Ilmo Smokehouse - Ilmo Smokehouse...Plus

Ilmo Smokehouse - Ilmo Smokehouse...Plus (CD reissue)

Жанр: Hard rock with blues, psych and jazz
Страна: USA
Год издания: 1971
Аудиокодек: MP3
Тип рипа: tracks
Битрейт аудио: 320 kbps
Продолжительность: 1:07:55
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Треклист:
1. Devil Take My Grandma (K. Rand, R. Weghoff) - 3:30
2. Are You Happy (C. Parker, F. Tieken, K. Rand) - 5:40
3. Movement 1 And 13 (R. Philips, C. Moore, K. Rand, F. Tieken) - 9:50
4. Johnny B. Good (C. Berry) - 3:31
5. Meyer Gold (K. Rand, F. Tieken) - 4:55
6. Have You Ever Had The Blues (F. Tieken) - 6:59
7. Pine Needle Bed (C. Moore, K. Rand, F. Tieken) - 2:53
8. Watch Jimmy Crash (Ilmo Smokehouse) - 2:36
9. Key To The Highway (Bonus Track) (Big Bill Bronzy) - 2:45
10.Pine Needle Bed (Bonus Track) (C. Moore, K. Rand, F. Tieken) - 3:33
11.Ozone (Bonus Track, Instrumental) (Gerry Gabel) - 3:24
12.Outskirts Of Town (Bonus Track) (Andy Razxaf, Fats Waller) - 2:58
13lm Myself Down (Bonus Track) (Craig Moore) - 4:32
14.Every Day (Bonus Track, Instrumental) (Memphis Slim) - 5:01
15.Columbia Jam (Bonus Track) (Ilmo Smokehouse) - 5:37

Об исполнителе (группе)

While it's not unusual for a new band to form from the ashes of other collapsing, simpatico groups, it's rare for one to emerge from the funeral pyres of two distinctly different musical units, but thus was begotten Ilmo Smokehouse. Freddie Tieken and the Rockers was the more established of Ilmo's parents, a smoking R'n'B band that had been burning up Midwestern stages since the late '50s.
With an obvious penchant for bluesy rock and soul, the band boasted one of the best horn sections in the region. In contrast, Gonn came on the scene in 1966, dragging behind them their British beat influences, following the herd into psychedelia and even space rock a few years later. Smokehouse had a ferocious live reputation, but this set did that little justice, with only 'Johnny B. Good' and 'Pine Needle Bed' hinting at their stage potential.
What the record does do, however, is showcase precisely why this band was born to die. The nearly seven-minute long 'Have You Ever Had the Blues' is a flawless example of talking blues, a sound Freddie Tieken had perfected years before. Elsewhere, jazz and prog rock collide on 'Are You Happy,' while jazz, soul, and rock smack straight into each other on 'Movement 1 and 13,' while 'Pine Needle Bed' pulls in so many directions, you expect the whole tree to splinter apart. And splinter the band quickly did, in the end, becoming three different bands. There was just too much experience and quality musicianship in the ranks, all pushing too hard for their own preferred style. For some bands, eclecticism is a badge of honor, for Ilmo it sounds more like a bone of contention.

Состав

*Keith 'Slink' Rand - Lead Guitar, Percussions
*Freddie Tieken - Vocals, Rap Vocals, Tenor Saxophone
*Gerry Gabel - Vocals, Flute, Harmonica, Piano
*Dennis Tieken - Vocals, Drums
*Craig Moore - Bass, Vocals

Группа была сформирована в 1969-м году братьями Тикен из Куинси, штат Иллинойс. Благодаря своей агрессивной и интересной смеси тяжелого рока с блюзовыми и проговыми элементами, их всегда хорошо принимали на их концертах. Ilmo Smokehouse сделала себе имя, непрерывно гастролируя и деля сцену с такими грандами как MC5, Big Brother The Holding Company, The Amboy Dukes, Brownsville Station, James Gang, Sugarloaf, Crow, The Flock и BB King. Их единственный альбом был записан в Мемфисе на Beautiful Sound Studio, принадлежащей Дэнну Пенну из Box Tops вместе с его партнером Джимом Джонсоном. С ними недолго играл Стив Гейнс до его вступления в Lynyrd Skynyrd. После того, как Гейбел ушёл из группы, они превратились в Smokehouse и начали играть прог с элементами глиттер рока.