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Originally Posted by Neapolitan
Really! Which one? I subscribe to a few YouTube channels, but I am not familiar with one that does album reviews.
It's such a coincidence you mentioned Groundhogs. I just discovered Groundhogs a few days ago cause Triplet Tam name drop them on the album-video of Heads Hands and Feet - Old Soldiers Never Die. I practically just listened to Groundhogs - Scratching the Surface (1968) this week and added them to my favorite late 60s album playlist along with Millenium (among others). Kinda along the same ilk, I like Charlie Musslewhite, and John Mayall (but I am not crazy about the Beano album tbh). I love Canned Heat. And I like a few early Savoy Brown album etc etc.
I listened to Wizzard a few weeks ago because of Chula Vista. I really can't say I know a lot about the band. I just kinda found out about Wiz cause Roy Wood was on a list of musicians influenced by none other than Hank Marvin. (See I was tryin' to learn Chula Vista on the importance of Hank Marvin, and that's when I stumbled across Roy Wood.) Now out of the UK Glam scene I love bands like T. Rex, Roxy Music and Mott the Hoople. Ian was such a great singer and has one best voice in Rock imho - certainly one of my all time favorite singers. He Mick Ralphs was a great guitar player with an amazing tone & talent even before he went onto Bad Company.
Mott the Hoople - Honaloochie Boogie
You gotta crank this motha up ... no seriously the YouTube audio sucks. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Ralphs in rolled up jeans playing a modified Telecaster.
Hillbilly music idk ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I prefer Appalachian Folk, like Obray Ramsey and Roscoe Holcomb, Jean Ritchie. I also like Eric Weissberg, Erik Darling, and David Grisman.
Obray Ramsey - Wild Bill Jones
Roscoe Holcomb - Graveyard Blues
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Groundhogs are awesome, I discovered them when I was a teenager several years ago, my cousin who plays in local bands has a huge record collection and would introduce me to stuff like Groundhogs and Cactus. Groundhog's first couple of albums are very bluesy, and then they start to become more hard rock. My uncle also sang in local bands in the 80's, 90's and 00's, so having musicians in my family has helped influence me into always being on the look out for new music.
My uncle's band in the 80's had somewhat of a cult following and their first EP on vinyl sells for a lot of money now due to the rarity and cult status, so I've been infatuated with obscure bands my whole life.
Wizzard was a band I discovered through KISS, I remember Roy Wood was sited as an influence of KISS, and I remember when I was like 10 an interview with Gene where he said not to be a fan of any one particular band, listen to who influenced them, and who influenced the influencers and be a fan of music, and I've always tried to stick to that moto.
the name of the channel on youtube is The Contrarians. It's a really cool project I've been fortunate to work on with Martin Popoff, who is a prolific music journalist and author from the Toronto area. he has interviewed many famous musicians and has written over 70 books on classic rock, hard rock, heavy metal, punk rock etc. He also worked on Rush - beyond the lighted stage and Metal Evolution - a Headbanger's journey. The show so far consists of 1 person picking an album from a band that is generally not considered their best album and being put in the hot seat to have to defend their choice.
So far we've covered bands like Rainbow, Thin Lizzy and Blue Oyster Cult.
Awesome I will check those musicians out!