Post by TheWallsScreamedPoetry on Dec 25, 2004 10:36:43 GMT
Here is a little bit of Info on The Butts Band singer......I will add some more as and when I find it.
b. England. This former member of the respected 60s band the Alan Bown Set formed Bronco in 1970. Their brand of US-influenced rock was too derivative and they folded after two albums for Island Records. He then joined former Doors' members, John Densmore and Robby Krieger in the Butts Band. His solo debut Jess Roden in 1974 prompted him to form the Jess Roden Band, and he made the well-received You Can Keep Your Hat On in 1976 and a number of less distinguished albums. Roden returned in 1980 as part of the Rivets, who released a solitary album, before relocating to New York where he found work as a graphic artist. He latterly worked with the Humans.
Discography
With Bronco before Butts Band
Country Home 1970
Ace Of Sunlight 1971
post Butts Band
Jess Roden (Island 1974)
You Can Keep Your Hat On (Island 1976)
Play It Dirty ... Play It Class (Island 1976)
Player Not The Game (Island 1977)
Stone Chaser (Island 1979)
as Jess Roden And The Humans
Jess Roden And The Humans (Arrangement 1995)
All Music Guide
Singer/guitarist Jess Roden was born in Kidderminster in England's West Midlands, and his first band was the Shakedown Sounds. In 1967, he joined the Alan Bown Set as their new lead singer. Although their records never charted nationally, he did pick up a fandom in London (and belatedly became something of a star on the Northern Soul scene) with the release of their single "Emergency 999". He remained with the Bown group through 1970, after which he formed the band Bronco, and later worked on Wildlife, the third Mott The Hoople album, and with Keef Hartley on the album Lancashire Hustler. In the mid-1970's, he teamed up with ex-Doors John Densmore and Robby Kreiger in the Butts Band, and sang on their first album. Roden finally emerged as a solo artist in his own right in the mid-1970's on Island Records, with his 1974 self-titled solo album, which was cut in New Orleans and included Allen Toussaint and Art Neville on keyboards. His albums throughout the 1970's got great reviews but he never saw any significant sales; in between his own work, he managed to sing and play on albums by Carol Grimes, Jim Capaldi, Stomu Yamashta, Sandy Denny, and Grace Jones. He was with the group Rivits on Island, for one album at the outset of the 1980's.
b. England. This former member of the respected 60s band the Alan Bown Set formed Bronco in 1970. Their brand of US-influenced rock was too derivative and they folded after two albums for Island Records. He then joined former Doors' members, John Densmore and Robby Krieger in the Butts Band. His solo debut Jess Roden in 1974 prompted him to form the Jess Roden Band, and he made the well-received You Can Keep Your Hat On in 1976 and a number of less distinguished albums. Roden returned in 1980 as part of the Rivets, who released a solitary album, before relocating to New York where he found work as a graphic artist. He latterly worked with the Humans.
Discography
With Bronco before Butts Band
Country Home 1970
Ace Of Sunlight 1971
post Butts Band
Jess Roden (Island 1974)
You Can Keep Your Hat On (Island 1976)
Play It Dirty ... Play It Class (Island 1976)
Player Not The Game (Island 1977)
Stone Chaser (Island 1979)
as Jess Roden And The Humans
Jess Roden And The Humans (Arrangement 1995)
All Music Guide
Singer/guitarist Jess Roden was born in Kidderminster in England's West Midlands, and his first band was the Shakedown Sounds. In 1967, he joined the Alan Bown Set as their new lead singer. Although their records never charted nationally, he did pick up a fandom in London (and belatedly became something of a star on the Northern Soul scene) with the release of their single "Emergency 999". He remained with the Bown group through 1970, after which he formed the band Bronco, and later worked on Wildlife, the third Mott The Hoople album, and with Keef Hartley on the album Lancashire Hustler. In the mid-1970's, he teamed up with ex-Doors John Densmore and Robby Kreiger in the Butts Band, and sang on their first album. Roden finally emerged as a solo artist in his own right in the mid-1970's on Island Records, with his 1974 self-titled solo album, which was cut in New Orleans and included Allen Toussaint and Art Neville on keyboards. His albums throughout the 1970's got great reviews but he never saw any significant sales; in between his own work, he managed to sing and play on albums by Carol Grimes, Jim Capaldi, Stomu Yamashta, Sandy Denny, and Grace Jones. He was with the group Rivits on Island, for one album at the outset of the 1980's.