Blind Willie, by Blind Willie

Blind Willie

by Blind Willie

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Bucky Another sizzling slab of proto-psych rock unearthed from the archives. I can’t get enough of this stuff. Mind blown yet again.

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Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
*Hard cardboard sleeve + OBI
*Sourced from the original masters
*Insert with detailed liner notes and rare photos
*Download Card with a plethora of bonus tracks

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Blind Willie - Blue LP
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
*Hard cardboard sleeve + OBI
*Sourced from the original masters
*Insert with detailed liner notes and rare photos
*Download Card with a plethora of bonus tracks

Includes unlimited streaming of Blind Willie via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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1.	Georgia 02:57	buy track
2.	Try 06:16	buy track
3.	Somebody Help Me 02:59	buy track
4.	I'm Wondering If 03:31	buy track
5.	Too Much Darkness 06:10	buy track
6.	Zolly 03:28	buy track
7.	Mildred (Don't Let Your Friends Get You Down) 03:58	buy track
8.	California Woman 02:49	buy track
9.	I Might Be The One 06:05	buy track
10.	Rainbow Lorraine 03:32	buy track
11.	I Want To Know - Bonus Track 03:14	buy track
12.	Please Don't Walk Away - Bonus Track 04:18	buy track
13.	Lost My Reason For Living - Bonus Track 02:40	buy track
14.	Again - Bonus Track 03:06	buy track
15.	Georgia (KZOK version) - Bonus Track 04:40	buy track
16.	Somebody Help Me (KZOK version) - Bonus Track 03:25	buy track
17.	I Might Be The One You Need - Bonus Track 03:33	buy track
18.	I'm Wondering If - Bonus Track 03:31	buy track
19.	Zolly (instrumental) - Bonus Track 03:30	buy track
20.	Living Without You - Bonus Track 04:12	buy track
21.	Just Keep Going On - Bonus Track 17:21	buy track

about

Previously unreleased ‘72/74 recordings by this US hard rock band!

Blind Willie formed in Spokane (Washington) in 1972 and featured terrific guitar player Frank Trowbridge from hard-psych legends Sleepy John.

They carved out a unique niche in the Northern Idaho/Eastern Washington rock scene in the early to mid-’70s, performing original music in a time when doing so wasn’t widespread for regional bands. Within weeks of the group’s formation, they commanded stages with a potent smattering of hard-rock, country-rock and psych.

The band’s history includes a brief courtship with the Doobie Brothers’ Dave Shogren on bass, as well as major label interest from Columbia and Epic Records.

Here’s the first ever release of their amazing studio demos from 1972/74.

Blind Willie’s original lineup of Craig Karp (guitar, vocals), Frank Trowbridge (guitar), Charlie Bieker (bass, guitar, vocals) and Jim Griffith (drums) is represented via slices of incendiary rock ‘n’ roll pomp recorded on a 4-track tape machine in a friend’s apartment in 1972.

Live in the studio tracks from 1974 feature later drummer Mike Garland and bassist Joe Johnson for a fiery radio set at the legendary Kaye-Smith Studios in Seattle.

The album’s selected tracks navigate Blind Willie’s wide-ranging sonic explorations, anchored by formidable guitar-forward rockers that stand the test of time, and hold up to any of the more well-known work of their peers from the ‘70s. Writhing in the rock ‘n’ roll milieu, Blind Willie’s musical tributaries run deep, steeped in a spectrum of styles that range from hard blues-rock scorchers like the incendiary “Georgia,” to heartfelt ballads (“I’m Wondering If”) and into the upper echelons of sci-fi psych (“Zolly”), a comet ride through wah-wah geetar spacedust, replete with Rocky Horror cinematic sheen. It’s also easy to imagine songs like the choogle-heavy “Somebody Help Me” illuminating the vibe of parties, bars and theaters all over North America.

*First ever release of ‘72/74 recordings
*Sourced from the original masters
*Download card with a plethora of bonus tracks

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released September 22, 2023

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Blind Willie formed in Spokane (Washington) in 1972 and featured terrific guitar player Frank Trowbridge from hard-psych legends Sleepy John. Within weeks of the group’s formation, they commanded stages with a potent smattering of hard-rock, country-rock and psych. ... more

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