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Raw 'n' Alive At The Cellar, Chicago 1966!
''Raw 'n' Alive at the Cellar, Chicago 1966!'' is a live album by the American garage rock musical ensemble, band the Shadows of Knight, and was released on Sundazed Records in 1992. The album consists of recordings from the band's appearance at The Cellar (teen dance club), the Cellar in Arlington Heights, Illinois in December 1966. Although the tapes were never anticipated to be released publicly, ''Raw 'n' Alive at the Cellar'' is commended for its good sound quality, and represents one of the better rock concert, live concert recordings to emerge from the garage rock era. Background The Shadows of Knight had initially come to national prominence in early-1966, when their less-risqué interpretation of Them (band), Them's "Gloria (Them song), Gloria" reached number 10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number eight on Canada's RPM (magazine), ''RPM'' magazine charts. Further successes followed with the band releasing their debut album, ''Gloria (Shadows of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shadows Of Knight
The Shadows of Knight were an American rock band from Chicago, Illinois, that played a version of British blues influenced by their native city. When they began recording in 1965, the band's self-description was "the Stones, Animals and the Yardbirds took the Chicago blues and gave it an English interpretation. We've taken the English version of the Blues and re-added a Chicago touch," to which rock critic Richie Unterberger commented: "The Shadows of Knight's self-description was fairly accurate." History 1960s The band was formed in 1964 as simply the Shadows. In the spring of 1965, the band learned of an already existing British group, the Shadows. Whiz Winters, a friend who worked for their manager, Paul Sampson, in his record shop, came up with the name "The Shadows of Knight" to tie into the British Invasion in music of that time, and because all four of the band members attended Prospect High School in Mt. Prospect, Illinois, whose sports team had the name the "Knights" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |