Bob Brunning and Bob Hall should be well known for their contributions to albums by Savoy Brown and Fleetwood Mac. They are less well known for their solo projects. After their adventures with Fleetwood Mac and Savoy Brown, the two musicians joined forces and founded the Brunning Sunflower Blues Band in 1968. In addition to Hall and Brunning, the band included Peter French on vocals, Colin Jordan on guitar, Jeff Russel on drums and Mick Hall on guitar. The result was ‘Bullen Street Blues’.
By the second album, there had already been a change in the line-up. Russel, French and Hall left the band and were replaced by Pete Banham and Peter Green. The album was called Trackside Blues.
Both Bullen Street Blues and Trackside Blues, as well as the albums I have, I Wish You Would and Brunning Hall Sunflower Blues Band, have been re-released as two-fers in recent years.
Peter Green, Dave and Jo-Ann Kelly, Mel Wrights, Steve Rye, Peter Green and John Altman contributed to these last two albums. Some of the songs were written by Dave Kelly for the albums.
The musicians guarantee quality, resulting in two albums that can hold their own against those by Savoy Brown or Fleetwood Mac. The style is the same: blues and blues rock from the British blues boom of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Nothing new to hear, but that's a very good thing.
If you like this era, you can't ignore the Brunning Hall Sunflower Blues Band.
Rock-zirkus, 9. Juli 2018
Tracks
1. I Wish You Would (Eddy Arnold) - 2:46
2. On The Road (Bob Brunning) - 2:09
3. Checking On My Baby (Sonny Boy Williamson) - 4:28
4. I'm A Star (Bob Hall) - 2:04
5. Broken Hearted (Dave Kelly) - 3:43
6. Bob's Boogie (Bob Hall) - 2:27
7. Mean Old 57 (Bob Hall) - 2:19
8. Uranus (Bob Brunning) - 3:22
9. Bad Luck (Dave Kelly) - 4:07
10.All Right With Me (Steve Rye) - 2:33
11.C&W Blues (Bob Brunning) - 1:22
12.Good Golly Miss Kelly (Dave Kelly) - 2:23
13.Call Me (Pat Grover) - 4:30
14.Gotta Keep Running (Bob Hall, Dave Kelly, Dennis Cotton) - 3:47
15.Put A Record On (Bob Hall, Dave Kelly, Dennis Cotton) - 3:10
16.Once Upon A Time (Bob Hall) - 1:43
17.Be Satisfied (Bob Hall, Dennis Cotton) - 2:27
18.Now Your Crying (Pat Grover) - 4:35
19.Bogey Man (Bob Hall, Dennis Cotton) - 3:30
20.Feel So Bad (Chuck Willis) - 3:49
21.Rolling Down The Highway (Bob Hall, Dennis Cotton) - 4:32
22.Waiting For You (Dennis Cotton, Pat Grover) - 2:36
23.Too Poor To Die (Charles Singleton, Henry Glover, Sidney J. Wyche) - 3:35
24.Things are Getting Better (Pat Grover) - 4:09
Songs 1-12 from "I Wish You Would" LP 1970
Songs 13-24 from "Brunning Hall Sunflower Blues Band" LP 1971
Brunning Hall Sunflower Blues Band
*Bob Brunning - Bass, Vocal
*Bob Hall - Piano, Vocal
*Joann Kelly - Vocal
*Dave Kelly - Guitar, Vocal (Tracks 1-12)
*Mel Wright - Drums (Tracks 1-7, 9-12)
*Pete Banham - Drums (Track 8)
*Steve Rye - Harmonica, Lead Vocal (Track 10)
*John Altman - Alto, Tenor Sax, Flute, Clarinet (Tracks 1-12)
*Peter Blue - Lead Guitar (Track 8)
*Keith Nelson - Banjo, Acoustic Guitar (Tracks 13-24)
*Barry Guard - Drums (Tracks 13-24)
*Leo Manning - Drums (Tracks 13-24)
*Pat Grover - Guitar, Vocals (Tracks 13-24)
*John O'Leary - Harmonica (Tracks 13-24)
*Steve Rye - Harmonica (Tracks 13-24)
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