Albums That Deserve Another Listen
Blues and Boogie music were highly popular in Australia in the early 1970s. Pretty well every band featured a flashy lead guitar player, and pretty well every band did a boogie. Blackfeather stood out from the pack for a short while in 1972 as they lacked a guitarist and instead showcased a blues piano player. The pianist, Paul "Doggie" Wylde (1947-1999) was a superb, trained musician who played an upright acoustic piano miked through an amp. I was living in Melbourne for much of 1972 and got to know Paul and the other Blackfeather musicians well. Paul had previously played in a few Sydney blues bands and had learned a lot from listening to the recordings of the blues piano greats. The band had a #1 hit in 1972 with their single "Boppin' The Blues" and this live album quickly followed that hit single. However, before the year was over Paul Wylde departed Blackfeather and was replaced by guitarist Lindsay Wells, who returned the band's sound to the standard lead-guitar format favored by Aussie bands throughout the 1970s.
A classic Australian blues/rock album from 1972 that definitely deserves another listen.
Blackfeather - Boppin' The Blues (1972)
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