very lucky to have Cold Blood's latest show and for those that don't know it yet, the Great American Music Hall upgraded their sound system in 2007
Lydia Pense and Cold Blood, May 28, 2011, The Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, recorded at 24bit/96khz appr 71 minutes @ 131mb mp3
updated September 6, 2011, with new link and new EQ
http://www16.zippyshare.com/v/52363613/file.html
>>>From yelp....Lydia and the band debuted when the Fillmore was at its peak as one of the nation's musical Mecca's. Owner Bill Graham was so impressed with Lydia's voice and the sound of the band that he immediately signed Cold Blood to his new record label. During the span of six original late-60's, early-70's albums, Lydia Pense and Cold Blood helped, along with Tower Of Power, forge their own specific brand of funk/soul and R&B which came to be known as East Bay Grease. That music still holds up today, proving that great music is timeless and will continue to inspire generations to come. Lydia Pense and Cold Blood packed the San Francisco Ballrooms in their heyday, but that was then and this is now. In the now, Lydia Pense and Cold Blood still fill halls with cheering, dancing, foot-stomping fans. Far from fading over the years, Cold Blood has flourished.
Here's a nice writeup about the current band configuration
and there she is.....a true survivor....full flickr photo set here
Cold Blood in 1972 - Last Days of the Fillmore
Cold Sweat was the soundtrack to my college years '70 -'74 for sure and a week doesn't go by now where I don't play some of their music.
That original band was "tighter than Dick's hat band" underscored by one of the most active and virtuous bass man ever, in my opinion. The horns were tight(and many)with nary a note out of sync or tune, magnificent!
The guitar player was a jazz man through and through, but when he turned on that "glass" tone, he played some great rifts. What I really like about his playing though was how he put all those little touches into the mix and kept things interesting.
Give the drummer some. Dude was forever driving that train and keeping those wheels spinning. His beat was infectious and timely, the perfect track to lay a funky, jazzy, soulful, back-beat to this musical train blowing down the tracks!
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