With Leon Russell on keyboards and his former bandmate, drummer Jim Capaldi, members of Derek & The Dominos and of course Eric Clapton among the supporting cast, the album is an overlooked gem from a golden era in rock. “The music was just incredible so I felt I needed to pay tribute to it,” Jones said – even down to the album cover, which pictures the band crossing the road at 926 East McLemore Avenue, where Stax Studios was situated in Memphis, in a nod to Abbey Road’s famous cover photo.ħ: Dave Mason: Alone Together (June 1970)Īfter leaving Traffic in 1968, Dave Mason embarked on a solo career with his first offering, Alone Together. Regardless, Elastic Rock is a masterpiece, and scooped the band first prize when they played it live at the July 1970 Montreux Jazz Festival.Ħ: Booker T & The MG’s: McLemore Avenue (April 1970)Ī glorious tribute to The Beatles – and Abbey Road in particular – this Southern soul take on classics the likes of ‘Something’, ‘Day Tripper’ and ‘Eleanor Rigby’ brings out some of the best in both bands: Booker and co’s tight musicianship and The Beatles’ innate songwriting. Whether brandishing their own originals, or tackling covers such as The Doors’ ‘Light My Fire’ and Miles Davis’ ‘All Blues’, Driscoll, Auger and co very much make every moment their own.įronted by the late, lamented trumpeter (and acclaimed Miles Davis biographer) Ian Carr, Nucleus were arguably the finest jazz fusion band to come out of Britain – and certainly one of the only ones to understand where Miles was headed with the likes of In A Silent Way – though Carr claims they’d not heard that album by the time they recorded their own fusion debut. Something of a meeting point between US R&B, Jazz and the nascent British prog rock of the late 60s, Streetnoise’s split between Hammond-driven gutbucket instrumentals and vocal outings which find Driscoll in full voice was the perfect parting shot from this all-too-short-lived outfit. If anything, their music was even crazier, but Black Monk Time remains a visceral experience that can never be replicated.Ĥ: Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity: Streetnoise (1969) If that wasn’t going to attract cult status, nothing else would.
Two steps from the blues and a hair’s breadth away from Southern soul, this masterpiece amalgamation of black music styles was given five stars by Rolling Stone when it was released, but has since unfairly slipped off the radar for all but the most discerning soul fan.Īs far as cult acts go, The Monks were truly blessed: US soldiers based in Germany, they pioneered 60s garage rock, donned clerical robes and gave themselves tonsures. Looking for an insight into where he got some of his early ideas? No further for this, one of the most popular albums of the 50s.Ģ: Bobby “Blue” Bland: Two Steps From The Blues (January 1961) 1: Four Freshmen: Four Freshmen And 5 Trombones (1955)ĭoing exactly what it says on the gloriously modernist artwork (with a small rhythm section thrown into the mix as well), Four Freshmen And 5 Trombones was the first album that The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson ever bought.
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