… Taste: Rory Gallagher (guitar, vocals), Charlie McCracken (bass) & John Wilson (drums) … live at the Isle Of Wight Festival, 1970:
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Taste (feat. Rory Gallagher) – In Concert (1978)
In 1968 Taste moved to London, with Kennedy as the band’s manager. The band rapidly made an impression on the UK music scene. One highlight was a short July 7th performance at the Woburn Abbey Festival. Taste also recorded tracks for the ‘Top Gear’ music show, which can be found on a bootleg called ‘London Invasion’.
Damery and Kitteringham were replaced at the manager’s behest, with Richard McCracken (bass) and John Wilson (drums). Like Taste’s prior members, the technically proficient McCracken and Wilson also met on the showband scene, and in 1967 formed a short-lived four-piece blues-rock band called ‘Cheese’, that was also generating attention in the UK, but promptly decided to throw their lot in with Gallagher circa August 1968. (New) Taste would continue to build on the reputation inherited, and a contract with the Polydor label would soon follow.
In Concert (attributed to ‘Taste featuring Rory Gallagher’) (1978) – is an early Marquee Club, London concert, of good quality, recorded on the 25th of October 1968, two months after the transition to the MKII line-up. (by hifipig.com)
Taste was one of the best blues-rock trios ever … you can call it high energy blues-rock …
Listen to this album (“Blister On The Moon”) and you´ll know why Taste was a real highlight in the history of rock music and of course the start for Rory Gallagher as a solo artist.
Personnel:
Rory Gallagher (guitar, vocals)
Richard McCracken (bass)
John Wilson (drums)
Tracklist:
01. Medley: (16.06)
01.1. Movin’ On (Gallagher)
01.2. Pontiac Blues (Gallagher)
01.3. Baby, Please Don’t Go (Traditional)
02. Blister On The Moon (Gallagher) 3.51
03. Sugar Mama (Traditional) 7.29
04. First Time I Met The Blues (Traditional)
05. Catfish (Traditional) 9.27
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