The Brunning Sunflower Blues Band was the part-time British blues-rock outfit led by former Fleetwood Mac bassist Bob Brunning and blues pianist Bob Hall. A founding member of Fleetwood Mac, Brunning kept a low profile after having been let go by Peter Green once John McVie was free of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. He worked briefly with Savoy Brown and became a schoolteacher, but still found time -- with Hall and their Sunflower Blues Band -- to release four albums: 1968's Bullen Street Blues, 1969's Trackside Blues (featuring Green), 1970's I Wish You Would, and 1971's The Brunning/Hall Sunflower Blues Band. The group reconvened in the '80s as the Deluxe Blues Band, and the bandmembers often served as backup players for stateside blues musicians touring England. Trackside Blues and I Wish You Would were re-released on Appaloosa in 2000. Brunning continues to be involved in blues music and study, delivering lectures on the topic from time to time.
by Chris True
Tracks
1.Gone Back Home (Peter French) - 4:06
2.Hit That Wine - 2:33
3.Bullen Street Blues - 4:03
4.No Idea - 2:36
5.Shout Your Name And Call It - 2:07
6.Take Your Hands Off Me - 2:32
7.'Fore Time Began (Peter French) - 5:29
8.Something Tells Me - 3:09
9.Big Belly Blues - Gone Back Home - 4:06
10.Sunflower Boogie - 3:29
11.Rockin' Chair - 2:26
12.Ride With Your Daddy Tonight (Scotty Moore) - 3:32
13.Tube Train Blues - 3:19
14.Sunflower Shuffle - 3:14
15.Simple Simon - 2:15
16.I Met This Bird In Playboy - 2:33
17.(Ah! Soul) Uranus Part 1 - 2:35
18.It Takes Time (Otis Rush) - 3:33
19.Baby You're The Real Thing (Colin Jordan) - 3:02
20.If You Let Me Love You (B.B. King, Sam Ling) - 7:00
21.North Star (Colin Jordan) - 2:57
22.Closing Hours - 3:10
23.Uranus Part 2 - 3:25
Songs 2,3,6,9,11,13,15,16,22,23 written by Bob Brunning
Songs 4,5,8,10,14, written by Bob Hall
Brunning Sunflower Blues Band
*Bob Brunning - Bass, Vocals
*Bob Hall - Piano
*Colin Jordan - Guitar, Vocals
*Peter Fench - Vocals (Tracks 1-11)
*Jeff Russell - Drums (Tracks 1-11)
*Pete Banham - Drums (Tracks 12-23)
With
*Peter Green - Guitar, Vocals (Tracks 12,15,17,18,20)
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