The Flamin' Groovies
started their career in the late 60's as a San Francisco-based bluesy
garage rock band. They released four albums in this guise with lead
singer Roy A. Loney fronting the band. After Loney left the band in
mid 70's, Chris Wilson joined the band as lead singer and rhythm guitarist and they moved
to England and teamed up with guitarist/producer Dave Edmunds and
released three albums of Rickenbacker-driven
jangley late 60's power pop.
The second of these Flamin'
Groovies Now is a very
satisfying listen. The guitars sound wonderful and the band sounds
great. Of the originals “All I Wanted”, “Don't Put Me On” - which has a simply amazing coda - and “Between The Lines” are the
greatest of the batch. The band tackles The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Cliff
Richard, The Byrds and Paul Revere And The Raiders with varying
degrees of success. Only the Stones covers seem a bit off. I personally love the
album and think it's well-worth hearing (as are the other two albums
that form a late 70's Power Pop trilogy – Shake Some
Action and Jumpin' In
The Night). As is their 1971 classic album Teenage Head.
Here's The Video Review:
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