Fever Tree
Fever Tree is a former American psychedelic rock band of the 1960s, chiefly known for their anthemic 1968 hit, "San Francisco Girls (Return of the Native)".
History
The group originated in Houston, Texas and began in 1966 as a folk rock group called The Bostwick Vines. They changed their name to Fever Tree a year later after the addition of keyboard player Rob Landes.The band briefly entered the public consciousness when their song "San Francisco Girls (Return of the Native)" reached No. 91 in the U.S. on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in June 1968. Like most of the band's material, it was written by the couple of Scott and Vivian Holtzman, who also were their producers. This four-minute track captured all the band's trademarks: Dennis Keller's incantation-like vocals, the quick shifting between slow parts with an almost sacral feeling and faster, more rock-oriented parts, and especially the searing guitar work by Michael Knust.
Fever Tree also released their self-titled debut album, Fever Tree, in 1968, which charted at No. 156 on the Billboard 200 Chart. A second album, Another Time, Another Place, followed in 1969 and peaked at No. 83 with a third album Creation, charting at No. 97 on the Billboard 200 Chart in 1970. Apart from "San Francisco Girls", they never had another hit, although they later also tried writing songs themselves when they had dropped the Holtzmans as producers. The group disbanded in 1970, but reformed in 1978 with only guitarist Michael Knust remaining from the original line-up. The new formation of the group had little commercial success; Fever Tree was not heard of again until 2003 when Michael Knust died.
Fever Tree's first two albums (Fever Tree and Another Time, Another Place) were re-released as a single CD on October 31, 2006. Fever Tree's third and fourth albums (Creation and For Sale) are also available as a single CD.
Their recording of "Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won't Do)" by Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd, and Wilson Pickett was sampled as the primary riff in Madvillain's "America's Most Blunted" from their 2004 self-titled debut.
Band members
- Dennis Keller - vocals
- Michael Stephen Knust (March 11, 1949 - September 15, 2003) - guitar
- Rob Landes - synthesizer, organ, piano
- E.E. "Bud" Wolfe - bass guitar
- John Tuttle - drums
- Don Lampton - guitar, keyboards
Discography
Albums- Fever Tree (1968), Uni Records/MCA
- Another Time, Another Place (1968), Uni/MCA
- Creation (1969), Uni/MCA
- For Sale (1970), Ampex Records
- Live at Lake Charles (1978), Shroom Records
- "Hey Mister" / "I Can Beat Your Drum" (1968)
- "Girl, Oh Girl" / "Steve Lenore" (1968)
- "Come with Me" / "San Francisco Girls (Return of the Native)" (1968)
- "What Time Did You Say It Is in Salt Lake City?" / "Where Did You Go" (1968)
Gruppo texano nato nel periodo post psichedelico per merito dei produttori Scott e Vivian Holtzman e guidato dal tastierista e pluristrumentalista Rob Landes. I Fever Tree pubblicano 4 album tra il 1968 e il 1971, a metà tra rock acido e melodico,con varie citazioni classiche e pop. FEVER TREE contiene una rielaborazione della toccata e fuga di Bach, oltre a una medley dei Beatles e a un brano di Neil Young. In ANOTHER TIME... compare Grand Candy Young Sweet, scritta da Frank Davis, musicista e tecnico del suono (fra gli altri con i 13th Floor Elevators). Landes e Tuttle abbandonano nel 1970, pur collaborando in 2 brani di For Sale, il loro migliore album, con una intera facciata dedicata a Hey Joe. In formazione compare il batterista Kevin Kelley, ex Rising Sons e Byrds. Dopo lo scioglimento, Kelly e Johnson in JESSE WOLFF & WHINGS, con Billy Wolff dei Fusion e Jess Neal Barrish.
La band da Houston, Texas e ha iniziato nel 1966 come corredo folk rock,
The Vines Bostwick. Hanno cambiato il loro nome in Fever Tree, un anno
più tardi, dopo l'aggiunta del tastierista Rob Landes.
I loro
quindici minuti di fama è arrivata quando la loro canzone "San Francisco
Girls (Return of the Native)" raggiunse la posizione # 91 nelle
classifiche USA, qualche volta nel tardo 1968. Come la maggior parte del
materiale della band, è stato scritto dalla coppia di Scott e Vivian
Holtzman, che erano anche loro produttori. Questo brano di quattro
minuti catturato tutti marchi di fabbrica della band: la voce di Dennis
Keller incantesimo-like, il rapido spostamento tra le parti lente con un
sentimento quasi sacrale e più veloce, le parti più rock-oriented, e
soprattutto il lavoro di chitarra bruciante di Michael Knust.
Fever
Tree anche pubblicato il loro album omonimo di debutto, Fever Tree, nel
1968, che piazza al # 156. Un secondo album, Another Time, Another
Place, seguito nel 1969. Oltre al "San Francisco Girls", non hanno mai
avuto un altro successo, anche se in seguito anche provato a scrivere
canzoni se stessi quando avessi lasciato cadere la Holtzmans come
produttori. Il gruppo si sciolse nel 1970, ma riformato nel 1978 con
solo il chitarrista Michael Knust che rimane della line-up originale. La
nuova formazione del gruppo ha avuto poco successo commerciale; Fever
Tree non si seppe più nulla fino al 2003, quando muore Michael Knust.
Fever Tree - San Francisco Girls - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr3EVsdY6Yg
01 mar 2009 - Caricato da SacredMojo
Numerous times they referred to themselves as the band Fever Tree but I did not ... They changed their name ...
Fever Tree - Hey Joe - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkijnWhOFz8
26 nov 2010 - Caricato da dorFlonzo
Die in den 1960er gegründete us-amerikanische Band "Fever Tree" mit ihrer Version von "Hey Joe ...Fever Tree- Man Who Paints The Pictures - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3csco8RIa4
24 giu 2009 - Caricato da scrambledheadz
Fever Tree- Man Who Paints The Pictures ... Fever Tree_ Another Time, Another Place (1968) full album ...
Don't say there's no tomorrow
When a silver bird can sig
There's a promise of forever
Every dawn can bring
When a silver bird can sig
There's a promise of forever
Every dawn can bring
So you want to build a mountain
So you want to climb real high
Stack your dreams one on another
Walk up to the sky
So you want to climb real high
Stack your dreams one on another
Walk up to the sky
CHORUS:
For the man who paints the pictures
He will hear you if you call him
The man who paints the pictures
Will catch you if you fall
For the man who paints the pictures
He will hear you if you call him
The man who paints the pictures
Will catch you if you fall
Take my hand and walk beside me
There's a voice that you should hear
We will dream our dreams together
Trust and have no fear
There's a voice that you should hear
We will dream our dreams together
Trust and have no fear
Repeat CHORUS
(Whispered - unintelligible)
Repeat CHORUS
(Whispered - unintelligible)
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