Friday, July 19, 2013

31st Of February - 31st Of February (1968)


Some origins of Southern Rock for you in this post. The 31st Of February (formerly Bitter Independents) is a 1968 effort by 3 guys from Jacksonville, FL., who went on to much more successful bands. Scott Boyer and David Brown to Cowboy and Butch Trucks to the Allman Brothers Band. In fact, following this album and after Hour Glass broke up (which followed Allman Joys), Duane and Gregg were in the studio with 31st of February members - so one half of the original ABB was in place a year before they formed. This is the folk rock branch of Southern Rock, with a taste of psychedelic pop. Butch includes some percussion instruments normally heard in a college recital. "Morning Dew" from the second 31st of February album, appears on CD 1 of Dreams, the 1989 ABB box set. Given the time frame, this album is a solid offering with a quality sound. Keyboards add variety to the standard trio of electric guitar, drums and bass. Give it a listen to hear the early days of players who established themselves in the near future. Starting down the path!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Looks interesting but the link seems to be dead. Can you re-up it?
Thanks

Skydogg said...

Re-upped ;-)

Theda said...

Cool!

AussieRock said...

Hey Vergergc
Thought I'd pop across and have a look at your Blog after you visted mine recently - some interesting titles here mate. Nice one!
Oh - I've recently posted that Charlie album 'Fantasy Girls' you were after on my blog, if you're still interested
http:\\rockonvinyl.blogspot.com
Cheers from DownUnder
AussieRock

Vergergc said...

AussieRock - YES, still interested & heading over now. Thanks!