WAR (USA)

War (originally called Eric Burdon and War) is an American funk band from Long Beach, California, known for several hit songs (including "Spill the Wine", "The World Is a Ghetto", "The Cisco Kid", "Why Can't We Be Friends?", "Low Rider", and "Summer"). Formed in 1969, War is a musical crossover band which fuses elements of rock, funk, jazz, Latin, rhythm and blues, and reggae. Their album The World Is a Ghetto was the best-selling album of 1973. The band also transcended racial and cultural barriers with a multi-ethnic line-up. War was also subject to many line-up changes over the course of its formation, leaving member Leroy "Lonnie" Jordan as the only original member in the current line-up; four other members created a new group called the Lowrider Band. In 1998, the war in formally Yugoslavia was ongoing, I interviewed Eric Burdon. he said:"I regret, that I ever played in a band called the WAR".

 1971

ARG Records 30520/ 7 tr./ 39:53 min.

 1971

ARG Records 30737/ 6 tr./ 40:37 min.

 1972

ARG Records 30521/ 6 tr./ 44:14 min.

 1973

ARG Records 30522/ 7 tr./ 40:55 min.

 1975

ARG Records 30523/ 9 tr./ 44:46 min.

 1994

Avenue Record 71774, 2 CD/ 32 tr./ 148:28 min.

Eric Burdon & WAR

1970

ARG Records 30526/ 5 tr./ 42:11 min.

 1970

ARG Records (2 CD) 30741/ 15 tr./ 90:17 min

 1975

ARG Records 30743/ 6 tr./ 43:47 min.

1995

BMG/ARG Records 30744/ 13 tr./ 58 min.

Vanilla Fudge (USA)

Vanilla Fudge is an American rock band known predominantly for their extended rock arrangements of contemporary hit songs, most notably "You Keep Me Hangin' On". The band's original lineup—vocalist and organist Mark Stein, bassist and vocalist Tim Bogert, lead guitarist/vocalist Vince Martell, and drummer and vocalist Carmine Appice—recorded five albums during the years 1967–69, before disbanding in 1970. The band is currently touring with three of the four original members, Mark Stein, Vince Martell, and Carmine Appice with Pete Bremy on bass as Bogert retired in 2009. The band has been cited as "one of the few American links between psychedelia and what soon became heavy metal." Vanilla Fudge also is known to have influenced other major bands such as The Nice, Deep Purple, Yes, Styx, Led Zeppelin, and Uriah Heep.

1967

ATCO 903902/ 7 tr./ 42:35 min.

 1969

Repertoire (1991) 4168/ 11 tr./ 48:12 min.

 2003

Music Ave. 250098/ 13 tr./ 74:51 min.

Whitesnake (UK)

Whitesnake are an English hard rock band formed in 1978 by David Coverdale, after his departure from his previous band Deep Purple. Their early material has been compared by critics to the blues rock of Deep Purple, but they slowly began moving toward a more commercially accessible rock style. By the turn of the decade, the band's commercial fortunes changed and they released a string of UK top 10 albums, Ready an' Willing (1980), Come an' Get It (1981), Saints & Sinners (1982) and Slide It In (1984), the last of which was their first to chart in the US and is certified 2x platinum. The band's 1987 self-titled album was their most commercially successful worldwide, and contained two major US hits, "Here I Go Again" and "Is This Love", reaching number one and two on the Billboard Hot 100. The album went 8 times platinum in the US, and the band's success saw them nominated for the 1988 Brit Award for Best British Group. Slip of the Tongue (1989), was also a success, reaching the top 10 in the UK and the US, and received a platinum US certification. The band split up shortly after this release, but had a reunion in 1994, and released a one-off studio album, Restless Heart (1997). Whitesnake officially reformed in 2002 and have been touring together since, releasing three studio albums, Good to Be Bad (2008), Forevermore (2011) and The Purple Album (2015). In 2005, Whitesnake were named the 85th greatest hard rock band of all time by VH1

1989

EMI EMD 1013/ 10 tr./ 47:07 min.

 1990

Frontiers 516-2 CD/ 20 tr./ 109:35 min.

 1994

EMI EMD 1065/ 14 tr./ 69:02 min.

Little Whitt & Big Bo McGee (USA)

Veterans of the Alabama blues scene for more than four decades, Little Whitt (born Jolly Wells, February 19, 1931) and Big Bo (born Bo McGee, October 9, 1928) reached out to an audience outside their home state for the first time in March 1995. Touring Europe for more than two months, the two bluesmen performed over 50 concerts in Ireland, Scotland, Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany, and England. Their debut album, Moody Swamp Blues, released the same year, was named "CD of the Year" by British blues magazine Blueprint. In early 2002, one year after McGee won an award from the Alabama Folk Heritage for his contributions to blues, he was killed and his stepson charged with the murder.

1996

Vent 30009/ 12 tr./ 45:12 min.

Buddy Whittington (USA)

Buddy Whittington, born on December 28, 1956, in Fort Worth, Texas, is an American guitarist. He began playing the guitar inspired by his sister's records of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton. At the age of 14 he was already a part of the Dallas/Fort Worth music scene and playing regularly in the clubs along Jacksboro Highway. While attending L.D. Bell High School, Whittington played in a band called Short Change, which opened for Point Blank, a band that he would later join, replacing guitar player Kim Davis. During the early 1980s, he formed and sang with his own band, The Sidemen. In 1991, they opened for John Mayall and when Coco Montoya left the Bluesbreakers in 1993, Mayall called him to take his place in the band. In Mayall's band Whittington sang occasionally and contributed to songwriting. When, after fifteen years, Mayall disbanded the Bluesbreakers, Whittington continued to gig in Texas, but also joined forces with Roger Cotton and Pete Stroud, who had toured with Mayall as part of Peter Green's band. In 2008, Whittington released his first solo album and he continues to tour regularly in the UK and throughout Europe, though Roger Cotton has left the band, which now works as a threesome featuring Darby Todd on drums. In August 2013, Whittington sat in with his old boss John Mayall at the Bedford Blues Festival in Bedford, Texas. Whittington lives in Hurst, Texas with his family.

2008

Hurricane 6242/ 10 tr./ 42:54 min.

 2011

Manhaton 2028/ 11 tr./ 37:49 min.

The Who (UK)

The Who are an English rock band that formed in 1964. Their classic line-up consisted of lead singer Roger Daltrey, guitarist and singer Pete Townshend, bass guitarist John Entwistle, and drummer Keith Moon. They are considered one of the most influential rock bands of the 20th century, selling over 100 million records worldwide and holding a reputation for their live shows and studio work.

1967
Polydor 527759/ 23 tr./ 71:47 min.

1969

bootleg/ 34 tr./ 146:19 min.

1969

Polydor 800077-2 CD/ 24 tr./ 75:14 min.

1971

MCA 37001/ 14 tr./ 42:14 min.

1971

MCA 813651/ 9 tr./ 43:27 min.

1973

Polydor 831074-2CD/ 17 tr. / 83:58 min

1974

Polydor 539791/ 23 tr./ 77:08 min.

1975

Polydor 831552/ 13 tr./ 49:51 min.

1978

Polydor 533845/ 9 tr./ 70:54 min.

1994

Polydor 521751-4 CD/ 95 tr./ 294:54 min. 

1995

MCA 11215/ 14 tr./ 77:08 min.

1996

MCA 11417/ 42 tr./ 122:05 min.

1999

MCA 111960/ 26 tr./ 79:26 min.

2002

Polydor 112926/ 30 tr./ 94:34 min.

2004

MCA 30562/ 29 tr./ 154:19 min.

Wicked Grin (CAN)

Murray Kinsley & Wicked Grin are an Ottawa based original roots blues/rock band. Gritty vocals and guitar and an “in your face” groove that doesn’t quit!
The band received the 2014 Maple Blues Award for Best New Group. Bassist Leigh-Anne Stanton received the 2015 Maple Blues Award for Bassist of the Year. Their last two discs have both been named “Blues Rock Disc of the Year” by the Blues Underground Network in Western Canada.
They have been touring steadily from 2014 – numerous Canadian and U.S. tours and a recent, very successful tour through England and Germany.

2011

Phoenix PR01/ 12 tr./ 60:26 min.

 2012

Phoenix PR02/ 11 tr./50:18 min.

Brrence Whitfield & The Savages (USA)

Barrence Whitfield (born Barry White, June 13, 1955) is an American soul and R&B vocalist, best known as the frontman for Barrence Whitfield & the Savages.
White was born in Jacksonville, Florida. When he was a child, his family moved to East Orange, New Jersey, where he began singing in a gospel choir. While attending West Side High School he sang and played drums in rock, prog-rock, and funk bands. 

1985

Rounder 1006/ 11 tr./ 25:22 min.

 1988

Rounder 9011/ 11 tr./ 42:42 min.

 1989

Rounder 9017/ 12 tr./ 44:41 min.

 1991

Stony Plain 1165/ 12 tr./ 38:32 min.

2010

Ace 1288/ 23 tr./ 43:50 min.

2011

Munster Rec. 306/ 12 tr./ 33:47 min.

 2013

Bloodshot 208/ 12 tr./ 35:44 min.

 2015

Bloodshot 230/ 12 tr./ 35:37 min.

 2016

Barrence 01/ 8 tr./ 23:06 min. (digital)

 2018

Ace 1515/ 17 tr./ 49:24 min.

 2018

Bloodshot 258 / 12 tr./ 33:38 min.

Wild T & The Spirit (USA)

Though born in Trinidad, Wild 'T' (aka Tony Springer) moved to Toronto while in his teens and began playing local clubs. He received several regional awards for his blues guitar; with backing band Spirit (bassist Brian Dickie and drummer Danny Bilan).

1993

WEA 93522/ 10 tr./ 41:12 min.

 2008

Jazzhaus JHR 013/ 13 tr./ 71:54 min.

Kim Wilde (UK)

Kim Wilde (born Kim Smith; 18 November 1960) is an English pop singer, author, DJ and television presenter who burst onto the music scene in 1981 with her debut single "Kids in America", which reached number two in the UK. In 1983, she received the Brit Award for Best British Female solo artist. In 1986, Worldwide, she has sold over 10 million albums and 20 million singles. Starting in 1998, while still active in music, she has branched into an alternative career as a landscape gardener. Come back in 2017.

1993

MCA 10921/ 17 tr./ 72:44 min.

2017