Livin' Blues Ram Jam Josey 1973 Holland ,Blues Rock

Livin&Blues - Ram Jam Josey 1973 Holland ,Blues Rock This is the last album released by the original Livin&Blues. The band was plagued by constant line-up changes behind the drum kit that damaged the morale of the band, especially the relationship between the core group of guitarist Ted Oberg, vocalist Nicko Christiansen and harmonica-player John Lagrand. This led them to begin to grow apart during the recording of the previous album, 1972&Rocking at the Tweed Mill, affecting their ability to write songs together. They would have split up after Tweed Mill if not for encouragement from the producer of that album, Mike Vernon, to keep going. (Not to mention their record contract demanded one more album). With the band lacking inspiration, Vernon offered to help with the writing as well as bringing in Kenny Lamb to take care of the drumming and help with the song-writing. They re-entered the studio in October 1973 and recorded this album, Ram Jam Josey, in 8 days. on release, It was not as successful as previous efforts and after touring for several more months, the original band decided to call it quits in 1974. They would reunite later that year to great success sans-Christiensen. Ram Jam Josey shows the band expanding beyond straight blues rock and moving into mainstream rock and boogie rock territory while keeping a blues element intact. Elements of funk can even be found in some of Oberg&guitar playing. While still a consistently enjoyable effort for what it is, it is...