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Late period Shadows of Knight

Robert Schell | Townsville, Texas | 05/27/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"The original Shadows of Knight were an excellent mid-60's hard garage group, influenced by The Stones, Yardbirds, and Them, (from whom they derived their biggest hit, "Gloria"). By the time of this 1969 album, the original group had broken up, and lead singer Jim Sohns assembled a new, heavy blues-rock outfit with excellent lead guitarist Woody Woodruff. The album has kind of a shizophrenic feel, as it alternates between bubblegum-ish pop and heavy guitar freak-outs (in the same song in the case of "Times & Places"). There is some substandard material here, but some great tracks, such as "Uncle Wiggley's Airship" the infectious hit single "Shake" and an amazing feedback-drenched cover of Buffalo Springfield's "Bluebird." Worthwhile if you're a fan of 60's garage/psych and/or early hard rock/metal.





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