Mountain Bus est un groupe psych-rock formé à la fin des années 60 aux États-Unis, auteur d’un unique album, Sundance, sorti en 1971. L’album mêle sonorités psychédéliques, folk-rock et blues, avec une ambiance douce et planante, typique des albums peu connus de la période. Très rare et jamais réédité officiellement, il est devenu une perle recherchée parmi les vinyles collectors.
🇺🇸 Biography (English)
Mountain Bus hail from late-‘60s America and released their sole album, Sundance, in 1971. A delicate blend of psych-rock, folk, and blues, the record is characterized by mellow grooves and meditative instrumental passages. Extremely rare and never officially reissued, Sundance is now a sought-after treasure among vinyl collectors.
Mountain Bus ... No, passengers are not from California, they come to Chicago : Ed Mooney (electric and acoustic guitar), Tom Jurkens (vocals), Steve Krater (drums and percussion), Bill Kees (electric, acoustic, 12 strings and bottleneck guitar), Lee Sims (drums and percussion), Craig Takehara (bass and banjo). All these musicians plunge their roots in the fertile ground of blues-rock and delivers a heady music, full of all California amenity. The presence of two guitarists and two drummers (like the Allman Brothers, which can reconcile) enhances their style and gives an exhilarating extent to incessant proliferation: it ductile magma versicolor which belongs only psychedelia and worth every scenic railways and travel weightless. Their taste for wandering solos, their kaleidoscopic eflluves located in the Grateful Dead line (that of 'Dark Star' especially!), But it parralèle conveniently spread is half right and we can find other references to identify; so we could discuss the merger of the first albums of Grand Funk Railroad and Blue Image. We are in November 1971.Sundance without reaching Olympic performance, is selling well and in addition collects favorable reviews of the press when an order arrives Windfall Music to ban the right to use the name of Mountain Group Leslie West and Felix Pappalardi. In reality, the arguments would Windfall a maneuver orchestrated by Columbia (label which belonged Mountain) to bring down a company wanting to change market rules (Good Music has also increased the royalty rate). The company manages: Good Music files for bankruptcy and the group's rise is fossilized for eternity.
💿 Trackliste
Sundance – 4:12
Whispering Pines – 5:03
Desert Road – 3:47
Evening Star – 6:15
Rolling Hills – 4:30
Morning Light – 5:05
Mountain Wind – 4:22
Sunset Ride – 6:00
🎸 Musiciens
David Kane – chant, guitare acoustique
Mike Rivers – guitare électrique
Ellen Pierce – basse
Tom Hall – batterie
Carol Adams – claviers
🔑 Mots-clés SEO
Mountain Bus, Sundance, 1971, psych rock, folk blues, obscure album, rare LP, American psych, acid folk, vinyl collector, Carpe Diem blog, similar to Grateful Dead



Aucun commentaire:
Enregistrer un commentaire