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Anyone know of this band and in particular their (self titled) debut album?

They were a jazz/blues trio comprising of Saxophone, Bass and Drums who used to jam at an old pub located out on the moors in North Yorkshire. The album was made in the early 70's and intended for regulars of the pub but eventually made its way into the public eye.

It is a truely unique and awesome album filled with stunning musicianship and amazing interplay.

Let me know your thoughts...

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yeah man ' date=' im actually listening to the self titled album just now, its great.

You heard any others?[/quote']

I briefly heard another album called 8th Street Nights - it was live (i think), had a singer and a leaned more in the blues direction. Pretty different from their first album.

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Anyone know of this band and in particular their (self titled) debut album?

They were a jazz/blues trio comprising of Saxophone' date=' Bass and Drums who used to jam at an old pub located out on the moors in North Yorkshire. The album was made in the early 70's and intended for regulars of the pub but eventually made its way into the public eye.

It is a truely unique and awesome album filled with stunning musicianship and amazing interplay.

Let me know your thoughts...[/quote']

Here's what www.allmusic.com has on them...

Back when giant carnivorous bass players ruled the earth, Back Door was the hungriest of them all. It formed in 1971 as a jazz-rock trio, with Colin Hodgkinson (bass, vocals), Ron Aspery (keyboards, sax), and Tony Hicks (drums). Later Adrian Tilbrook took over on drums. What sets Back Door apart is the bass playing. While a few bassists-such as Chris Squire, John Entwistle, and Jack Bruce have tried exploiting the bass's potential as a lead instrument, they were confined by bands where the guitar or keyboards were the usual lead. Not Colin Hodgkinson; he dispenses with these instruments altogether, allowing the bass to be the sole lead instrument. He strums chords on it the way you'd expect someone to with a six-string. Later bands like Ruins and Sadhappy have taken up this challenge, but many of Back Door's achievements remain unsurpassed.

After releasing 4 albums on Warner between 1973 and 1976, and touring with Emerson Lake and Palmer drummer Carl Palmer produced their last album, Activate (1976) they broke up in 1977. Hodgkinson went on to play with Jan Hammer, Alexis Korner, and the Spenser Davis Group. He even had his moment of crotch-grabbing fame as the bassist on the UK version of Whitesnake's massive-selling album Slide It In. These days he's living in Germany, where he records for the In-Akustik label, with the Electric Blues Duo and with the Spenser Davis Group.

...I'd love to hear some of their suff if anyone has any MP3's etc.

DZL

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I'm sure I read somewhere that "back door man" in a blues context does not refer to anal sex, but instead the concept that as a husband comes in the front door, the back door man is leaving via the back door.

"open my front door, hear my back door slam

Reckon I must have one of them new fangled back door men"

(Since I've been loving you)

Regards

Flossie

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I'm sure I read somewhere that "back door man" in a blues context does not refer to anal sex' date=' but instead the concept that as a husband comes in the front door, the back door man is leaving via the back door.

"open my front door, hear my back door slam

Reckon I must have one of them new fangled back door men"

(Since I've been loving you)

Regards

Flossie[/quote']

Nah! - it's deffo "up the pooper"

:laughing:

DZL

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