Artist:
RYE
Title:
The Beginning
Format:
Vinyl LP
Year:
1969
Songs:
11
Label:
Beverly Hills Records
Style:
Hard Rock
This obscure late
60’s California based band’s one off is a private press delight, full of all
original songs. There’s a bunch of quick paced tracks on tap - some having
brass/horn work, others more hard rock geared with dominant guitar and organ
work…while other tracks mix it all together for some fierce sounds. Rural flavors come out to play on ‘Soggy
Mountain Shack’ and then a huge fuzz guitar riff ends it. Cool hard rocking tribal rhythms weave in and
out with big fuzzy guitar on standout ‘Be A Brother To Your Brother’. Hard rocker ‘Just A Dream’ blows out with a
highly emotive male Janis Joplin delivery. The patriotic themed ‘Color Me Free’
buzzes along with tight drumming, organ flares and more killer fuzz guitar
splashes – another album highlight. This
obscurity is a pleasant surprise and should be more well known for being well
over four decades old.
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