David Clayton-Thomas - Lead vocals
Steve Katz - Guitar,vocals (8)
Fred Lipsius - Saxophone, piano
Chuck Winfield - Trumpet, flugelhorn
Lew Soloff - Trumpet, flugelhorn
Dva Bargeron - Trombone, tuba, bass trombone, baritone horn
Dick Halligan - Organ, piano, flute, trombone
Jim Fielder - Bass
Bobby Colomby - Drums
This innovative band continued, with this recording, to be one of the great aural joys
of their era. Opener “Go Down Gamblin’” is a fierce blues rocker-full of explosive horn
charts with David Clayton-Thomas’ melodic vocals. Ex-bandleader Al Kooper contributed
one track, “John the Baptist” to the album. This particular album accentuates how a band
that enjoyed such tremendous success, could be so unaffected as to turn out a mature
and well-constructed album of charts that are similar but vastly different from their
previous albums. Dixieland Rock and the introspective piano, trumpet collaboration of
Lew Soloff and Fred Lipsius. It is a shame that this band has become one of the best kept
secret joys in music. |
