The incandescent electric guitar ringing out in a hypnotic arpeggio pattern with Relf singin softly underneath the guitars which take prominence in the mix to interesting effect. Relf is far from his blues belting self here more channelling Yes' Jon Anderson in his delicate falsetto, while the band join in the harmonious vocals and a expertly psychedelic guitar solo plays distantly in a 'wet' very chilled out bridge section; pretty pioneering for its time. It was all cut too short for Relf in a tragic electrocution shortly after this album; however he had a respectable post Yardbirds career in folk rock Renaissance and Blues band Medicine Head while his former lead guitarists rose to group and solo fame and superstardom in the 70s. I still think this is his pinnacle outside of the Yardbirds which makes his passing even more unfortunate.
Friday 6 October 2017
Armageddon (1975) Silver Tightrope - LOST 70s GEMS
The Yardbirds frontman Keith Relf's last project was a n incredible supergroup featuring among others Bobby Caldwell a talented blues drummer, this track from this Stoner rock album carries a mellow spacey instrumental talent form his previous super group Captain Beyond which featured original Deep Purple lead singer Rod Evans.
The incandescent electric guitar ringing out in a hypnotic arpeggio pattern with Relf singin softly underneath the guitars which take prominence in the mix to interesting effect. Relf is far from his blues belting self here more channelling Yes' Jon Anderson in his delicate falsetto, while the band join in the harmonious vocals and a expertly psychedelic guitar solo plays distantly in a 'wet' very chilled out bridge section; pretty pioneering for its time. It was all cut too short for Relf in a tragic electrocution shortly after this album; however he had a respectable post Yardbirds career in folk rock Renaissance and Blues band Medicine Head while his former lead guitarists rose to group and solo fame and superstardom in the 70s. I still think this is his pinnacle outside of the Yardbirds which makes his passing even more unfortunate.
The incandescent electric guitar ringing out in a hypnotic arpeggio pattern with Relf singin softly underneath the guitars which take prominence in the mix to interesting effect. Relf is far from his blues belting self here more channelling Yes' Jon Anderson in his delicate falsetto, while the band join in the harmonious vocals and a expertly psychedelic guitar solo plays distantly in a 'wet' very chilled out bridge section; pretty pioneering for its time. It was all cut too short for Relf in a tragic electrocution shortly after this album; however he had a respectable post Yardbirds career in folk rock Renaissance and Blues band Medicine Head while his former lead guitarists rose to group and solo fame and superstardom in the 70s. I still think this is his pinnacle outside of the Yardbirds which makes his passing even more unfortunate.
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