Conference napalm::heavy_metal

    
    	I have "Marauder" and "Vertical Smiles" on record ... the
    	ones I really like are:
    
    	"Ride With You"
    	"Limelight"
    
    	and a couple off of "Marauder", but I forgot what they are.
    
    	I'll have to dig that out and listen to it again.
    
    							GTI
    

    I do not know Blackfoot which I'll try to listen.
    But I've heard that Ken Hensley (ex. Uriah Heep) has been part of it at
    a moment. Is it true ? Hensley was playing keyboards and guitars
    usually.
    
    Sorin (who searches the links with Uriah Heep)

    Yep,
    
    Ken Hensley played on SIOGO for sure. That's the last (half) decent
    album they made but I'd suggest you pick up some of the earlier
    material: "Marauder"   1981
              "Tomcattin"  1980
              "Strikes"    1979
    
    Then you could try the live album : "Highway Song Live." This has
    got to be one of the rawest live recordings ever; definitely up
    there with AC/DC's "If You Want Blood" in terms of sheer energy.
    
    
    
    Barry O'
    

    I think that "Strikes" was their best album.  I saw them  back around
    '80 or so and they put on a really good show!
    
    Greg

                I've got `Marauder' and `Strikes'.  Remember when
                K-TEL had `Southern Fried Rock' out ?  That's the
                kind of style I'd have to classify them as.  It's
                a  sort of Southern Heavy METAL.   Nothing  wrong
                with that though. :^)
                
                METALord"�

    
    	RE: MetaLord
    
    	I have that "Southern Fried Rock" (or whatever it's called)
    	tape ... some good stuff on it.
    
    	I listened to "Marauder" last night, and "Good Morning" and
    	"Rattlesnake Rock'n'Roller" (the latter starts out with a
    	banjo, and then there's a great mix of piano/guitar/banjo
    	in the song).
    
    							GTI
    

                AHA !    I just remembered the song that prompted
                me to buy  Blackfoot  in  the  first place.  It's
                `Train, Train' !   The  one  that starts off with
                the harmonica.  Excellent tune !
                
                METALord"�

    I witnessed this band in 1981 at the Orpheum Theatre in BOSTON.
    They headlined the event with Def Leppard opening. The latter had
    painful volume levels and played seven or eight tunes, suprisingly
    not doing "heartache". Blackfoot followed with a superior set that
    mezmerized those that retained their hearing. I recall "Wishing
    Well" and Reckless Abandoner" as suprise gems. Serious musicianship
    displayed throughout their performance.............DP.........

    
    Favourite trax:
    
    "Diary of a Working Man" and "Rattlesnake rock an roller" from Marauder
    
    "Highway Song" from Highway Song Live with the Freebird style ending.
    
    Howay the Lads!
    
    /Speedking
    

    What's happening here? I'm sure this note used to be number 776?
    

Original band member are :

Rick Medlocke 		Guitar
Jakson Spires 		drums
Charlie Hargrett	guitar
Greg Wilker 		bass

Discography is :

No reservation  1975
Flyin' High 	1976
Strikes		1979
Tomcattin'	1980
Marauder	1981
Highway Song Live 1982
Siogo		1983
Vertical Smiles 1984

Then Rick Medlocke bough the (very expenssive) rights of each member to own 
the name "Blackfoot" and came out with a solo called "R Medlocke & Blackfoot" in 
1987. He said himself, that it's a poor LP. 
But today he is coming back with a new real LP in the Indian Tradition.
Note that also Rick plays Drums (?) in "Skinyrd's First and last" after 2 weeks 
of training.

Medicine Man 	1990

Todays band members are :

Rick Medlocke 		guitar
Neil Casar 		guitar
Rikki Mear		bass
Gunner Ross 		drums


New LP is supposed to be VERY good.

Didier
 

    I hope it sounds more like "Strikes", that was one of my favorite
    albums when it was released.
    
    
    				Scary

It's supposed to be a cross between Marauder & Siogo.

I think it's going to be worth a try.

Didier 

    I have three Blackfoot records:
    
    	- MARAUDER   (LP)
    	- TOMCATTIN' (CD)
    	- HIGHWAY SONG LIVE (LP)
    
    These three records are really venom! They strike like rattlesnake.
    I have also heard "STRIKES" and "FLYING HIGH" and they are good,
    but "SIOGO" and "VERTICAL SMILES" I don't like. From times of SIOGO
    Blackfoot lost it's teeth.
    
    I wonder where is Medlocke now and what he's up to?
    Does anyone know if he plays in another band?
    
    Hannu H.

    I bought an album about 3 years ago simply titled "Ricky Medlocke's
    Blackfoot",it was very much in the same style as SIOGO etc.
    I did here that Blackfoot had reformed and were putting together
    another album in the style of "Marauder".
    If anyone knows anymore about Blackfoot keep us informed.
    
    steve.
    

I read recently that he came back with a new BlackFoot LP (no other original
member are included) called "Medicine Man". It's supposed to be very good, back
to the indian-blues-rock spirit. 

He had a lot of problems buying the name back to the other members and it took
some time to come back to life with a real band

The album is out for some time now

Didier

Blackfoot are touring the States right now on a tirble bill called the Road 
Warrior Tour. Its Ten Years After, Nazareth, and Blackfoot. They're playing 
(played?) at Great Woods in Mansfield and Club Casino at Hampton Beach.

alan

    re: .14
    
    Yeah, I got Vertical Smiles too and didn't like it either.  Which
    only goes to show you... you can't judge an album by it's cover.
    (or name!)
    
    � Ken �
    

    
    	I love "Ride With You", and "Limelight" is OK too.
    
    
    							GTI
    

    I liked their cover of "Morning Dew" the best from that album.
    Powerful song.
    
    				the bomb
    

    re: -1
    
    Yeah, that tune wasn't bad.  I did tape a couple before selling
    the album.  I like Jeff Beck's version of Morning Dew better though.

    The only song I really liked was "Train".  I wish I could play rhythm
    like that! ;-)
    
    Mike

    My band does "Train, train ..." ... quite a wrist workout !
    
    Scary ...

    I recently bought "Medicine Man".This is without doubt the best album
    Blackfoot have made since Marauder,the only probem is thats it's too
    short.There are only even songs on the the album/ep but they are a
    return to the style Blackfoot are best at.There is a great cover of
    Free's "The Stealer",which is not as good as the original but is still
    superb with it's Indian rythmn.
    
    Steve.
    

        What ?   No  mention of `Highway Song', `Payin For It Now' or
        `Diary of A Workin'  Man'  ?    WOW  !    Those  tunez rool !
        (`Diary.  .  .'  has  a  progression like W.A.S.P.'s `Forever
        Free'.  Slow. . .JAM/FAST. . .slow.)
        
        METALord"�

    
    	Well, Kit, NEXT UNSEEN should bring you to this topic.
    
    	Do you have "After the Reign"?  Is it any good?
    
    	I just picked up "Rattlesnake Rock 'n' Roll" [greatest hits]
    	yesterday from the Strawberries' bargain bin for $8.
    

    
    	I think "After the Reign" came out in the last year or 2.