Excellent Brother!!
Sad to hear about that story CB, I have that album also, in fact after seeing that show way back when, I was in the record store looking not only for the latest Khan record, but Alphonso Johnson, Billy Cobham, and Tom Scott all had releases at that time, hence the tour. I am going to spin that one in a tribute to your good friend, sounding funky so far!!The "CBS Jazz All Stars" concert featured a few tunes off of this album. I have bitter-sweet memories of it. It was one of my best friends & bandmate favorite lp's when it was released, he just loved it and I spun it for him often and he attended concert with me in '77. He was taken away at age 30 in '84 by cancer. That changed my life forever, I was 27. Accordingly I dedicate this to my fallen brother, Johnny.
Steve Khan ~ Tightrope
Columbia, 1977
Tommy was another of my favs for guitarists! But, sadly was a victim of "Too much, too fast, too soon".Billy Cobham - Spectrum
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Billy Cobham - Percussion
Tommy Bolin - Guitar (1, 3.b, 4, 6.b)
Jan Hammer - E- & A- piano, Moog
Lee Sklar - Fender bass
Joe Farrell - Flute, Soprano- & Alto sax
Jimmy Owens - Flugelhorn & Trumpet
John Tropea - Guitar
Ron Carter - Acoustic bass
Ray Barretto - Congas
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Tommy was another of my favs for guitarists! But, sadly was a victim of "Too much, too fast, too soon".
I've played Stratus with a couple of different groups over the years. Great song to stretch out on, but Tommy did it best.
I am in complete agreement with this. He was definitely taking things to a higher level. Musically speaking of course.He was a fave of mine also. It's too bad he didn't have more time. He would have been a great fusion guitarist had he lived on. I think that was the direction he was headed. He seemed bored with rock towards the end.
Yes!!! This is a great album. Savannah Woman is one of my favorites from this one for more of a jazzy / Latin kinda feel.Bolin flirted with fusion, as did a few other rock guitarists back in the day, Jeff Beck, Ronnie Montrose, Gary Moore, Pat Thrall, Les Dudek, to name a few. It was a nice contrast to have the raw guitar of a non-traditional rocker joining the fusion field, being that jazzrock was the theme of the era. I especially liked Bolin's songs from his Teaser album, like Marching Powder, Homeward Strut. He really shined on those.
Bolin flirted with fusion, as did a few other rock guitarists back in the day, Jeff Beck, Ronnie Montrose, Gary Moore, Pat Thrall, Les Dudek, to name a few. It was a nice contrast to have the raw guitar of a non-traditional rocker joining the fusion field, being that jazzrock was the theme of the era. I especially liked Bolin's songs from his Teaser album, like Marching Powder, Homeward Strut. He really shined on those.
Yes!!! This is a great album. Savannah Woman is one of my favorites from this one for more of a jazzy / Latin kinda feel.
Marching Powder is an appropriate name for that tune! Rocking stuff.