ZOOT MONEY's Big Roll Band...COLUMBIA MONO IMPORT
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Zoot Money's
Big Roll Band...
1965 Columbia Records Monoaural 33SX1734 Made in Gt. Britain.
with fold-over British import cover.
Zoot Money was one of British rock & roll's homebound heroes -- admired, respected, and sought after by his colleagues, and able to fill halls in England nightly, he never managed to sell lots of records, even in England. He switched to the keyboard under the inspiration of Jerry Lee Lewis and Ray Charles, and by the beginning of the '60s was developing a distinctive technique on the Hammond organ. He'd also picked up the nickname by which he'd be known for most of his career after attending a concert by Zoot Sims.
He passed through the lineups of a few groups as a keyboard player, including the Wes Minster Five, a jazz-based semi-professional quintet. Their lineup, today, sounds like a U.K. supergroup: pianist Dave Greenslade, drummer Jon Hiseman, bassist Tony Reeves, and saxman Clive Burrows along with Money -- get those names together ten years later doing anything, and one would have been guaranteed sales and press attention in England. Burrows later ended up in the first version of the Big Roll Band. The Big Roll Band took root in London. They quickly became a popular attraction on London's burgeoning R&B and jazz scene, partly owing to Money's impassioned interpretations of American R&B standards and his wild sense of showmanship, coupled with the band's overall excellence -- he also had an appealing style on the Hammond organ which, in the days before the Mellotron caught on, was the big noise in keyboards, and which he knew how to exploit fully on-stage. After the release of their live album, which captured the heart of the Bill Roll Band, Zoot Money joined the Animals with Eric Clapton and had great success under that name for many years.
He also saw some success as a songwriter, most notably with "It Never Rains But It Pours," and went into the production end of the music business as the music director of the BBC television series Tutti Frutti.
He formed a new version of the Big Roll Band in the '90s (with drummer Colin Allen as a frequent guest), and has continued to perform with them right into the 21st century. He has also toured England with his fellow veteran bluesmen Ray Dorset (of Mungo Jerry), 1960s' Big Roll Band multi-instrumentalist Paul Williams, and Long John Baldry under the collective name the "British Legends of Rhythm & Blues". As is the case with many British R&B singers of the '60s, Money still has an especially fervent following in Germany.
Songs:
Side 1
I'll Go Crazy
Jump Back
Along Came John
Back Door Blues
It Should've Been me
Sweet Little Rock and Roller
Side 4
My Wife Can't Cook
racks and Old Iron
The Cat
Feelin' Sad
Bright Lights Big City
Fina
Condition:
Jacket in VG condition with light creases and very light wear at corners and edges, fold-over British import cover in VG condition with light wear.
Scratch that goes with the grain through the last two tracks of side two, for this reason album is in G to G- condition, all other parts of the album look VG with the label intact. Original import sleeve included.
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