Last Sunday I woke up and tossed on Winter of 88. Who'd have thought by the end of the week, id be remembering Johnny Winter. Currently rockin Still Alive And Well. Kinda fitting I think. Years from now his music will be "Still Alive And Well". Since first introduced to Johnny, I became instantly interested in his style of blues riffin. R.I.P. Johnny.
Disc #3 of this 3 discs set ( Cello ) was only available in the 50 discs box set that came out in 2000 and no longer available thank's for La Vie Électronique volume 15 of the series.
Unit 2 01 - Chain With Matt Taylor - Grab A Snatch And Hold It 02 - Sid Rumpo - Now I`m Free 03 - Sid Rumpo - Forty Days And Forty Nights 04 - Dutch Tilders - Sweet Marie 05 - Chain - Do What You Wanna Do 06 - Matt Taylor - Roberta 07 - Alta Mira - My Soul`s On Fire
The Garrison discotheque was a small two-storey building sandwiched between a chemist shop and a billiard parlour in High Street, Prahran (Melbourne). Thursday to Sunday nights it rocked through the early hours of the morning to the sounds of the best rock bands in Australia. Against strong opposition, the local council forced its closure in June 1973. Two albums were recorded over Garrison's last five nights - Wednesday 6th to Sunday 10th of June. The three groups featured on Unit (volume) 1 are "Ray Brown's One Ton Gypsy", "Madder Lake", and the group "Friends," who would later be known as "Ayers Rock". Friends contributed two songs, an early version of "Lady Montego" (as featured on Big Red Rock) and "Freedom Train", with it's incredibly long break / solo by drummer Mark Kennedy. "Boy You Shot Me Down" by Ray Brown is also worth a listen.
This four-piece version of Friends only lasted until the middle of the year. In early June 1973 they were one of the groups that played at the closing nights of the Garrison venue in Melbourne and the group folded soon after the Garrison farewell, with Burton Kennedy and McGuire all leaving to form their eponymous trio, which evolved into the original lineup of Ayers Rock, who re-recorded "Lady Montego" on their debut album. This is a unique, live Australian rock'n'roll album that is certain to stand the test of time. Garrison has gone but because of this album the music will last forever - we had the final blow.