Continuing Heat
Not a new kind of phone, but the one and only 1969/70 album
from Austin, Texas-based band Mariani, though it wasn’t released commercially
until 2001, and whilst initially a trio including drummer Vince Mariani and ace
guitarist Eric Johnson [recording then at 15 and 16 years old], there was a
range of musicians, including vocalists, recording across the tracks eventually released
as the whole album.
It is wonderfully of its heavy time, and the fuzzed, wah-wah
guitar flashes of Johnson appeal the most – Hendrix-esque at times, as one would
understand of that time, and as reflected perfectly on third track Things Are Changing – supported thunderingly
by Mariani’s frenzied drumming.
Tracks 5 and 6, respectively The Unknown Path and Euphoria
- the second at 11 minutes, are guitar burn-ups, whilst tracks 7 and 8,
respectively Message and Windy Planet, are drum burn-ups. If you
like this kind of instrumental 60s/70s’ era heat, then these with the other album
scorchers are well worth standing around for warmth.
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