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Terry Dolan Terry Dolan 1972 us amazing classic rock with psych country and blues flavours 2016 remaster and expanded

Terry Dolan Terry Dolan 1972 us amazing classic rock with psych country and blues flavours 2016 remaster and expanded On April 24, 1971, the San Francisco Examiner ran a piece titled �The Hit That Isnt a Record.� It was about an unsigned local musician named Terry Dolan who was �doing the impossible � having a hit without making a record.� A demo tape Dolan had cut with Rolling Stones piano man Nicky Hopkins had found its way into heavy rotation on two FM underground stations, and one of the songs, Inlaws and Outlaws, was lighting up the phones. The article would prove strangely prescient, because after the demo helped land him a deal with Warner Brothers, Dolan made a record that never became a record. At least not until forty-four years later. Music history is peppered with lost albums, those vinyl equivalents of Atlantis � from The Beach Boys Smile to Princes Black Album. But what if not only a landmark album went missing in time, but along with it an artist and the potential of an ...

Redwing Redwing 1971 us astonishing classic rock with country folk blues and psych tinges

Redwing Redwing 1971 us astonishing classic rock with country folk blues and psych tinges The seeds of Redwing were sown in Sacramento, California in 1962. when folk trio Tim, Tom and Ron formed. Comprising Timothy B Schmit (guitar / bass / vocals), Tom Phillips (guitar / vocals) and Ron Floegel (guitar / vocals), they soon added drummer George Hullin and evolved into a surf band named the Contenders, then a British Invasion-influenced act called the New Breed. Under that moniker they issued their debut 45 on the tiny Diplomacy label in 1965, Green Eyed Woman I Im In Love.  The A-side was stomping garage rock, while the flip was an obscure Lennon-McCartney number that had been a hit for the Fourmost but wasnt recorded by the Beatles. A 1966 follow-up on Mercury (Leave Me Be I Ive Been Wrong Before) failed to break nationally, and their last two 45s (Want Ad Reader / One More For The Good Guys and Fine With Me I The Sound Of The Music) were minor garage classics that appeared on the...