Lion's Share - SAVOY BROWN***

Shot In The Head/Second Try/The Saddest Feeling/I Can't Find You/Howling For My Darling/So Tired/Denim Demon/Love Me Please/Hate To See You Go

The British blues-rock band Savoy Brown were known for their regular personnel changes and for being more appreciated in the USA than back home. Lion’s Share is a mixture of covers and original compositions. (US:151)

“This one is probably the most solid of the three LP's released with this new line-up. But though it marks a modest return to their brand of boogie blues, here their material sounds comparatively tired and uninspired. Somehow, they still manage to include at least one solid track, which is just enough to continue my interest until their next release.”

“Lion's Share was in many ways the pinnacle of their style of bluesy-boogie music. From energetic rockers to blues ballads, the album has it all. Savoy Brown were never the same again, as the constant personnel changes crippled all forward movement.”

“Although this is a relatively unknown effort it is one of the band's best from the 1970s. Hard rocking songs like the opening Shot In The Head and a strong cover of Howlin' Wolf's Howlin’ For My Darlin' set a hard rock tone. Quieter and more reflective bluesy numbers like Love Me Please round out another very solid if ignored effort from the band. Kim Simmonds is in fine form and remains one of the great blues guitarists of all times.”

“This is a great, overlooked Savoy Brown album with some top notch tunes. It’s got a nice combination of blues and rock with Kim Simmonds cranking out some excellent slide guitar.”

“The songs played on Lion's Share are a nice melting pot of covers and original compositions as usual, with even an admirable attempt at writing a fun Chuck Berry style rocker Denim Demon. The three Simmonds tunes here are a safe bet as usual, with Second Try in particular being a steadfast highlight, with some fine fretwork thrown over a dreary blues shuffle. The keyboard heavy So Tired busts the second side wide open with a disjointed ramble on the rigors of touring. Later on, the femme fatale ballad Love Me Please slithers along at a midnight creeper's pace, but agreeably so.”