Thanks for that video clip. It looks like that came from a Johnny Otis PBS special circa 1970 that I remember seeing as a teenager. It was an Otis Barrelhouse reunion with Pee Wee, Little Esther, Eddie Vinson etc... killer lineup with some stellar performances. I've been looking for a copy of that show for years!!! -Barry Soltz
B.b. King amp; Friends 80 Rar
Thanks for a great post, Hound.Those cheapo Crown albums were released in Europe in the 1970s by the French Musidisc label, with much the same front covers. "West Coast Blues" had Mercy Dee, Jimmy Nelson (T-99 Blues!), Saunders King, among others, and 2 from Pee Wee - "Texas Hop" and "Blues After Hours".I never got the Ace 10 inch LP but in 1982 they brought out a 12 inch LP of Modern sides complete with gatefold sleeve - "Rocking Down on Central Avenue". "Pee Wee's Wild" was the final track - wild isn't the word.After Pee Wee died Ace brought out an LP called "Pee Wee Crayton Memorial Album". Side One recycled his early Modern stuff, including "Texas Hop", all with added echo removed. Side Two had seven tracks from an unreleased session recorded for Modern in 1960. The final track was "Need Your Love So Bad", but it's a totally different song from the Willie John classic.
Only time I saw Pee Wee was one evening in the early 80's. I had just walked through the door of my L.A. apartment having returned from London when a friend called telling me Pee Wee was playing on Central Avenue. Although totally jet lagged, I let myself be convinced me to go along. In the middle of Pee Wee's fine set a beat junkie accosted me convinced, because I looked so wasted and could hardly keep my eyes open, that I was holding. He kept bugging me for a taste finally turning loud and threatening. Pee Wee finished the set, came over to our table and chased him off (probably saving me from getting shanked in the parking lot). He then sat down with us and started cussing out John Mayall who had just taken him on some tour as a trained monkey whom he would trot out but never let solo (hmm, wonder why). Anyway, thanks Mr. Crayton wherever you are both for the music and the rescue.Dick Blackburn
The Angels are an Australian rock band that formed in 1974 in Adelaide as the Keystone Angels with Bernard "Doc" Neeson on lead vocals and bass guitar, John Brewster on rhythm guitar and backing vocals, his brother Rick Brewster on lead guitar and backing vocals, and Peter "Charlie" King on drums. In 1976, King was replaced by Graham "Buzz" Bidstrup on drums, Chris Bailey took over bass duties so Neeson could focus solely on vocals, and they changed their name to just 'the Angels'. Their studio albums that peaked in the Australian top 10 are No Exit (1979), Dark Room (1980), Night Attack (1981), Two Minute Warning (1984), Howling (1986) and Beyond Salvation (1990). Their top 20 singles are "No Secrets" (1980), "Into the Heat" (1981), "We Gotta Get out of This Place" (1987), "Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again" (live, 1988), "Let the Night Roll On" and "Dogs Are Talking" (both 1990).
To avoid legal problems with similarly named acts In the international market, their records have been released under the names Angel City and later the Angels from Angel City, although the group has said numerous times that they dislike these names. Bands that have cited the Angels as having influenced their music include Guns N' Roses and Cheap Trick, who became friends and touring buddies, Great White, who have covered two of their songs, and Seattle grunge band Pearl Jam, among many others.[1] Neeson left the group in 1999 due to spinal injuries sustained in a car accident and they disbanded the following year. Competing versions of the group subsequently performed using the Angels name, until April 2008 when the original 1970s line-up reformed for a series of tours until 2011, when Neeson and Bidstrup left again. Alternative versions continued with new members, the current line-up featuring the founding Brewster Brothers on lead and rhythm guitar and Screaming Jets vocalist Dave Gleeson.
In November 1970, future member of the Angels, John Brewster on guitar, banjo, harp, backing vocals and washboard, and his brother Rick on violin, washboard, jug, backing vocals and percussion formed the Moonshine Jug and String Band, an acoustic ensemble, in Adelaide.[2][3] Fellow members were Craig Holden on guitar, Bob Petchell on banjo and harp, and Pete Thorpe on tea chest bass, bass guitar, wash tub and backing vocals.[2][3] In 1971 they were joined by Belfast-born immigrant, Bernard "Doc" Neeson, on guitar and lead vocals (ex-the Innocents), an arts student and former army sergeant, who already performed locally as Doc Talbot.[4] The folk band gigged at local university campuses and cafes.[2][4] Holden left in 1972.[3]
In 1973, Spencer Tregloan joined Moonshine Jug and String Band on banjo, kazoo, jug, tuba and backing vocals.[3] They released their debut four-track extended play, Keep You on the Move,[3] which made the top 5 in Adelaide.[2][4] It contained a cover version of Canned Heat's "On the Road Again" and three original tracks: one written by John, one by John and Rick, and one by Neeson.[5] It was followed in 1974 by a single, "That's All Right with Me".[6] Both releases were on the Sphere Organisation label owned by John Woodruff, who later became the Angels' talent manager for two decades.[2][4] In 2015 the group were inducted into the Adelaide Music Collective Hall of Fame.[7]
During July and August 1974, they ran a series of ads in Go-Set, the national teen pop music magazine, announcing that "The Keystone Angels are coming".[9] Lever left during that year.[3] In January 1975, the remaining members performed, as a four-piece, at the Sunbury Pop Festival, then they supported AC/DC during a South Australian tour, and later that year they were the backing band for Chuck Berry.[2][4][10] The Keystone Angels issued a sole single, "Keep on Dancin'", on Sphere during that year.[2][3][4]
In June 1979, No Exit, their third studio album was released, which peaked at No. 8.[2][13] It was co-produced by the band and Opitz, again.[3] George Young (of Vanda & Young) contributed as a backing vocalist on the track, "Out of the Blue".[20] The Canberra Times' Greg Falk reviewed their live performance in June, where they were supported by Flowers, "The Angels play to a set formula in their music. It's fast rock with no empty spaces. Rhythm guitarist John Brewster gives backing vocals to Doc Neeson while brother Rick Brewster fills in any gaps that have been left. The band's new material sounds very similar to their brilliant [second] album... [They] have worked themselves into a tight unit giving out as much energy as the audience on Tuesday gave back to them."[21] No Exit provided the single, "Shadow Boxer", which peaked at No. 25.[2][13]
Eccles explained to Pollyanna Sutton of The Canberra Times how the group's sound had developed: "The change started when John Brewster left. He virtually ran the band and there were a lot of things we would have liked to have done with Two Minute Warning. Howling is the follow up. We experimented with stuff then and different instruments and with this album we sealed it with new instruments and backing singers right up there. It really represents what the band is capable of."[41] It provided a cover version of the Animals' hit, "We Gotta Get out of This Place" in January 1987 which, at No. 7, became the band's highest charting single in Australia.[13] It peaked at No. 13 in New Zealand.[27]
In May 1988, Spencer broke his wrist as the result of an "unfortunate collision" on stage with Neeson.[43] He was substituted, on a national tour, by Jimi "The Human" Hocking on guitar and backing vocals.[2][3] Hocking later recalled "I was called up as the result of some session work I had recently done. It was originally to fill in for one night and the tour would be cancelled. The gig went so well, that the band offered me the guitar spot for the rest of the tour, so overnight I found myself on a major rock tour at 24 years of age."[43] For each gig they provided a lengthy three-hour set which covered their musical history.[43] After the tour Spencer resumed his duties on guitar and Hocking formed a new band, Jimi the Human and Spectre 7.[3]
Chrysalis Records in the US and Japan issued the group's ninth studio album, Beyond Salvation, using the band name, the Angels from Angel City, in November 1989.[2][3][44] It was recorded in Memphis with Terry Manning (ZZ Top, Led Zeppelin) producing.[2][3] While working on the album the group and Manning "on guitar, played fun gigs billed as Dancing Dick and the Richards and The Cow Demons."[2] During recording sessions Hilbun was replaced by James Morley (ex-Strawberry Blonde) on bass guitar and backing vocals.[2][3] Hilbun became a member of Richard Clapton's backing band in 1989 and then Angry Anderson's band in the following year.[3]
In Australia it provided five singles, starting with "Let the Night Roll On" which peaked at No. 17 in Australia.[2][13] The Canberra Times reviewer described it as "hard rock, basic as a scream and powerful as a punch. A taste of things to come... Get your head ready for a bit of banging."[48] "Dogs are Talking", reached No. 11 in Australia and was certified gold for shipment of 35,000 copies.[2][13] It was co-written by Rick, Eccles, Hilbun, Neeson and Spencer and charted in New Zealand at No. 12.[27][49]
Their Beyond Salvation Tour had Cheap Trick as a support act. The flip-side of the Australian version of "Dogs are Talking" featured demo tracks by three new Australian acts, which supported the Angels on that tour: the Desert Cats, the Hurricanes and the John Woodruff-managed group, Baby Animals.[2] In New Zealand the B-side of "Dogs Are Talking" featured songs from two local support acts; both were the first releases: Nine Livez' "Live It Up" and Shihad's "Down Dance". 2ff7e9595c
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