Bonjour à tous ! Comme je suis de retour sur ce forum, j'en profite pour vous balancer d'autres perles du genre prog et psych. Voici ce groupe que j'ai trouvé fort sympa.
J'ai récupéré cette mini biographie, mais elle est en anglais.
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Hailing from the Pioneer Valley in Western Massachussetts, The Bold trace their beginnings back to the mid-1960s when band members met while attending the Umass in Amherst. As The Esquires, the group recorded a single in 1965 for the Salem label (‘Shake a Tail Feather’ b/w ‘Down the Track’). As ‘Steve Walker & the Bold’ the group recorded and released a 1966 single on Cameo (‘Gotta Get Some’ [song included on the Pebbles comilation] b/w ‘Robin Hood’). That was followed by a 1967 release for Dynovoice (‘Train Kept a-Rollin” b/w ‘I Found What I Was Looking For’. They also recorded and released an LP album on ABC records in 1969.
They were the house band at the Playboy Club in NYC in 1968 where they played 7 nights a week (and jam sessions on Sunday afternoon to boot!) for a full year. It is during this time that guitarist Bob La Palm is said to have met and taught Joe Walsh (then of The James Gang his techniques for using the echoplex effect on guitar (as is so elegantly exemplified in The Bold’s track “Free Fugue”, from the ABC album).
It is interesting to also note, perhaps uncoincidentally, that producer Bill Szymczyk (who later went on to produce Joe Walsh’s other band, The Eagles) took an interest in The Bold during this time period and went on to produce their only full length LP, titled “Bold”, on ABC records.
After The Bold broke up, Bob La Palm then joined Connecticut’s premier band,The Wildweeds (featuring Al Anderson of NRBQ fame) for a short time towards the end of that band’s career, and he is known to have played on at least one recording session with them, as well as numerous gigs. (last .fm)
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Bonne écoute !
En plus, un arc-en-ciel sur la chopette, c'est bon signe.
