By 1971, Grand Funk equaled the Beatles ‘ Shea Stadium attendance record but sold out the venue in just 72 hours, whereas the Beatles concert took a few weeks to sell out. Following Closer to Home , the double disc Live Album was also released later in 1970 and was…
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With the assistance of Ham and engineer Robin Hood Brians, ZZ Top’s First Album (1971) was released.
The second retrospective album, The Flood , is a collection of demos of various origins. It includes four demos recorded by the original High Tide shortly before their breakup, six demos recorded in 1971 and 1976 by Tony Hill and Peter Pavli with other musicians, and a Peter Pavli solo…
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While Iron Butterfly was touring in Europe with Yes in early 1971, Doug Ingle announced his intention to leave the group. Ingle had grown tired of endless touring and wasn’t totally on board with the band’s new guitar-oriented blues and soul direction. The remaining four members cut the 45 rpm…
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The members of the band reportedly spent afternoons getting high and watching Three Stooges reruns. One day, they had a post-Stooges meeting to try to come up with a name. Kramer said that, when he was in school, he would write the word “aerosmith” all over his notebooks. The name…
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The band, with Ingle in tow, decided to play one final tour, pairing with Black Oak Arkansas . Pinera’s band-mate from Blues Image, drummer Manny Bertematti, filled in for Bushy for most of the tour dates because of the latter’s shoulder injury. The group then broke up after playing the…
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After forming the band and finalizing the lineup in 1971, the band started to garner some local success doing live shows. Originally booked through the Ed Malhoit Agency, the band signed a promotion deal with Frank Connelly, and eventually secured a management deal with David Krebs and Steve Leber in…
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During the spring of 1971, Medlocke and Walker accepted an offer to join Lynyrd Skynyrd and Blackfoot ended for a time. Still in New Jersey, Charlie Hargrett played briefly in “No Name” a band formed around him. They rehearsed at Steve Bondy’s Family Home nearby in Morristown and included New…
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By 1971, the band had moved away from its darker occult imagery in an effort to gain a wider audience, which was unsuccessful. Having replaced Bond and Box with Geoff Griffith and Romeo Challenger , Black Widow released the self-titled Black Widow album in 1971 and Black Widow III in…
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The band disbanded in 1971 because of differences between Fraser and Rodgers, who felt he was not being listened to. This led to the release of the live album called Free Live! In early 1972 the band set aside their differences and reformed in an effort to save Kossoff from…
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