However, Ballad of a Has Been Beauty Queen is our gem for today and is a ten minute starting rocker, beginning with a Native American beat and ear splitting, blues guitar before devolving into a quiet, slow ballad. It eventually returns to its most galvanising organ and guitar based coda book ending the track in lopsided fashion
Bringing obscure songs from the 1970s such as deep album cuts, underrated cover songs and forgotten singles back on this blog. The 70s was a great time for music, possibly the best and the most diverse; that some gems that need to be rediscovered
Friday, 26 January 2018
Brinsley Schwarz (1970) Ballad of a Has Been Beauty Queen- LOST 70s GEMS
From Brinsley's interestingly CSN inspired debut album, moored somewhere between a British and American sound, between the 60s and the 70s, between country rock and hard rock. First off Hymn to Me has it's CSN harmony laden vocal lines and swinging slide guitars, Shining Brightly bears a rocking harmony vocal hits you right away. The band does overdo the harmonies on the 7 minute track, Lady Constant which is an accurate name as the vocals do outstay their welcome. Finally What Do You Suggest and Mayfly feature inspired late 60s hippy blue rock, full of gospel, feel good rock and life lesson lyricism.
However, Ballad of a Has Been Beauty Queen is our gem for today and is a ten minute starting rocker, beginning with a Native American beat and ear splitting, blues guitar before devolving into a quiet, slow ballad. It eventually returns to its most galvanising organ and guitar based coda book ending the track in lopsided fashion
However, Ballad of a Has Been Beauty Queen is our gem for today and is a ten minute starting rocker, beginning with a Native American beat and ear splitting, blues guitar before devolving into a quiet, slow ballad. It eventually returns to its most galvanising organ and guitar based coda book ending the track in lopsided fashion
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