Moody Marsden Band – Never Turn Our Back On The Blues (1992)

‘Never Turn Our Back On The Blues’ is the first album by The Moody Marsden Band, formed by the two former Whitesnake guitarists Micky Moody and Bernie Marsden. The album was originally released in 1992 by Castle.

It is a live album recorded at various shows in England in December 1991. It features classic blues songs by the likes of Jimmy Reed (“Baby What You Want”), Elmore James (“It Hurts Me Too”), Billy Myles (“Have You Ever Loved A Woman”, and B.B. King (“How Blue Can You Get”). The set also includes Free’s “The Stealer” and Whitesnake’s hit singles “Here I Go Again” and “Fool For Your Loving”, which were co-written by Marsden and Moody with David Coverdale. (propermusic.com)

What a blues rock gem!

“Never turn our back on the blues”: an apt title given by the Moody Marsden Band to their debut album released in the early 1990s. The two guitarists and singers Micky Moody and Bernie Marsden have in fact always remained more or less connected to the blues throughout their careers. Before the two formed the guitar team of Whitesnake from 1978, Moody in particular was close to the blues in the combos Juicy Lucy and Snafu. Marsden initially had less contact with this genre with UFO and Babe Ruth. With the early Whitesnake, both of them let their blues rock side out. After Whitesnake moved away more and more from blues rock and turned to the widescreen rock that was popular in the USA, the guitar duo said goodbye to the band. This marked the beginning of a musical dry spell for both musicians. Marsden was not particularly successful with his band Alaska. Moody kept his head above water with part-time collaborations and session work. With the Moody Marsden Band, the two came together again and paid homage to their favoured blues rock concept. In his liner notes to “Never turn our back to the blues”, Neil Jeffries quite in his liner notes to “Never turn our back to the blues”, Neil Jeffries quite rightly writes that the disc presents “honest-to-god, straight from the heart rock, rhythm and blues”.

The two warhorses Moody and Marsden give their all on guitar and throw the balls at each other. Great solos pour out of the loudspeakers in abundance. Both also have something to offer as singers. The duo is accompanied by the powerful Zak Starkey (dr) and Jaz Lochrie (bg) on this recording, which was made at various concerts in the UK in December 1991. It is also a successful live album in terms of sound. The eleven tracks on the setlist don’t contain a single failure. The guys celebrate four blues classics at once. And with a joy of playing that is unrivalled. Jimmy Reed’s “Baby what you want me to do”, also covered by Wishbone Ash, and Big Joe Turner’s “Wee wee baby” thunder out of the speakers. During the slow blues medley “Have you ever loved a woman/How blue can you get”, Jazz Lochrie stands out with his powerful bass playing alongside Mickey and Bernie’s string skills. Elmore James’ evergreen “It hurts me too” then gives Moody the opportunity to set off real fireworks on his slide guitar.

The number even rivals the outstanding version by Foghat, British blues rock colleagues of the Moody Marsden Band. With “The stealer”, the band also brilliantly torches a free song. And Don Nix’s R&B song “Going down”, which has been covered many times, really steams out of the grooves. It almost goes without saying that the band pays tribute to the work of Whitesnake. There’s the thumping blues rocker “Fool for your lovin'” and the rousing interpretation of the Whitesnake hit “Here I go again”. Also from the Whitesnake repertoire is the old Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland number “Ain’t no love in the heart of the city”. It’s marvellous how the boys let themselves drift through this slow blues rock song. That leaves two tracks written by Moody/Marsden, which celebrate their premiere on the live album. One is the bluesy hard rock song “Foolin’ with my heart” with a great hookline. And finally the powerful blues rock track that gives the concert recording its name. Neil Jeffries should be quoted again here. In his liner notes, he says that the two rock veterans “played with a feeling and passion that remains as timeless as it is rare”. We can only agree with that. The Moody Marsden Band’s later live albums were no longer able to top the level of quality set by “Never turn your back on the blues”. (by birddog)

If you have never listened to these guys, then this is the album to start with. I forst heard this nearly 10 years ago and it hasn’t diminished with age. The singing is clear, guitar solos excellent and sharp but more importantly the love, excitement and tunes are to die for. (Graham Hort)

A hidden treasure! Phenonemenal blues album featuring two of the most underrated guitarists in rock. (by tryggeset)

Personnel:
Bernie Marsden (guitr, vocals)
Micky Moody (guitar, slide guitar, vocals)
Jaz Lochrie (bass, background voclas)
Zak Starkey (drums)

Tracklist.
01. Baby What You Want (Reed) 4.57
02. The Stealer (Rodgers/Fraser/Kossoff) 4.20
03. Have You Ever Loved A Woman (Myles) /How Blue Can You Get (King) 10.02
04. Foolin’ With My Heart (Moody/Marsden/Hinkley) 5.29
05. It Hurts Me Too (James) 5.48
06. Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City (Price/Walsh) 6.11
07. Never Turn Our Back On The Blues (Moody/Marsden) 6.20
08. Fool For Your Lovin’ (Coverdale/Moody/Marsden) 6.23
09. Going Down (Nix) 3.55
10. Here I Go Again (Coverdale/Marsden) 4.45
11. Wee Wee Baby (Turner/Johnson) 4.32

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Micky Moody – I Eat Them For Breakfast (2000)

Michael Joseph Moody (born 30 August 1950) is an English guitarist, and a former member of the rock bands Juicy Lucy and Whitesnake. He was also a founder-member of Snafu. Together with his former Whitesnake colleague Bernie Marsden he founded the Moody Marsden Band, and later, The Snakes, having previously collaborated with unofficial 5th Status Quo member Bob Young in Young & Moody. Along with Marsden and ex-Whitesnake bassist, Neil Murray, he formed The Company of Snakes and M3 Classic Whitesnake with which they mainly performed early Whitesnake songs. From 2011 to 2015, Moody toured and recorded with Snakecharmer, a band he co-formed.

Besides this, Moody has also toured with Roger Chapman, Frankie Miller and Chris Farlowe. He has also performed live alongside the likes of Eric Clapton, Alvin Lee, Mick Taylor, Bruce Dickinson, Sam Brown, Gary Brooker, Suggs, Dennis Locorriere, Paul Jones, P. P. Arnold, James Hunter, Rick Wakeman, Jon Lord, Newton Faulkner, Uriah Heep, Alice Cooper, Mark King, Alfie Boe, Sandi Thom, Brian Auger, Paul Weller, Eric Bibb, Meat Loaf, Boy George, Elkie Brooks, Nona Hendryx, Mud Morganfield and one of his early guitar heroes, Duane Eddy.[citation needed] Since 2000 he has released several solo albums: I Eat Them For Breakfast (2000), Don’t Blame Me (2006), Acoustic Journeyman (2007) and Electric Journeyman (2009). A versatile guitarist, Moody has been an active session musician and his own website lists over 100 albums to which he has contributed musically. 2006 saw the release of the autobiographical Playing With Trumpets – A Rock ‘n’ Roll Apprenticeship, a memoir about his early days on the music scene. Another book of memoirs, Snakes and Ladders, was released in 2016. His library music has been featured on such TV programmes as Waking the Dead, Bo’ Selecta!, America’s Next Top Model, How to Look Good Naked, Top Gear, Horizon, Jersey Shore, Mad Men, Wife Swap and Paul Hollywood’s Bread. More recently, Moody has worked alongside Ali Maas Moody and they have co-written and released two albums, Black & Chrome and Who’s Directing Your Movie?

Micky Moody in 1965:

While at school in Middlesbrough and attending private guitar lessons, Moody formed The Roadrunners with others from the area including Paul Rodgers (later of Free and Bad Company). They were subsequently joined by bass player Bruce Thomas, later to play with Elvis Costello and the Attractions. The band performed covers in local halls and clubs. By 1967 they had developed and outgrown the local music scene and turned professional, changing their name to The Wildflowers and subsequently moving to London. They had some success and undertook some touring, but relationships within the band frayed and they eventually split without making any recordings. Moody returned home to Middlesbrough where for a while he widened his musical horizons by taking classical guitar lessons. He also became increasingly interested in slide guitar techniques (a style he would later be closely associated with). While living in Middlesbrough he was asked by local singer and entrepreneur John McCoy, to form a group which became Tramline. A deal for two albums was signed with Island Records, but by the time the second album was released the band had broken up. Moody joined Lucas and the professional Soul band Mike Cotton Sound who became Gene Pitney’s backing band for UK tours as well as others such as Paul Jones.

In 1970 he joined recently repatriated keyboard player Zoot Money as guitarist. He then replaced Neil Hubbard in Juicy Lucy with whom he recorded three albums and toured extensively before the group disbanded. After the band split, Moody co-founded Snafu which combined his funk-rock guitar style with U.S down-home stateside grooves. The band recorded three albums SNAFU, Situation Normal and All Funked Up. They also appeared on a 1974 “Sounds Sounds of the seventies” session and both a 1974 [Bob Harris] The Old Grey Whistle Test and 1975-08-28 (broadcast 1975-09-04) John John Peel radio session and the TV series Supersonic.

Extensive touring followed before the band broke up. At this time Moody undertook occasional work as a session player most notably for Graham Bonnet. He also contributed to one track on Gerry Rafferty’s City to City. He performed with the former Status Quo drummer John Coghlan’s Diesel Band, then recorded an album with the band’s tour manager and lyricist Bob Young which became Young & Moody.

Young & Moody:

He then toured with Frankie Miller and stood in as a guest with Hinkley’s Heroes before joining his friend David Coverdale. Moody knew Coverdale – who had fronted Deep Purple and was looking to undertake a solo venture – from the Middlesbrough music scene in the late sixties. Coverdale invited Moody to work with him and the album White Snake was released in 1977. Moody shared writing credits on four songs including the title track. A second album Northwinds followed in 1978, on which Moody contributed to three songs. Following the demise of Deep Purple MkIV, Coverdale and Moody joined forces with Bernie Marsden, Neil Murray, Dave ‘Duck’ Dowle and keyboardist Brian Johnston to form a band that took its name Whitesnake from the title of Coverdale’s first solo album. In 1978 they recorded the E.P Snakebite followed by two studio albums, Trouble (1978) and Lovehunter (1979), recorded by a modified lineup with Jon Lord on keyboards. Moody is credited with cowriting four of the tracks on Trouble and was sole writer of ‘Belgian Tom’s Hat Trick’, an instrumental. While working with Whitesnake he also played slide guitar on Roger Chapman’s debut solo album Chappo.
1980s

Moody contributed slide guitar to three tracks on former Lindisfarne member Ray Jackson’s solo debut In the Night, which was released in 1980. By this point Whitesnake now featured Ian Paice from Deep Purple on drums, who had been brought into the group to replace Dowle. In 1980 this line up released the album Ready an’ Willing, from which two UK singles were taken, Fool for Your Loving and the album title track, both co-written by Moody. The band also released the double album Live…in the Heart of the City in the same year. At his time he recorded two singles with Bob Young, with all tracks written by Moody.

In 1981, Graham Bonnet’s Line-Up featured Moody playing guitar on all tracks and three songs written by Moody with Bob Young. Moody maintained a busy schedule with Whitesnake and the band released the album Come an’ Get Itin the same year. Relationships within the band were beginning to sour and Moody’s guitar partner Bernie Marsden left prior to the final completion of the next album Saints and Sinners. Moody himself followed soon after. Whitesnake took time out for much of 1982 and Moody undertook some session work, with Sheena Easton and others.[citation needed] By late 1982 Whitesnake was reformed with Mel Galley replacing Marsden and Moody joining Galley on the album’s backing vocal sessions. In 1983 Coverdale replaced Ian Paice and Neil Murray with Cozy Powell and Colin Hodgkinson. Moody was unhappy with the direction the new band was taking and felt increasingly sidelined by Coverdale.[5] Despite this deteriorating situation, he recorded Slide It In – a process he described as an ‘unhappy experience’ – but then left the band in 1983.

Moody returned to session work with Mike Oldfield, Gary Glitter, Mike d’Abo and Roger Chapman, as well as selected TV music library work. He toured with Chris Farlowe and worked with former Meal Ticket singer Willy Finlayson and his band the Hurters. Taking a wry, witty view of some of the people and experiences they’d encountered over the years, he and Bob Young wrote a book on musicians’ humour, the acclaimed Language of Rock and Roll. He also put together the first version of the Micky Moody Band, featuring former Taste bassist Charlie McCracken and drummer Chris Hunt. Towards the end of the decade, he and Bernie Marsden played selected venues with their own Moody Marsden Band.

During the early 1990s, Moody toured extensively with Roger Chapman. “What a bloke,” marvelled the singer. “Every hotel we stayed in, he used to get his black bin-liners out and start taping them to the windows – can’t sleep if there’s any light in the room. They used to think he was mad. Lovely fella though. A great guitarist. And intelligent too. Too intelligent for Coverdale.”

Moody reunited on a more permanent basis with Whitesnake guitarist Bernie Marsden, to tour and record as the Moody Marsden Band in U.K and Europe. They issued two live albums, Never Turn Our Back on the Blues and Live in Hell and a studio set, Real Faith. In 1996, Moody toured the US as part of the Best of British Blues tour, also featuring Eric Burdon, Alvin Lee, Aynsley Dunbar, Boz Burrell and Tim Hinkley. The following year, Moody and Marsden teamed up with Norwegian rockers Jørn Lande, Willy Bendickson and Sid Ringsby to form The Snakes, a band that specialised in reproducing the sounds of the original Whitesnake. Don Airey would often be brought in to augment them on keyboards. The band recorded two albums, Once Bitten and Live in Europe before making way for The Company of Snakes, which featured former Bad Company vocalist Robert Hart, original Whitesnake bass player Neil Murray and ex-Manfred Mann’s Earth Band drummer John Lingwood. Hart was eventually replaced by ex-Snakes in Paradise frontman Stefan Berggren, and the band released two albums, Burst the Bubble and a live set Here They Go Again.

In 2000, Moody wrote and produced library music prior to the release of his first official solo album, I Eat Them For Breakfast. Continuing to perform with Company of Snakes and take on occasional session work, Moody joined his former Juicy Lucy bandmate Paul Williams to arrange and record a selection of acoustic classic Chicago blues tracks for the album Smokestacks, Broomdusters and Hoochie Coochie Men. He also played occasional duo gigs with bluesman Papa George.[citation needed] ‘Snake’ metamorphosed into M3 Classic Whitesnake and also released a live CD (featuring former Black Sabbath singer Tony Martin) and a live DVD with the former The Company Of Snakes singer Stefan Berggren back, and with the special guest appearance from former Ritchie Blackmore and Yngwie Malmsteen frontman Doogie White. The DVD also featured sessionman Jimmy Copley (who worked with bands such as Go West and Tears for Fears) on drums and Mark Stanway from Magnum on the keyboards.

Around this time Moody played on Nah Aufnahme by German musician Westernhagen, which eventually appeared in the national charts. 2006 saw the release of Moody’s self-produced solo album Don’t Blame Me, released at the same time as his memoirs Playing with Trumpets – A Rock ‘n’ Roll Apprenticeship. M3 broke up later that year, after which Moody performed more shows with Roger Chapman plus selected dates with a line-up of the Micky Moody Band that featured his eldest son Micky Moody Jr. on drums. In 2008, he toured Japan as special guest of Jimmy Copley and Japanese guitarist Char. Also featured was ex-Herbie Hancock bassist Paul Jackson and keyboard player Yoshinobu Kojima. The shows were recorded and released on DVD as Jimmy Copley & Char: Special Session. To celebrate his love of instrumental music, Moody wrote and produced the albums Acoustic Journeyman (2007) and Electric Journeyman (2009).

In 2011, Moody co-wrote library music for both Warner/Chapell and Universal before co-forming Snakecharmer, a line up which also included former Whitesnake colleague Neil Murray, former Wishbone Ash guitarist Laurie Wisefield, singer Chris Ousey (Heartland), drummer Gary James (Thunder, Magnum) and Ozzy’s keyboardist Adam Wakeman. In 2015, Moody left “Snakecharmer” to pursue his solo career. In recent years, Moody also made regular appearances alongside blues guitarist Papa George and has been an active member of the “Sunflower Jam” house band and the Bad Apples.[citation needed]. In 2016 he and Ali Maas Moody released their first album together. They also played live regularly with their Ali Maas and Micky Moody Band.

In 2020, Micky and Ali Maas Moody released their second co-written album and continued to work together. (wikipedia)

And here´s his first solo album:

Moody has earned the good reputation of a very versatile guitar player His work has been often requested by so different bands such as Meat Loaf, Elkie Brooks or Gerry Rafferty He has also worked with Eric Burdon, drummer Aynsley Dumbar, Roger Chapman or Juicy Lucy.

For television, he has put his guitar in many music spots and he has also written a song for a Levi’s Jeans spot Concernig to the blues (that as he says is the kind of music he likes), this good piece of work is the result of the rich variety of all his musical influences fed by down-home, jazz, flamenco, rock or ragtime All this clever tasteful mixture has given up a refreshing, varied, powerful and vitaminic record. (lahoradelblues.com)

If you like vintage blues this is one for your collection. (Steve Lally)

And YES … I Iike these vintage blues very much !

Personnel:
Don Airey (keyboards)
Micky Moody (guitar, vocals)
Andy Pyle (bass)
Henry Spinetti (drums)
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Robert Hart (vocals on 05.)
Paul Jones (harmonica on 02. + 08.)
John Lingwood (drums on 07., 09. + 12.)
Bernie Marsden (guitar on 05., 09. + 11., background vocals on 01, 02., 07.
Neil Murray (bass on 07., 09. + 12.)
Neigel Neill (organ on 12.)
Paddy Sample (uilleann drone on 13.)
Paul Williams (vocals on 01. + 12.)

Tracklist:
01. On Common Ground (Moody/Marsden) 2.23
02. Alimony (Jones/Young/Higginbotham) 4.53
03. Delta Bluesman (Moody) 4.10
04. Mixed-Up Blues (Moody) 2.31
05. My Lady Friend (Marsden) 3.30
06. 14-String Rag (Moody) 2.21
07. Me And My Guitar (Russell/Blackwell) 3.41
08. Just Leave Me Alone (Moody) 3.52
09. Turning Point (Parts 1-5) (Moody/Marsden/Airey/Murray/Lingwood) 10.11
10. Obsession (Moody/Marsden/Hart) 3.18
11. Let This Boy Boogie Moody Rate
12. My Word For Trouble (W.O.M.A.N.) (Moody/Marsden) 4.26
13. Journey Home (Moody) 4.48

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Micky Moody & Friends – Live And Rocking (2008)

Michael Joseph “Micky” Moody (born 30 August 1950) is an English guitarist, and a former member of the rock bands Juicy Lucy and Whitesnake. He was also a founder-member of Snafu. Together with his former Whitesnake colleague Bernie Marsden he founded the Moody Marsden Band, and later, The Snakes, having previously collaborated with unofficial 5th Status Quo member Bob Young in Young & Moody. Along with Marsden and ex-Whitesnake bassist, Neil Murray, he formed Company of Snakes and M3 Classic Whitesnake with which they mainly performed early Whitesnake songs. More recently, he has toured and recorded with Snakecharmer.Besides this, Moody has also toured with Roger Chapman, Frankie Miller and Chris Farlowe. He has also performed live alongside the likes of Eric Clapton, Alvin Lee, Mick Taylor, Bruce Dickinson, Sam Brown, Gary Brooker, Suggs, Dennis Locorriere, Paul Jones, P. P. Arnold, James Hunter, Rick Wakeman, Jon Lord, Newton Faulkner, Uriah Heep, Alice Cooper, Mark King, Alfie Boe, Sandi Thom, Brian Auger, Paul Weller, Eric Bibb, Meat Loaf, Boy George, Elkie Brooks, Nona Hendryx, Mud Morganfield and one of his early guitar heroes, Duane Eddy.

Since 2000 he has released several solo albums: I Eat Them For Breakfast (2000), Don’t Blame Me (2006), Acoustic Journeyman (2007) and Electric Journeyman (2009). A versatile guitarist, Moody has been an active session musician and his own website lists over 100 albums to which he has contributed musically. 2006 saw the release of the autobiographical Playing With Trumpets – A Rock ‘n’ Roll Apprenticeship, a memoir about his early days on the music scene. His library music has been featured on such TV programmes as Waking the Dead, Bo’ Selecta!, America’s Next Top Model, How to Look Good Naked, Top Gear, Horizon, Jersey Shore, Mad Men, Wife Swap and Paul Hollywood’s Bread. (by wikipedia)

Hell is a village in the Lånke area of the municipality of Stjørdal in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the western part of the municipality, about 3 kilometres (2 mi) south of the town of Stjørdalshalsen.

Hell currently has a grocery store, gas station, a fast food shop, and a retirement home. Until late 1995, the European route E6 highway was aligned through Hell and across the Hell bridge to Sandfærhus (nearby is the Trondheim Airport, Værnes). The new road now goes around the village.

A blues festival takes place every year at Hell Station in September, “Blues in Hell”. The original festival (Hell Blues Festival) started in 1992, then changed its name to Hell Music Festival in 2006 to open their doors for music other than blues. The Hell Music Festival in 2007 failed to attract many concert-goers, however, and the festival declared bankruptcy the same year. In 2008 a new festival was started, entitled “Blues in Hell”, going back to the original concept. (by wikipedia).

Micky Moody played many times at this great Blues Festival …

… And here´s a chance to listen to Micky Moody and Friends, recorded live at the Hell Blues Festival, Norway in 2000 … another great Blues-Rock concert !!!

Enjoy !

Personnel:
Don Airey (keyboards)
John Lingwood (drums)
Bernie Marsden (guitar, vocals)
Micky Moody (guiar, slide-guitar, vocals)
Neil Murray (bass)

Tracklist:
01. Medley 4.38
01.1. Hideaway (King/Thompson)
01.2. Bab You Want Me To Do (Reed)
01.3. The Stumble (King/Thompson)
02. Mixed Up Blues (Moody) 4.29
03. Come On In My Kitchen (Johnson) 5.16
04. A Mind To Get Even (Moody) 7.56
05. Key To The Highway (Segar/Broonzy) 7.04
06. Spoonful (Dixon) 6.36
07. My Happy Day (Watkins) 2.35
08. 2000 Miles To Hell (Moody/Marsden) 11.08
09. Rock & Roll Shoes (Willis) 5.11
10. Nadine (Berry) 5.04

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Young & Moody – Same (1977)

The Young & Moody Band was a UK blues rock band from the late 1970s to the early 1980s, headed by Status Quo co-writer Bob Young and Whitesnake guitarist Micky Moody.

The band started under the name “Young & Moody”, releasing a self-titled album on Magnet Records in 1977. Later they changed their name to “The Young & Moody Band”. Their 1981 single “Don’t Do That” also featured Lemmy from Motörhead, Cozy Powell and The Nolans and charted at #63 on the UK Singles Chart.

Their follow up single, ‘These Eyes’, was used in a U.K. jeans commercial (circa 1981). Graham Bonnet (ex Rainbow) did the vocals (but not on the single) and the lyrics ‘these eyes’ were replaced with the word ‘Levis’. It was written by Ed Hamilton, who also wrote “Night Games” from Bonnet’s third album Line-Up. Both tracks were available as singles on Bronze Records and featured on the compilation album A Quiet Night In. When released on that compilation album, it earned gold discs abroad. (by wikipedia)

And this is their fantastic debut-album from 1977, which was produced by Roger Glover from Deep Purple. The coverart was from the legendary Hipgnosis !

Although this is a low-budget project it´s more than pleasant and thoroughly enjoyable.

Personnel:
Micky Moody (guitar, mandolin)
Graham Preskett (violin, bass, keyboards)
Terry Stannard (drums, percussion)
Bob Young (vocals, harmonica)
Drums, Percussion – Terry Stannard

Tracklist:
01. You Make It Roll (Young/Moody) 5.16
02. I’ll Be Back (Rossi/Young) 3.04
03. Chicago Blue (Young/Moody) 4.25
04. Four Until Late (Johnson) 4.46
05. Young & Moody (Young/Moody) 3.06
06. Too Young To Feel This Way (Young/Moody) 4.58
07. Just Close Your Eyes (Young/Moody) 2.55
08. Someone Else’s Door (Young/Moody) 3.44
09. I’m Going Away (Cotton/Traditional) 3.18
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10.  I Thought I’d Seen It All (Young/Moody) 3.40
11. Chained To Love (Young/Moody) 4.48
12. Don’t You Tell Me To Go (Young/Moody/Markee) 3.07

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Single covers from Netherland and Germany

Borderline – Line Up (1994)

Borderline was the short-lived project of Germans leading southern rock musician Georg Bayer. After having much trouble with his own and original band “Lizard”, he formed this project to fulfil his record contract. Borderline was a southern rock quartett with as bunch of guest musicians, amongst others Micky Moody and Bernie Marsden (ex-Whitesanke).
The last four tracks of this albums are bonus tracks, whick are not to find on the original album (recorded in Stuttgart/Germany & Atlanta/Georgia).
You can hear finest southern rock from Germany and Georg Bayer knows how to boogie … he learnt his lessons on the road and his cover versions are very pretty, too.

Personnel:
Georg Bayer (vocals)
Bruce Brookshire (guitar, vocals)
Daniel Ford (bass)
Danny Lastinger (drums)
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Jeff Carlisli (guitar)
Tim Elliott (guitar)
Rainer Kunert (percussion)
Volker Kunschner (keyboards)
Bernie Marsden (guitar)
Micky Moody (guitar)
David Romine (keyboards)
John Samuelson (guitar)
Rob Walker (guitar)
Kenny Wrigjt (harmonica)

Tracklist:
01. Bring Me Some Water (Marsden/Moody) 4.31
02. She Drives Me Crazy (Bayer/Thumser) 3.06
03..Out In The Road (Bayer/Seeger) 3.43
04. Josephine (Brookshire)
05. My Sweet Little Angel (Bayer/Seeger) 3.43
06. Woman (Bayer/Seeger) 2.49
07 Macon, Georgia (Bayer/Thumser) 5.36
08. Hold Me Now (Bayer/Thumser) 4.42
09. Love That Burns (Green/Adams) 4.58
10. Fun Runner (Bayer/Brookshire) 3.48
11. Homesick (Buie/Cobb) 4.01
12. Junior´s Wailing (White/Pugh) 3.26
13. Father And Son (Stevens) 4.42
14. Long Cool Woman (Cook/Clarke/Greenway) 5.12

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