tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318406227111514879.post5601454337143944716..comments2023-04-25T15:47:20.186-04:00Comments on Caterwauled: Yours forevermoreEd McKeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14767520306585909279noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318406227111514879.post-71957493257046957022011-09-08T08:27:36.494-04:002011-09-08T08:27:36.494-04:00A quick follow up- I've exchanged corresponden...A quick follow up- I've exchanged correspondence with Mick Strode, who as some of you will have discovered yourselves was in a version of Band of Joy with Plant and Bonham. He lives in France, has recorded a bit over the years, and last I heard was working on a new recording that he says will be more like Forever More than the blues he's been doing off and on. He sounds like a very happy fellow and he was generous with his replies.<br /><br />Lovely that people are still discovering Forever More.Howl Dinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17107363686652326726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318406227111514879.post-41741500663287311172011-08-27T21:12:53.204-04:002011-08-27T21:12:53.204-04:00OMFG
This album is so great, and it aligns with a...OMFG<br /><br />This album is so great, and it aligns with a very important part of my past. In the 60's and 70's in the mid-west USA, there was but one radio station - WLS, in Chicago. I knew that FM existed, but I couldn't imagine what use it would be if it couldn't blast 50,000 Watts into half the country and Canada, and besides, what could it offer that the top 40 played slavishly on WLS couldn't offer.<br /><br />Enter a wannabe musician, pot head, and bad influence. I began smoking weed, listening to stereo, and becoming exposed to music I'd never heard before. <br /><br />WOW!<br /><br />Good to Me, Sylvester's Last Voyage, It's Home, Jesus, is there a bad track on the album?<br /><br />I walked into a record store on State Street in Madison, WI and asked if they had the album. "You're in luck, it's going back tomorrow to be remaindered." I saved this particular copy from being melted down and used to make dominoes or some such. I played it to death until it sounds as though the last equipment used must have used a golf shoe as a needle.<br /><br />Someone posted "Good to Me" on YouTube, and I'm thrilled and amazed at the quality of the musicianship as well as the production values (It's not overly produced, which killed Asia and later Yes albums). It MUSIC!<br /><br />Thank you to everyone who loves this album, and especially to Gorrie and company for making it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318406227111514879.post-90293400732546504892009-08-09T11:48:38.028-04:002009-08-09T11:48:38.028-04:00Wow, a Downbeat review - that is news to me.
I ha...Wow, a Downbeat review - that is news to me.<br /><br />I have been tracking Mick Strode and have a purported email address for him in Brittany, to which I wrote last Thursday. We'll see if he responds.<br /><br />I have a SONGBOOK (i.e. sheet music with a color cover, pretty much the album cover) for "Yours", the origin of which I can't recall.<br /><br />I've assumed that Alan and Onnie, who still have at least some lingering fame, would be impossible to reach and probably not interested in discussing FM. I spent some time looking online for ways to reach them, posted on some fan site, never heard a word. Without their input no one could really write a decent article about them, but I suppose that is really what I have been gathering informnation for in dribs and drabs. Truly a forgotten backwater of music history, but a bit less so thanks to folks who convince their friends. I'll post here if anything further comes up.Howl Dinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17107363686652326726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318406227111514879.post-69886898027450804472009-08-09T01:21:25.082-04:002009-08-09T01:21:25.082-04:00I forget where I found "Yours" but I rem...I forget where I found "Yours" but I remember reading a 5 star review in Downbeat (yep-that Downbeat)that extolled the fabulous songwriting and Napier-Bell's arrangements. It became an instant favorite, and one that always elicited a "who's that?" when I played it for people. I've made plenty of copies of my CD for friends, all of whom became instant fans. The CD is not easy to find, but truly worth every penny (mine cost about $20) and is nicely remastered with a foldout of the cover. These are timeless albums (both are brilliant pop music) that truly deserve the undiscovered masterpiece tag. Glad to see someone else rave about these guys. BTW, they sound NOTHING like the Average White Band.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318406227111514879.post-41689509721445288492009-07-22T13:22:26.117-04:002009-07-22T13:22:26.117-04:00Awhile later and after looking in on the current s...Awhile later and after looking in on the current state of internet info on FM, I can report that Mick Travis' real name is Mick Strode, he played in Band of Joy with Plant and Bonham, and left the biz to become a teacher in the 70s. However, he kept playing, popped out a solo LP, and played a lot of gigs and got rave write-ups, though all rather obscure. He supposedly moved to Brittany a few years ago.Howl Dinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17107363686652326726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318406227111514879.post-56032277633411484932008-12-15T08:28:00.000-05:002008-12-15T08:28:00.000-05:00Behold! What a jewel this record remains. http://t...Behold! What a jewel this record remains. http://tinyurl.com/6b5eqyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318406227111514879.post-9666802455476017012008-05-14T02:47:00.000-04:002008-05-14T02:47:00.000-04:00I have a copy of Yours, a mate of mine had it at u...I have a copy of Yours, a mate of mine had it at uni in 72-3 and I spent the next 5-6 years searching for it in every record store I went into. It didn't help that I didn't know whether the band was called 'Yours' or 'Forever More' (or even 'Yours Forever'...)<BR/><BR/>I eventually tracked it down on a trip to NYC, where I found it in the remainders bin at Sam Goody's for a dollar, the cover was wrecked to hell.<BR/><BR/>Later with sme research I made the link with AWB. It would all have been easier with the internet.<BR/><BR/>Love the album to bits and play it as much as I dare.<BR/><BR/>The SSK in BrusselsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318406227111514879.post-26238990372913720302008-03-17T13:08:00.000-04:002008-03-17T13:08:00.000-04:00Maybe once a year I scratch the surface of the web...Maybe once a year I scratch the surface of the web to see if more folks have found Forever More (note that the name isn't one word). I'm glad to see a teensy uptick.<BR/><BR/>I too discovered the band via college radio. in my case it was the 2 LPs on the shelves at WTJU.<BR/><BR/>Alan Gorrie recorded "Sylvester's last Voyage" solo, just him and guitar, on a compilation album prior to FM.<BR/><BR/>Alan (demon bass player) and Onnie played a fair number of sessions in the early 70s, sometimes in the company of the horn section that appears on the FM records. The horn players were in Mogul Thrash with John Wetton.<BR/><BR/>Stuart Francis and Mick Travis formed Glencoe after FM. Mick left before they recorded. Glencoe made 2 LPs.<BR/><BR/>The great FM mystery is, "What happened to Mick Travis?" His guitar playing is fabulous, a great foil to Onnie. The trail on Mick goes cold after a few steps.<BR/><BR/>The film "Permissive" features the band in dimly lit out-of-focus performance snippets and is for completists only. I actually bought it from the UK and paid $15 to have it transferred to a DVD I could watch. It is an awful movie.<BR/><BR/>One last note- Forever More's music is incredibly heartfelt and the albums are, exactly where and when the band intended, really moving. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for blogging about this great band.Howl Dinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17107363686652326726noreply@blogger.com