* - Broadcast of Hendrix's late show on at The Fillmore West, on February 4, 1968 // Click on the Link above, left, to read an article about this release
From Mankato, Minnesota - 90 miles south/southwest of Minneapolis. / Click on the Link above, left, to view the single, and then SCROLL DOWN to the bottom, read the Comments, quite fascinating ...
Originally "South 40", they added former Castaways (on the same label as the Gestures, above) drummer Denny Craswell prior to recording their 1969 debut album / * - Also released as a single the month before, as the B-side of a cover of Larry William's 'Slow Down'.
This album has always been divisive amongst Muddy's fans: Marshall Chess later said, "I came up with the idea to help Muddy make money. It wasn't to bastardize the blues. It was like a painting, and Muddy was going to be in the painting. It wasn't to change his sound, it was a way to get it to that market." ... Chess hoped the new albums would sell well among fans of psychedelic rock bands influenced by Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf. Muddy Waters, "Quite naturally, I like a good-selling record. I was looking at it because I played for so many of these so-called hippies that I thought probably I could reach them." ... DRAW your own conclusions.
* - In 2012, a new narrative appeared, crediting the song to then 19-year-old Paul Gilley. Gilley sold Williams several of his songs outright, taking a one-time payment so that Williams could claim the song as his own. Also, several writers have claimed that Gilley also wrote the lyrics to "Cold, Cold Heart" and other songs before drowning at age 27.
Sometimes billed as 'Gram Parsons & The International Submarine Band' // Prior to this album's release, Parsons left the band after accepting an offer to join The Byrds, to play keyboards and record 'Sweetheart of the Rodeo, and as a result "Safe at Home" was unreleased for some months.
... Betty Davis, born "Betty Gray Mabry", died Feb 9th, 2022 at age 76. She was briefly married to Miles Davis, from Oct 1968 to 1970. / * - It would've been her 4th LP // Click on the Link above, left, to view the CD
From New Orleans; Alex McMurray has also joined the most recent lineup. / * - SORRY, I haven't been able to find out a lot about them, there are not on "Discogs"
Garage rock from San Diego, CA, formed in 2009, consisting of husband and wife Pat Beers (guitar, lead vocals) and Lety Beers (drums, backing vocals). For the _full_ story, Click on Link above, left, to read; also click on "More" to expand the article.
* - First issued in the US in 1984, on the 9-LP set 'Sun Records - The Blues Years 1950-1956' / Recorded at the studio of the Memphis Recording Service and Sun Records, 706 Union Avenue, Memphis, TN.
