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Blue Cheer|The History Of Blue Cheer: Good Times Are So Hard To Find

The History Of Blue Cheer: Good Times Are So Hard To Find

Blue Cheer

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Blue Cheer's massive contribution to the early evolution of American heavy metal exists entirely on their first two 1968 releases, Vincebus Eruptum and Outsideinside. While those initial releases charted admirably, critics largely ignored the band's loud, bluesy, psychedelic-tinged hard rock. The touchy-feely summer of love lasted a lot longer than three months and building heavy metal momentum in the States was a difficult affair. There resulted some lineup shifts, minor stylistic excursions, brief creative flourishes, more lineup changes, solo projects, half retirement, and reunion retreads. Some decent songs were recorded during that long descent and fortunately many of them were picked to grace the track list of Good Times Are So Hard to Find. Chief among them is the title cut and "Pilot" from 1970's Original Human Being. Other tracks from the group's eponymous release and 1971's Oh! Pleasant Hope have a boogie-down and MOR feel respectively that, while competent, contains hardly any of the group's original fire. Of course there are a few 1968 classics like the splendid "Out of Focus," "Parchment Farm," and the band's first (and only) big hit "Summertime Blues." Fans of '70s rock in its many forms might enjoy this 1990 retrospective, but metal historians need not worry about anything beyond Blue Cheer's first two offerings.

© Vincent Jeffries /TiVo

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1
Summertime Blues
00:03:46

Eddie Cochran, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Capehart, ComposerLyricist - Blue Cheer, MainArtist - Dickie Peterson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Leigh Stephens, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jere Whiting, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Abe "Voco" Kesh, Producer - John MacQuarrie, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Whaley, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jerre Peterson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Vale Hamanaka, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1968 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

2
Out Of Focus (Album Version)
00:03:57

Blue Cheer, MainArtist - Dick Peterson, ComposerLyricist - Abe "Voco" Kesh, Producer - John MacQuarrie, Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1968 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

3
Parchment Farm (Album Version)
00:05:48

Mose Allison, ComposerLyricist - Blue Cheer, MainArtist - Randy Cierley, ComposerLyricist - Abe "Voco" Kesh, Producer - John MacQuarrie, Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1968 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

4
Feathers From Your Tree
00:03:31

Peter Wagner, ComposerLyricist - Blue Cheer, MainArtist - Dickie Peterson, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Leigh Stephens, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Abe "Voco" Kesh, Producer - Paul Whaley, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1968 The Island Def Jam Music Group

5
The Hunter
00:04:30

Al Jackson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Booker T. Jones, ComposerLyricist - Donald Dunn, ComposerLyricist - Steve Cropper, ComposerLyricist - Carl Wells, ComposerLyricist - Blue Cheer, MainArtist - Dickie Peterson, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Leigh Stephens, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Abe "Voco" Kesh, Producer - Paul Whaley, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1968 The Island Def Jam Music Group

6
Babylon
00:04:24

Blue Cheer, MainArtist - Dickie Peterson, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Leigh Stephens, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Abe "Voco" Kesh, Producer - Paul Whaley, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1968 The Island Def Jam Music Group

7
Peace Of Mind
00:07:03

Blue Cheer, MainArtist - Randy Holden, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dickie Peterson, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Milan Melvin, Producer - Paul Whaley, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.

8
Fruit And Icebergs
00:06:04

Blue Cheer, MainArtist - Randy Holden, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dickie Peterson, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Milan Melvin, Producer - Paul Whaley, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.

9
Fool
00:03:32

Ethan James, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Bruce Stephens, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Blue Cheer, MainArtist - Gary Yoder, ComposerLyricist - Gary Grelecki, ComposerLyricist - Dickie Peterson, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Sunday, Producer - Paul Whaley, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Albronda, Producer, Assistant Producer

℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.

10
Hello L.A. Bye Bye Birmingham
00:03:18

Mac Davis, ComposerLyricist - Delaney Bramlett, ComposerLyricist - Bruce Stephens, Guitar, Vocals, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Blue Cheer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dickie Peterson, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ralph Kellogg, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Mayell, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Gary, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Sunday, Producer - Eric Albronda, Producer, Assistant Producer

℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.

11
Saturday Freedom
00:05:55

Bruce Stephens, Guitar, Vocals, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Blue Cheer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dickie Peterson, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ralph Kellogg, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Mayell, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Gary, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Sunday, Producer - Eric Albronda, Producer, Assistant Producer

℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.

12
Good Times Are So Hard To Find
00:03:17

Kent Housman, ComposerLyricist - Blue Cheer, MainArtist - Norman L. Mayell, ComposerLyricist - Dickie Peterson, Guitar, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ralph Kellogg, Producer, Bass Guitar, Organ, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Mayell, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Percussion, Sitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Lee Yoder, Guitar, Harp, Vocals, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Albronda, Producer

℗ 1970 The Island Def Jam Music Group

13
Pilot
00:04:47

Blue Cheer, MainArtist - Gary Yoder, ComposerLyricist - Gary Grelecki, ComposerLyricist - Dickie Peterson, Guitar, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ralph Kellogg, Producer, Bass Guitar, Organ, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Mayell, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Percussion, Sitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Lee Yoder, Guitar, Harp, Vocals, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Albronda, Producer

℗ 1970 The Island Def Jam Music Group

14
Preacher
00:03:56

Blue Cheer, MainArtist - Gary Yoder, ComposerLyricist - Gary Grelecki, ComposerLyricist - Dickie Peterson, Guitar, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ralph Kellogg, Producer, Bass Guitar, Organ, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Mayell, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Percussion, Sitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Lee Yoder, Guitar, Harp, Vocals, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Albronda, Producer

℗ 1970 The Island Def Jam Music Group

15
Hiway Man
00:04:18

Blue Cheer, Producer, MainArtist - Norman L. Mayell, ComposerLyricist - Gary Yoder, ComposerLyricist - Gary Grelecki, ComposerLyricist - Eric Albronda, Producer

℗ 1971 UMG Recordings, Inc.

16
I'm The Light
00:05:38

Kent Housman, ComposerLyricist - Blue Cheer, Producer, MainArtist - Norman L. Mayell, ComposerLyricist - Eric Albronda, Producer

℗ 1971 UMG Recordings, Inc.

Chronique

Blue Cheer's massive contribution to the early evolution of American heavy metal exists entirely on their first two 1968 releases, Vincebus Eruptum and Outsideinside. While those initial releases charted admirably, critics largely ignored the band's loud, bluesy, psychedelic-tinged hard rock. The touchy-feely summer of love lasted a lot longer than three months and building heavy metal momentum in the States was a difficult affair. There resulted some lineup shifts, minor stylistic excursions, brief creative flourishes, more lineup changes, solo projects, half retirement, and reunion retreads. Some decent songs were recorded during that long descent and fortunately many of them were picked to grace the track list of Good Times Are So Hard to Find. Chief among them is the title cut and "Pilot" from 1970's Original Human Being. Other tracks from the group's eponymous release and 1971's Oh! Pleasant Hope have a boogie-down and MOR feel respectively that, while competent, contains hardly any of the group's original fire. Of course there are a few 1968 classics like the splendid "Out of Focus," "Parchment Farm," and the band's first (and only) big hit "Summertime Blues." Fans of '70s rock in its many forms might enjoy this 1990 retrospective, but metal historians need not worry about anything beyond Blue Cheer's first two offerings.

© Vincent Jeffries /TiVo

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