Week of January 16, 2005
Personnel:
Rick Barrett - Guitar
Joe Creighton - Bass
Ken Frazier
Bob Gunn - Flute, Vocals
Wally Sparke - Drums
Glen Farley - Keyboards
Ken Hanley - Bass
Glen Manion - Piano
Chris Keystone - Vocals
Album:
Midnight Trampoline (Festival/Banner SBNL 93435) 1971
CD: Vicious Sloth Collectables VSC007
45:
Mississippi Mamma/Too Much Of Nothing (Festival FK-3590) 1970
This outfit began life as Molten Hue in Sydney in 1969. They started out
as a pop band but became immersed in the flower power movement and were one of
the first bands to play West Coast music.
Their debut 45, Mississippi Mama is a fast-paced progressive style
blues-rocker, backed by a raucous cover of a Dylan song. Their Midnight
Trampoline album the following year is perhaps a little underrated. They
were obviously Van Morrison fans, for it features a couple of Morrison
covers (Madame George and Young Lovers Do). Other higher
points are a good rendition of the traditional song Cuckoo, the rousing
Getting Through and the mystical Matalla.
They had a large following on the suburban dance circuit and also performed with
Tully and Mecca. Joe Creighton is now one of Australia's top
session players.
Mississippi Mama was produced by Rory Thomas from The Questions
and has got a further airing on So You Want To Be A RocknRoll Star, Vol. 2
and So You Want To Be A Rock'n'Roll Star (3-CD).
Taken from "Dreams, Fantasies and Nightmares" by Vernon Joynson, an extensive guide to Canadian / Australian / New Zealand and Latin American psych and garage music 1963 - 1976.