Looking In - SAVOY BROWN***

Gypsy/Poor Girl/Money Can't Save Your Soul/Sunday Night/Looking In/Take It Easy/Sitting & Thinking/Leavin' Again/Romanoff

British blues rockers Savoy Brown were known for their extensive personnel changes. The most drastic upheaval came with the departure of front man Chris Youlden shortly before the release of their Looking In album. (US:39 UK:50)

“I really like the sound of the band overall, the songs are awesome, pretty much straightforward but genius blues rock from start to finish. And what makes this even better is the flaming guitar work which lifts the songs to an upper level, if possible.”

“British blues band plays down home American blues like no other. They forged their own blues style. They listened, studied the Mississippi delta blues and then got progressive with it, and it totally worked.”

“Those were the days; the Savoy sound was supreme British blues rock. Simmonds had a distinctive a sound on guitar, but he had an overbearing personality which caused quite a turnover rate in personnel from the band.”

“This is a good album. Two sides of pretty straightforward blues rock, but that doesn't make it boring or unoriginal. This group are very relaxed and pretty comfortable with themselves. They know what they like to do, and they do it.”

“There is a heavy jazz improvisational feel to several tracks, particularly Sunday Night and that fabulous live staple Leaving Again. The latter number includes some of Kim's most eloquent guitar work during his entire thirty year career.”

“Topped and tailed by two short Kim Simmonds guitar pieces, there are seven pieces of solid gold blues and boogie. Just before going into the studio the erratic vocalist Chris Youlden had decided to leave the band in search of solo fame, leaving the others high and dry with studio time booked and no yodeller.”

“The Savoys turned over the microphone to their rhythm guitarist ‘Lonesome’ Dave Peverett on this release, after the departure of their vocalist. There are also some great instrumentals here. Kim Simmonds' lead guitar work is nothing less than invigorating.”