
Flower Travellin' Band/ Satori Part I Blue Cheer/ Come and Get It Stack Waddy/ Hoochie Coochie Man Captain Beefheart/ Electricity (live at Cannes 1968) feedtime/ Fastbuck Pierced Arrows/ In My Brain Union Carbide Productions/ Ring My Bell Acid Eater/ Eye Gore/ Out For Blood [...]

The sophomore albums from both of these British-Bred, blues fried Zappa/ Beefheart disciples certainly equal, if not surpass their predecessors. Though hindsight's been kind to them on the re-issue circuit, I'm still constantly amazed neither made more of a lasting impression the first time around. Stack Waddy - Bugger Off The band showed no signs of letting up on their second album, and as for the public reception, perhaps Bugger Off wasn't a title that welcomed mainstream [...]
One of the most idiosyncratic artists around, Beefheart's two most obvious associations - Frank Zappa (friend and collaborator) and Tom Waits (follower) - have never actually covered his songs themselves. But plenty of others have, taking the strange originals and reworking them in every way imaginable. The Black Keys - I'm Glad A special mp3 release a few months back, the usually hard-rocking Black Keys bring the soul on this loungey cover that sounds like Sam Cooke singing through a distortion microphone. Chris [...]

Two of the most enigmatic band's to emerge from the British Blues revival, these bands had more in common with Captain Beefhart than John Lee Hooker but still their perspectives on the blues were unmatched. Truly reason to celebrate the Brit's obsession with the American form. Edgar Broughton Band - Wasa Wasa The Brothers Broughton were integral in their merging of British Blues with an emerging emphasis on hard rock that continued with Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, etc. Though, unlike these [...]