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The Climax Chicago Blues Band

Climax Blues Band  

Format: 1 CD

Genre: blues, rock

Barcode: 4571136372584

JAP-IMP. limited edition in cardboard sleeve
 

 

Description

JAP-IMP. limited edition in cardboard sleeve

Artist

Founded in the 60's, by Colin Cooper, Climax Blues Band has always focused on its roots, a unique combination of jazz and blues. The band has released 21 albums and had a Top 10 hit in the UK with "Couldn't Get It Right". That song and "I Love You" were also hits in the United States; "Couldn't Get It Right" reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1977, and "I Love You" peaked at No. 12 in 1981.

In 1985, Cooper and Glover recruited guitarist Lester Hunt, drummer Roy Adams, and original member Derek Holt to record the Climax Blues Band album Drastic Steps, and this line-up toured in support of the album in the UK, Europe and America. The new line-up soon became established with Cooper, Glover, Hunt, Adams and Neil Simpson in the early 1990s, releasing the live album Blues from the Attic in 1993 and Big Blues in 2004.

Cooper died of cancer, aged 69, in July 2008. He is survived by his wife and two children. He wanted the band to continue, as the other musicians had all been long serving (Glover since 1980, Adams and Hunt since 1985, and Simpson since 1991). Cooper was replaced by singer and saxophone and harmonica player Johnny Pugh, who retired in 2012, and was replaced in turn by vocalist Graham Dee and saxophone player Chris Aldridge.

In 2019, Climax Blues Band released "Hands of Time", a new album of original bluesy funk, soul and jazz rock material that has received rave reviews.

The current lineup includes George Glover, Lester Hunt, Graham Dee, Chris Aldridge, Neil Simpson and Roy Adams

Tracks

1.  Mean Old World 

2.  Insurance 

3.  Going Down This Road 

4.  You've Been Drinking 

5.  Don't Start Me Talking 

6.  Wee Baby Blues 

7.  Twenty Past One 

8.  A Stranger In Your Town 

9.  How Many More Years 

10.  Looking For My Baby 

11.  And Lonely 

12.  The Entertainer 

13.  Like Uncle Charlie 

Releases

Formats

Vinyl, CD

Labels

Parlophone, Esoteric Recordings, Odeon, Sire, Repertoire Records, Air Mail Archive, Repertoire Records , Fuel 2000, Akarma, Tiger Bay, C5 Records, Plum

Countries

Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Russian Federation, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Europe, UK & Europe

years

1969, 1990, 1998, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2019

Members

Les Hunt,Nicky Hopkins,Pete Haycock,John "Rhino" Edwards,Roger Inniss,Derek Holt,Peter Filleul,Jeff Rich,Richard Jones (10),John Cuffley,Colin Cooper,George Glover,George Ewart Newsome,Roy Adams,Johnny Pugh,Neil Simpson (3),Chris Aldridge,Graham Dee (2)

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