The Power Of Rock
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Tracklist
01
Backup Slowdown
02
Broadway Hollywood
03
Taylor Made
04
Lost And Confused
05
Romance
06
Just A Game
07
You Got Nerve
08
Don't Wait
09
Backup Slowdown (alternative Version)
10
All I Need
11
Need Somebody
12
Presence
13
In A Hole
14
Eye Will Watch You
15
All Too Well
16
You Got Nerve (alternative Version)
01
I'm After You
02
The Hero Is Dead
03
Big Boy
04
Under The Weather
05
Baby/lady
06
Honestly Lovely
07
It Might Rain
08
Nuclear Affair
09
You Don't Know Me
10
Right Time
11
Reddi Freddi
12
Baby/lady (alternative Version)
13
Honestly Lovely (alternative Version)
14
Times Got A Way
15
Baby/lady (unplugged)
16
Reddi Freddi (alternative Version)
01
Don't Cry
02
Rumble
03
No Man's Land
04
Witchin' Time
05
Night Scope
06
Eye 4 An Eye
07
You've Gotta Have It
08
Partyin' Angel
09
Change The Channel/mph
10
Chase The Blues Away
11
Here I Am
12
I Know What I Am Looking For
13
Ready Or Not
14
I Can't Complain
15
I Know A Way
16
Happy Birthday (part One)
Description
Timmy (EYE)
a histography
It all started in 8th grade, 1967, the summer of love, in Buckhead, Georgia.
Keyboardist John "Langford" Harrison met guitarist Donny Macleod, and the rest was history.
For nearly five decades, they still practiced every night.
Why? Because they loved it.
From the beginning, they had to have that "Brown" soun'.
(Translated into laymens terms, that basically means a Marshall on ten).
Thus the name 'Timmy'.
A contradiction in terms, dialectic, or a sucker punch.
I am reminded of when Elvis Presley came on the Ed Sullivan show, and said,
"Okay, we're gonna slow it down a little...You ain't nothin' but a houndog!!!
That knocked me back on my heels as a three-year-old.
So Timmy comes out with a friendly little name,
and then proceeds to knock you back on your heels!
Heralded as the unsung progressive band of the seventies, that no one''s ever heard of,
Timmy boasts an impressive history of associates that includes:
Andy West of the Dixie Dregs, Mark O'Conner, world renowned fiddle champ,Vince Welnick, of the Tubes and Grateful Dead,
Eddy Offord, produce of Yes and ELP, and engineer on John Lennon's Imagine, and infamous rock manager Tony Secunda, who managed such acts as Procol Harem, Moody Blues, T Rex, Motorhead, Denny Laine, Chrissie Hinde, and Steel-Eye Span.
1975
Marin County California
Timmy joins forces with Cream of Chicken,
replacing guitarist Angie Makurak with Peter Penhallow, (aka Mr. Cheez),
and drummer Dave Obiedo with Paul Southard, (aka Paul Zahl...his girlfriends tall!).
Peter eventually moves to mini moog, (the 'saxophone', as John would affectionately refer to it), Donny moves, from bass to guitar, and John takes over the bass with his killer left hand.
One of their songs at that time was called "Big Long One", which says it all.
Most of their tunes, mostly written by John, and collaborated with by Donny and Peter, were anywhere from ten minutes to a half hour long, and were these fantastic and beautiful epics with time changes every measure.
From 1975 to 1988, various drummers came in and out,
while John, Donny and Peter remained as the core of the group.
Zahl stayed maybe a year, and maybe came back once or twice,
but was eventually replaced with Mitch Hinard, (aka Panda McCaan).
The music was a stretch for Panda, but he rose to the occasion and then some and hit excellent and hard.
After Panda came Bob, (Uncle Woofy), easily among the best progressive drummers on the planet.
The Uncle Woofy period was a height.
The tunes were longer, crazier, more beautiful than ever, and played with precision.
The band opened for many progressive bands of that era to standing ovations.
(Bill Bruford, Dixie Dregs, Captain Beefheart, Allan Holdsworth, Brian Auger, etc.)
Next up was Charlie Tapp on drums.
Charlie also brought in a few nice tunes.
The band was also recruited by famed rock manager Tony Secunda.
A shift in the music occurs: shorter tunes, straighter beats.
This was a typical shift for progressive bands at this time, e.g. Asia,
the early eighties rhing,
and Timmy handled the shift with grace.
1983
Andy West, bass player for the Dixie Dregs, joined the band.
1984
The band made a demo, (The Atlanta Project), produced by Eddy Offord.
All the King's men loved it, just the King's A and R guys went, ehh!
Hello Brain! Paul Chatterton III on the drums.
Vince Welnick came in to co-write and produced a few tunes for the "Eye" CD.
1988
"Has anyone seen Peter?"
"Hey Peter, when ya comin' to rehearsal?"
"Guys, I ran away from home to play piano for babies".
Brain left the band soon after Mr. Cheez,
and eventually flew into the arms of God
from the seat of his Harley.
God bless ya, brother.
1990
Andy Bishop joins the band on drums, they were a bad ass rockin' trio.
The Timmy line up at that time was: John (Langford) Harrison, Donny (Jock McNutt) MacLeod, Andy Bishop
30 years of Rock and Roll!
So I seriously doubt that this is...
The End
Bio, originally published in Strtterzine magazine, was written by Peter Mr. Cheez Penhallow, 2005.
R.I.P
John Gimma Langford Harrison - Jan. 3, 1953 - June 25, 2012
Donny McLeod - Sept. 27, 1952 - Jan. 10, 2010
a histography
It all started in 8th grade, 1967, the summer of love, in Buckhead, Georgia.
Keyboardist John "Langford" Harrison met guitarist Donny Macleod, and the rest was history.
For nearly five decades, they still practiced every night.
Why? Because they loved it.
From the beginning, they had to have that "Brown" soun'.
(Translated into laymens terms, that basically means a Marshall on ten).
Thus the name 'Timmy'.
A contradiction in terms, dialectic, or a sucker punch.
I am reminded of when Elvis Presley came on the Ed Sullivan show, and said,
"Okay, we're gonna slow it down a little...You ain't nothin' but a houndog!!!
That knocked me back on my heels as a three-year-old.
So Timmy comes out with a friendly little name,
and then proceeds to knock you back on your heels!
Heralded as the unsung progressive band of the seventies, that no one''s ever heard of,
Timmy boasts an impressive history of associates that includes:
Andy West of the Dixie Dregs, Mark O'Conner, world renowned fiddle champ,Vince Welnick, of the Tubes and Grateful Dead,
Eddy Offord, produce of Yes and ELP, and engineer on John Lennon's Imagine, and infamous rock manager Tony Secunda, who managed such acts as Procol Harem, Moody Blues, T Rex, Motorhead, Denny Laine, Chrissie Hinde, and Steel-Eye Span.
1975
Marin County California
Timmy joins forces with Cream of Chicken,
replacing guitarist Angie Makurak with Peter Penhallow, (aka Mr. Cheez),
and drummer Dave Obiedo with Paul Southard, (aka Paul Zahl...his girlfriends tall!).
Peter eventually moves to mini moog, (the 'saxophone', as John would affectionately refer to it), Donny moves, from bass to guitar, and John takes over the bass with his killer left hand.
One of their songs at that time was called "Big Long One", which says it all.
Most of their tunes, mostly written by John, and collaborated with by Donny and Peter, were anywhere from ten minutes to a half hour long, and were these fantastic and beautiful epics with time changes every measure.
From 1975 to 1988, various drummers came in and out,
while John, Donny and Peter remained as the core of the group.
Zahl stayed maybe a year, and maybe came back once or twice,
but was eventually replaced with Mitch Hinard, (aka Panda McCaan).
The music was a stretch for Panda, but he rose to the occasion and then some and hit excellent and hard.
After Panda came Bob, (Uncle Woofy), easily among the best progressive drummers on the planet.
The Uncle Woofy period was a height.
The tunes were longer, crazier, more beautiful than ever, and played with precision.
The band opened for many progressive bands of that era to standing ovations.
(Bill Bruford, Dixie Dregs, Captain Beefheart, Allan Holdsworth, Brian Auger, etc.)
Next up was Charlie Tapp on drums.
Charlie also brought in a few nice tunes.
The band was also recruited by famed rock manager Tony Secunda.
A shift in the music occurs: shorter tunes, straighter beats.
This was a typical shift for progressive bands at this time, e.g. Asia,
the early eighties rhing,
and Timmy handled the shift with grace.
1983
Andy West, bass player for the Dixie Dregs, joined the band.
1984
The band made a demo, (The Atlanta Project), produced by Eddy Offord.
All the King's men loved it, just the King's A and R guys went, ehh!
Hello Brain! Paul Chatterton III on the drums.
Vince Welnick came in to co-write and produced a few tunes for the "Eye" CD.
1988
"Has anyone seen Peter?"
"Hey Peter, when ya comin' to rehearsal?"
"Guys, I ran away from home to play piano for babies".
Brain left the band soon after Mr. Cheez,
and eventually flew into the arms of God
from the seat of his Harley.
God bless ya, brother.
1990
Andy Bishop joins the band on drums, they were a bad ass rockin' trio.
The Timmy line up at that time was: John (Langford) Harrison, Donny (Jock McNutt) MacLeod, Andy Bishop
30 years of Rock and Roll!
So I seriously doubt that this is...
The End
Bio, originally published in Strtterzine magazine, was written by Peter Mr. Cheez Penhallow, 2005.
R.I.P
John Gimma Langford Harrison - Jan. 3, 1953 - June 25, 2012
Donny McLeod - Sept. 27, 1952 - Jan. 10, 2010
