their early promise.


Saucy blues-rockers Juicy Lucy formed in 1969 from the ashes of cult-favorite garage band the Misunderstood, reuniting vocalist Ray Owen, steel guitarist Glenn "Ross" Campbell and keyboardist Chris Mercer; with the additions of guitarist Neil Hubbard, bassist Keith Ellis and drummer Pete Dobson, the group immediately notched a UK Top 20 hit with their reading of the Bo Diddley perennial "Who Do You Love," with their self-titled debut LP falling just shy of the Top 40. Ex-Zoot Money singer Paul Williams, guitarist Mick Moody and drummer Rod Coombes replaced Owen (who exited for a solo career), Hubbard and Dobson for 1970's Lie Back and Enjoy It, with bassist Jim Leverton assuming Ellis' duties for the follow-up, 1971's Get a Whiff a This. The constant turnover clearly took its toll on the group both creatively and commercially, with co-founders Campbell and Mercer both exiting prior to the fourth Juicy Lucy album, 1972's Pieces, which was recorded by a makeshift lineup of Williams, Moody, keyboardist Jean Roussel and the former Blodwyn Pig rhythm section of bassist Andy Pyle and drummer Ron Berg. Juicy Lucy finally disbanded shortly thereafter. 

Tracklist

01. Mississippi Woman - 3.48

02. Who Do You Love - 3.03

03. She´s Mine, She´s Yours - 5.46

04. Just One Time - 4.40

05. Chicago North-Western - 4.04

06. Train - 5.53

07. Nadine - 2.49

08. Are You Satisfied - 6.18

09. Walking Down The Highway (Bonus) - 4.49

Credits 

Glenn "Ross" Campbell - Steel Guitar, Mandolin, Marimbas, Vocals

Ray Owens - Lead Vocals

Chris Mercer - Saxophone, Piano, Organ

Neil Hubbard - Acoustic & Electric Guitars

Keith Ellis - Bass Guitar & Vocals

Pete Dobson - Drums & Percussion

Remy & Lofty - Miscellaneous Percussion

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Ancient Grease - Women and Children First (1970 great uk hard rock - Wave)

Ancient Grease is a clever moniker for a band, although Strawberry Dust were rather baffled to find themselves so named on their 1970 debut album, Women and Children First. Dust's reputation as a rousing live act was already cemented by several years of plying cover songs around the South Wales club circuit, which is where drummer John Weathers came across them. Impressed, he oversaw their demo, which landed Dust a deal at Mercury, then co-wrote, arranged, and co-produced their full-length. And thus begins the Racing Cars story, for Dust/Grease featured both the band's future frontman, Gareth "Morty" Mortimer, and guitarist, Graham Williams. However, this album is very much a child of its time, only hinting at what's to come. It's a heady mixture of pub rock, hard-rocking R&B, blues, psychedelia, and San Francisco prog rock, with nods to the British hard rock scene along the way, Dust/Grease hit just about every musical touchstone of their day. Incidentally, Weathers' Eyes of Blue bandmate, Phil Ryan, provides the fabulous keyboard work on the gorgeous "Where the Snow Lies Forever," the genre-bending "Odd Song," and presumably the rest of the album, although no keyboardist is actually credited. The album's title track captures the excitement they engendered on-stage, "Freedom Train" their propensity to roam around genres, "Mother Grease the Cat" their proggy best, "Prelude to a Blind Man" their pubby predilections and bluesy flair, "Time to Die" their emotive power, and "Mystic Mountain" their pop sensibilities. Even though Women and Children First is a strong set, there are flaws, from the so-so production to the set's lack of cohesion, a reflection of too many songwriters stirring the musical pot. Dust/Grease were ferociously talented musicians, but they were still a covers band struggling to find their own sound. They never got the chance. Mercury failed to publicize Women, and it sank without a trace. The band followed it into oblivion, as the members swiftly departed for new projects. Morty and Williams, of course, reunited later in the decade, and the rest is history.(All Music)


When Welsh-based covers band Strawberry Dust got some gigs supporting The Eyes Of Blue they impressed John Weathers and he approached their then record company boss, Lou Reizner, about signing them. This he did but he changed their name to Ancient Grease. When they entered the studio to record Women And Children First Weathers and other Eyes Of Blue members also helped out. After the album was released in July 1970 the band reverted to its original monicker, Strawberry Dust, and spent a short while in Hamburg. They disintegrated on their return but Mortimer and Williams later lined up in Racing Cars.
Gary Pickford Hopkins was later involved in lots of other projects including Cutting Crew, Drivers, etc.

TrackList
01 - Freedom Train
02 - Don't Want
03 - Odd Song
04 - Eagle Song
05 - Where The Snow Lies Forever
06 - Mother Grease The Cat
07 - Time To Die
08 - Prelude To A Blind Man
09 - Mystic Mountain
10 - Women And Children First
11 - Freedom Train (Alt.Take) 


Credits
Graham Mortimer (Morty) - vocais
Graham Williams - guitar
Jack Bass - bass
Dick Ferndale - drums
Additional musicians:
Phil Ryan - keyboards
Gary Pickford-Hopkins - vocals

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Jim McCarty & Mystery Train - Live In Auburn Hills . MI .March 21 & 22 2008 (Wave)

Repost by request 
Great concert by Jim McCarty & his band Mystery Train , including his son Dylan McCarty on drums ....
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Moloch - Moloch (1970 us hard rock with great fuzzy guitars - Wave)

Formed in Memphis in 1968 by Baker, who'd fronted local faves The Blazers, the initial line-up evolved to include drummer Durham, who'd been with The Group and The Rapscallions. Produced, written and arranged by Don Nix (ex-Mar-Keys and Paris Pilot) in Memphis, Moloch is an excellent blues rock album with some sound effects, noises and superb acid guitar solos by Lee Baker. Their single was recorded after the album with a later line-up and is extremely rare.
The genius of Lee Baker 
Lee Baker is the greatest guitarist you have never heard of. Here is your chance. Listen to Baker alternate between fuzzy,funk blues riffing,slippery slide and stinging leads. Beale Street summer of love. Moloch is a collection of notorious Memphis musicians. Blues filtered through blotter acid. The original version of "Going Down" is here. Yes, the very same song Jeff Beck/Freddie King etc covered.Before you smugly ask,yes,Baker is the equal to Beck. He's that good. Ask Jim Dickinson. Ask Alex Chilton. Smell the psycho daisies and grab this disc. (By McCarthy Salisbury)

Tracklist

01 Helping Hand 

02 Maverick Woman Blues 

03 Outta Hand 

04 Same Old Blues 

05 Going Down 

06 She Looks Like an Angel 

07 Gone Too Long 

08 Dance Chaney Dance 

09 Mona 

10 People Keep Talking 

11 I Can Think the Same of You 

12 Night at the Possum 

Credits

Lee Baker - Lead Guitar, Vocals

Gene Wilkins - Lead Vocals

Phillip Durham - Drums Vocals 

Fred Nicholson - Organ

Steve Spear - Bass

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Hackensack - Up the Hardway (1974 uk strong hard rock - Wave)

Hackensack - Up the Hardway, title track from their debut (and only official album for Polydor) album, released in 1974. Hackensack existed between 1968 and 1974 and released the abovementioned album and one single. They were formed by vocalist Nicky Moore, one of England's best frontmen. Their stage act was reminiscent of The Who and they built up a good reputation as a hard working and hard rocking blues/rock quartet. Their only album release is quite collectible today, and had a good mix of solid rockers as well as the odd tasteful blues track. Unfortunately its failure to do much led to the demise of the band in 1974. Moore subsequently joined Tiger, Samson and Mammoth, with drummer Simon Fox moving on to Be Bop Deluxe and guitarist Ray Smith (a.k.a. Ray Major ) moving on to The British Lions, an offshoot of Mott the Hoople.(From Chris Goes Rock)

Tracklist

1. Up The Hardway  

2. Long Way To Go  

3. Goodbye World  

4. Lazy Cow  

5. Angels Theme-Goodboy Badb  

6. Blindman  

7. Northern Girl  

8. Hot Damn Home-Made Wine 

Line Up

Nicky Moore - Lead Vocals, Guitar, Electric Piano

Paul Martinez - Bass Guitar

Ray Smith - Vocals, Lead Guitar

Simon Fox - Drums, Percussion

Sue Lynch, Joy Yates, Jacky Sullivan - Background Vocals  

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Sam Apple Pie - Sam Apple Pie (1969 great uk blues rock - 2003 cd reissue - Wave)

Formed in Walthamstow, London, where they ran their own club 'The Bottleneck Blues Club', Sam Apple Pie soon attracted a large live following, with a mix of goodtime blues and boogie, interspersed with humour. In October 1969 they played the Amougies festival, in Belgium, where Frank Zappa jammed with them.
They wrote all but one of the songs on their first album Sam Apple Pie (1969) which featured lead singer Sam "Tomcat" Sampson with Mike "Tinkerbell" Smith and Steve Jolly on guitars, bassist Bob "Dog" Rennie, Malcolm Morley on keyboards and Dave Charles on drums.
In 1970 they played the first Glastonbury Festival, after which Morley and Charles left to form Help Yourself and Steve Jolly to join Procol Harum offshoot Freedom. After several more line up changes, the band recorded their second album East 17 in 1973, with Sam Sampson and Bob Rennie from the first album supported by Andy Johnson and Denny "Pancho" Barnes on guitars, and Lee Baxter Hayes on drums.
They disbanded in 1974, but reformed the next year. During the hiatus, from mid 1974 to February 1975, the band members performed with Vincent Crane as Vincent Crane's Atomic Rooster. Further line up changes included bassist Gary Fletcher, who subsequently joined The Blues Band and drummer Martin Bell. The band continued into the late 1970s, changing its name to The Vipers, (not to be confused with the new wave band of the same name) before disbanding.


The British blues-rock boom was such a big deal at the end of the 1960s that plenty of also-ran bands got the chance to fill out the bottom of concert and festival bills, and also to record. Sam Apple Pie were among them, and their self-titled debut album didn't offer much in the style that was out of the ordinary, though it did possess basic competence. You needed more than basic competence to make a mark, however, even in a genre that could be as hidebound as British blues. Sam Apple Pie didn't have those extra special somethings, relying too much upon stock blues riffs and good-time energy that might have been effective in a concert setting, but are pretty dull on record. If any influence from their peers seems strongest, it's early Fleetwood Mac (in both their stinging blues modes and their quieter, more reflective ones). 
Songs like "Stranger," "Sometime Girl," and "Winter of My Love," with its swooping slide, downcast lyrics, and minor keys, definitely recall some of the Mac's early tunes. But this is way below the level of the Peter Green-helmed Fleetwood Mac in singing, playing, and songwriting, though at least the band wrote every song on the album except one ("Tiger Man [King of the Jungle]," where the macho bluster is so callow that it's uncertain whether it's a parody or a sincere attempt at the real thing). Certainly the standout track, though the least typical one, is "Annabelle," with a soft jazz-classical-rock blend -- and little of the blues -- that's, again, very reminiscent of some of Fleetwood Mac's work in the 1969-1970 period. The sudden detour into a jazzy jam with flute in "Moonlight Man" is another promising avenue that, alas, wasn't explored elsewhere on this release.

Tracklist
01. Hawk 4:08
02. Winter of My Love 7:16
03. Stranger 4:27
04. Swan Song 7:12
05. Tiger Man (King of the Jungle) 2:24
06. Something Nation 4:00
07. Sometime Girl 4:02
08. Uncle Sam's Blues 2:37
09. Annabelle 5:20
10. Moonlight Man 7:19
11. Tiger Man [Mono Single Mix] 2:24
12. Sometime Girl [Mono Single Mix]

Credits
Sam "Tomcat" Sampson - Lead Vocals, Harmonica
Mike "Tinkerbell" Smith - Guitar
Steve Jolly - Guitar
Bob "Dog" Rennie - Bass
Malcolm Morley - Keyboards
Dave Charles - Drums

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Stan Webb's Broken Glass - Broken Glass (1975 great uk classic rock & blues - Flac)

Following his sojourn with Savoy Brown, Stan Webb's next recorded output was with Broken Glass. This featured Robbie Blunt on guitar, and also Miller Anderson.   This was recorded in 22 days in November 1975 and released the following month.


Track listing:
Standing on the Border
It's Alright
Keep Your Love
Can't Keep You Satisfied
Jersey Lightning
It's Evil
Ain't No Magic
Crying Smiling
Take the Water
Broken Glass

Line-up:
Stan Webb (lead & rhythm guitars, acoustic guitars, vocals)
Robbie Blunt (rhythm guitars, background vocals)
Tony Ashton (piano, organ)
Rob Rawlinson (bass)
Mac Poole (drums)
Miller Anderson (electric & acoustic guitars, dobro, additional vocals)

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The Novato Frank Band With John Cipollina - Cotati Cabaret - California - November 7th 1984 (Flac)

Great live album by Novato Frank Band with John Cipollina, Barry Melton & Steve Kimock and a lot of friends ....Great sound & great music ...Enjoy !!!

Personnel

Frank Bonomolo vocals, guitar

John Cipollina lead guitar, vocals

Barry Melton lead guitar, vocals

Steve Kimock lead guitar

Greg Anton drums

Steve Wolf bass

Greg Elmore drums

Jimmy Smith keyboards

Ben Perkoff sax

Collene Callahan vocals

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Catfish Hodge - Boogieman Gonna Get Ya (1973 great us detroit boogie blues & rock - vinyl rip - Wave)

01.Different Strokes 3:47
02.Ghetto 3:12
03.Hungry Love 6:54
04.I Want You (She’s So Heavy) 5:28
05.I’ll Be Gone 5:42
06.Stop 2:42
07.I’m The Man 3:28
08.Boogie Man 9:44


"Hodge possesses a voice that can be heard miles away but can get so low and ethereal you’ll swear he’s singing through you. Few can compare with this man’s power and effect!" (Rolling Stone Magazine)

Catfish Hodge- Vocals

Dallas Hodge- Guitar

Shakey Al Werneken- Guitar

Bob Babitch- Piano

William H.Laudless-Bass

Pat Freer- Drums

Jerry Paul- Percussion

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Catfish - Get Down (1970 great us detroit blues-rock - cd reissue - Flac)

Blues rocker Bob "Catfish" Hodge was born and raised in Detroit, and as a teen frequently snuck into Motown Records' Hitsville studio to catch sessions featuring the Four Tops, the Supremes and others. At the end of the 1960s he formed the band Catfish, debuting in 1970 with Get Down; after issuing Live Catfish a year later, Hodge mounted a solo career with 1973's Boogie Man I Gonna Get Ya, relocating to Washington D.C. and becoming a regular opening act for artists including Bonnie Raitt and Little Feat. After a series of solo LPs including 1974's Dinosaurs and Alleycats, 1975's Sop Operas and 1979's Eyewitness Blues, he toured with the Chicken Legs Band during the early 1980s, relocating to California in 1982 and later forming the Bluesbusters with onetime Little Feat guitarist Paul Barrere. After a long absence from the studio, Hodge returned to action in 1994 with Catfish Blues; Like a Big Dog Barkin' followed a year later, and in 1996 he resurfaced with Adventures at Catfish Pond. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi


I first heard this incredible piece of work over thirty years ago and have replaced my vinyl copy at least three times thanks to good fortune in finding said replacements, usually cut outs found in bargain bins. When I first started buying CD's on the net, this was the first one I looked for and was disappointed in not finding it for years. The original was released on the Epic label I believe. Now at last it's available under Sony. 
The band Catfish was fronted by singer/guitarist Bob Hodge whose gutsy vocals and unique delivery sometimes made you feel like you were sitting on the back porch of a bayou cabin listening to blues the way they should be sung, then the band would cut loose with some of the best get on yer feet rock n' roll ever created! 
The whole work is great listening (that in itself unusual for it's time!) but the tracks that stand out to me are "Tradition", one of the best solid rocking songs I've ever heard, and "300 Pound Fat Mama", a hilarious blues romp that showcases just how far this band can GET DOWN!! (By Robert L. Baldwin)

Tracklist

01-Catfish                                    

02-The Hawk                                    

03-No Place To Hide                           

04-300 Pound Fat Mama                            

05-Love Lights                                    

06-Coffee Song                                    

07-Tradition                                    

08-Sundown Man                                    

09-Reprise: Catfish/Get High, Get Naked, Get Down  

Credits

Bob "Catfish" Hodge - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals

Mark Manko - Guitar

Jimmy Optner - Drums

Harry Phillips - Keyboards

W.R. Cooke - Bass

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Eric Quincy Tate - Chattahoochee River - Atlanta - Georgia - May '74 (Wave)

Tracks Listing
01.White Line
02.Papst Blue Ribbon
03.Father Michaels
04.The Bream are still biting in Ferriday
05.Flying Machine
06.Half ain´t been told *


Donnie McCormick - Lead Vocals,Drums,and everything else at one time
David Cantonwine - Bass
Joe Rogers - Piano
Wayne "Bear" Sauls - Guitars,Lead Vocals on *
Jerome Joseph - Congas


Great Blend of R&B,Blues,Rock,Psychedelic......played the southern way.
They just owned the Strip ,Piedmont Park...... just like the Booger Band,The Sweet Younguns,the Allman Bros. etc.....everybody played with everybody...in places like the Bottom of the Barrel,The Bowery,Hot´Lanta.......

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Short Cross - Arising (1972 us heavy psychedelic blues - Wave)

From Sandston, Virginia, this band evolved out of the Hustlers, whose members included, at various stages, ex-Reactors Steve Hicks and ex-Outlaws Butch Owens alongside core members Velpo Robertson, Gray McCalley and Ben Luck. The latter left to join the Barracudas, of A Plane View LP fame.
Their rare album can best be described as heavy psychedelic blues, at its purest on Suicide Blues. There's plenty of good guitar work throughout, Wastin' Time, Just Don't Care, Till We Reach The Sun and Hobo Love Song all have their share, whilst Ellen is a slow bluesy ballad. The album lacks sufficient originality to make it special but if this musical genre is where you're at you shouldn't be disappointed. (Max Waller / Roger Maglio)


GRAY McCALLEY(drums, lead vocals)
BUTCH OWENS(organ, piano, moog)
VELPO ROBERTSON(guitars, vocals)
BIRD SHARP(bass, vocals)


Track Listings


01. Nothin' But A Woman
02. Wastin' Time
03. Suicide Blues
04. Just Don't Care
05. On My Own
06. Till We Reach The Sun
07. Ellen
08. Hobo Love Song
09. On My Own (Stereo Mix)
10. Marching Off To War (Stereo Mix)
11. That's Her Train (Unreleased)
12. Bomb (Unfinished Demo)
13. Before It Rains (Unfinished Demo)



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Bachman Turner Overdrive - Bachman Turner Overdrive (1973 great canadian heavy rock - Wave)

The first was the best...
Some bands need time to get up to stride; others come up with their best stuff when they still toiled in relative obscurity. BTO fits in the latter. Their first album is easily their best, starting off right away with "Gimme Your Money Please", a tune sure to please with the heavy guitar riffs and snarling vocals of C F Turner. That's followed by "Hold Back the Water", which was the flip side of the single "Blue Collar", which is also great. You may remember "Blue Collar" as a bluesy tune; unfortunately the band never explored that side of their music much, because this track works. Other good tracks include "Stayed Awake All Night" and "Down and Out Man", a rare vocal by early member Tim Bachman. Commercial success probably led them to go down the safe and easy path with subsequent releases, although their fourth album "Four Wheel Drive" rebounds a bit before the band personnel changed and BTO plummeted. This album and "Four Wheel Drive" are the ones you want. If you're a fan, the other albums work, too. But this is their best one, hands down.(By Mark R. Van Wagenen)

Track listing

"Gimme Your Money Please" (C.F. Turner) – 4:41 (Lead Vocal: Turner)

"Hold Back The Water" (Randy Bachman, Rob Bachman, Kirk Kelly) – 5:06 (Lead Vocal: Turner)

"Blue Collar" (C.F. Turner) – 6:10 (Lead Vocal: Turner)

"Little Gandy Dancer" (Randy Bachman) – 4:22 (Lead Vocal: Turner)

"Stayed Awake All Night" (Randy Bachman) – 4:07 (Lead Vocal: Randy and Tim Bachman)

"Down And Out Man" (Tim Bachman, R.B. Charles) – 3:12 (Lead Vocal: Tim Bachman)

"Don't Get Yourself In Trouble" (Randy Bachman) – 4:54 (Lead Vocal: Turner)

"Thank You For The Feelin'" (C.F. Turner) – 4:07 (Lead Vocal: Turner)

Personnel

Randy Bachman - guitar, electric guitar, vocals

Robbie Bachman - percussion, drums

Tim Bachman - guitar, rhythm guitar, vocals, background vocals

C.F. Turner - bass, vocals

Guests

Barry Keane - congas

Will MacCalder - piano

Garry Peterson - percussion, drums, background vocals

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