So, what have you been listening to lately?

[uwe]

Dave doesn't know who or what Blackfoot and Rick Medlocke are, Rob, sadly so. They are all consigned to his "stadium rock" waste bin.

Intricacies such as the connection to Uriah Heep escape him!



He's probably aware of Rick's pension fund day job though …



Medlocke, while never a member of the classic Skynyrd line-up that perished in part in the airplane crash, did drum (and rather busily so, he switched to lead guitar only later) on the original Free Bird version that also featured Ed King on guitar (and on Free Bird also on bass). In the pic, Medlocke is third from left.



But I bet Dave has heard of Rick's grandfather Shorty Medlocke ...



Not a lot of grandpas out there who write songs for their grandsons to record with a Southern hard rock outfit ...

[Dave W]

Of course I don't click all the links, any more than you do. If it looks like something I'm pretty sure I won't like, I'll pass.

[uwe]

Wrong, I pretty much click everything (unless it is Facebook related which is blocked on my office laptop), you might learn something after all (I often have). Might not always listen til the end, but initial curiosity always wins.

[4stringer77]

Will you be Row Zero, dear Rob? Wear something nice!

https://www.side-line.com/rammsteins-row-zero-under-scrutiny-in-munich-but-what-is-the-row-zero-exactly/#:~:text=What%20exactly%20is%20'Row%20Zero,concert%2C%20right%20before%20the%20stage.

For Till's sake, I'm hoping he didn't invite the Miss Netherlands pageant winner to that row.

[Dave W]

Wrong, I pretty much click everything (unless it is Facebook related which is blocked on my office laptop), you might learn something after all (I often have). Might not always listen til the end, but initial curiosity always wins.

You might regret clicking on this. Cibo Matto in 1997 performing a live version of their 1995 recording. That's Sean Lennon on bass.

I can't explain why I liked them.

[uwe]

That's Sean Lennon on bass.

In that case he's used to quite a bit from his maternal side. Adding this, can't have done much further harm. His first words as an infant were "Oh, no!" Alas!, his parents chose to mishear it.

[uwe]

Not real country of course, but it reveals that the Queen original through all the Brian May riffage owed a debt to C&W. And the ladies (going by the name of Remember Monday) have embellished it with harmonies you can only call 'lavish'.



They're Brits btw.

The harmony work reminds me of these gals here:

[Dave W]

In that case he's used to quite a bit from his maternal side. Adding this, can't have done much further harm. His first words as an infant were "Oh, no!" Alas!, his parents chose to mishear it.

Cibo Matto is definitely not like Yoko.

[Dave W]

On to my more conventional tastes.

[uwe]

Nothing you do or say is ever conventional, Dave!

[uwe]

The musical genius that is Jim Lea ...

[uwe]

Obscure Brit bluesy hard rock from 1976 that started out promising, but then the Sex Pistols came along anyone?

Let me introduce you to Bandit then, whose 1976 debut



I've been looking for on CD for ages, it has now become finally available on CD for the first time. Some of you might recognize the bassist. Or Kate Bush's husband. Or the singer.



Find out more here: https://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=6622.msg214898#msg214898

[gearHed289]

Wow, that was great! Cliff looking like Chris Squire with those wizard sleeves. 😁 Dig that single P90 Les Paul. Really good rock and roll!

[uwe]

That makes already two Bandit fans in the world, we're getting there! 

They were slaughtered in the English music press at the time for being the epitome of unfashionable though (or because!) they were a not-quite-super-group of sorts (if you count in what they did in the aftermath too), James Litherland (the other guitarist) had been the co-founder of Colosseum, the drummer (Graham Broad) was with Roger Waters and Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings later on.

Their big break should have been opening for Paice Ashton Lord or PAL in 1977



but that fell literally flat on its face when Tony Ashton stumbled into an orchestra pit from a multi-level stage and PAL's lavishly financed attempt of bringing "Little Feat with horns"-type music to the UK masses ignited neither former Deep Purple nor Punk fans. PAL pulled the UK and European tour and never resumed it, dreams of America were discarded. Pity because I really liked their stuff though Tony Ashton wasn't a real singer, more a stage conferencier.

[Dave W]