‘Ram Jam’ is the debut studio album by the New York rock band Ram Jam. The band
consisted of Bill Bartlett (guitar), Howie Arthur Blauvelt (bass), Pete Charles (drums)
and Myke Scavone (lead vocals). Bartlett was formerly lead guitarist for the psychedelic
bubblegum group the Lemon Pipers, best known for their smash sixties hit “The Green
Tambourine” while Blauvelt played with Billy Joel in several bands. “Black Betty,” Ram
Jam’s overmodulated smash, was written by none other than Huddie Ledbetter, the
famous Leadbelly. It is a neat comment on popular music in 1977, that the summer’s most
engaging, silly record was written by a deceased, black, blues genius.
1. Black Betty
2. Let It All Out
3. Keep Your Hands On The Wheel
4. Right On The Money
5. All For The Love Of Rock N’ Roll
6. 404
7. High Steppin’
8. Overloaded
9. Hey Boogie Woman
10. Too Bad On Your Birthday |
