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The Climax Chicago Blues Band

Climax Blues Band

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1 Mean Old World Climax Blues Band 3:51 $0.99 View In iTunes
2 Insurance Climax Blues Band 3:48 $0.99 View In iTunes
3 Going Down This Road Climax Blues Band 3:03 $0.99 View In iTunes
4 You've Been Drinking Climax Blues Band 2:31 $0.99 View In iTunes
5 Don't Start Me Talking Climax Blues Band 3:20 $0.99 View In iTunes
6 Wee Baby Blues Climax Blues Band 3:25 $0.99 View In iTunes
7 Twenty Past One Climax Blues Band 3:09 $0.99 View In iTunes
8 A Stranger In Your Town Climax Blues Band 4:18 $0.99 View In iTunes
9 How Many More Years Climax Blues Band 3:01 $0.99 View In iTunes
10 Looking for My Baby Climax Blues Band 2:51 $0.99 View In iTunes
11 And Lonely Climax Blues Band 8:43 $0.99 View In iTunes
12 The Entertainer Climax Blues Band 2:38 $0.99 View In iTunes

Album Review

The debut album of the Climax Chicago Blues Band (they'd later drop the "Chicago" part of the name) was recorded on two days separated by a couple of months in 1968. As British blues revivalists, Climax was better than most, featuring strong playing from guitarist Peter Haycock and keyboardist Art Wood. The selections run the gamut from Chicago retreads ("Mean Old World," "Insurance," "Wee Baby Blues," "Don't Start Me to Talkin'") to band originals like "And Lonely," "Looking for My Baby," "Going Down This Road" and "You've Been Drinking." If one can make it past Colin Cooper's mannered vocals, there's much for Brit blues fans to enjoy here.

Biography

Formed: 1969 in Stafford, England

Genre: Rock

Years Active: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s

Led by Colin Cooper, the former frontman of the R&B unit the Hipster Image, the Stafford, England-based Climax Chicago Blues Band was one of the leading lights of the late-1960s blues boom. A sextet also comprised of guitarists Derek Holt and Peter Haycock, keyboardist Arthur Wood, bassist Richard...
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