Missionaria Protectiva

     Bring up the subject of drummers who sing,and nine times out of ten,someone's going to bring up Don Henley.Not that I'm about to start slagging on the Eagles-the flak they receive is overkill at this point-but Levon Helm deserves at least as much credit.Aside from being the voice of many of the Band's most well-known songs,his drumming style gave their folky rock sound more authority and groove.Take 'Up On Cripple Creek',which contains very little in the way of showing off,but is missing absolutely nothing.Or 'This Wheel's On Fire',which manages to be heavy without bludgeoning.Helm had a rare,restrained command over his instrument that shined through,even at its most straightforward. Levon Helm ABC,1978 https://www.sendspace.com/file/k8ugng

     Death metal started before Morbid Angel,but it didn't have its shape until Trey Azagthoth & Co.showed up on the scene.Similar to how Judas Priest crystallized what Black Sabbath started,Morbid Angel developed the sounds started by Death and Possessed.Trey Azagthoth is proof positive that the term 'technical death metal' is often redundant,with demanding mad virtuosity in riffs and solos alike,wielding atonality and shred in solos like a version of Kerry King (Slayer) that knew what he was doing.  MORBID ANGEL   Altars Of Madness   Earache,1989 https://www.sendspace.com/file/aakrgq

     Alan Price first found fame as part of the group The Animals.Their first big worldwide hit being 'House Of The Rising Sun',followed by the memorable 'Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood',plus many more.When Alan decided to go solo he had huge success with many hit albums and singles such as 'I Put A Spell On You' and 'Don't Stop The Carnival',to name just a few.      Price was born in Fatfield,and,from the age of eight,taught himself piano,guitar and bass.His first group,formed at Jarrow Grammar School,was a skiffie band called The Black Diamonds.      Playing bass guitar with The Frankie Hedley Trio,he met and sat-in on piano with The Pagans,a group that contained chanter Eric Burdon and drummer John Steel.      As the band prepared to infiltrate the London R&B scene in 1963,the name was changed to The Animals.      Citing fear of flying,at the height of their success,Price left the band.This was seen as tantamount to professional sui

     It's true that,as the bottom end of Sly & The Family Stone,Larry Graham invented the slap-bass technique that became the downfall of nu-metal bassists who do too many wide squats.But in its context,Graham's playing was indispensable to his leader's heavy soul,nimble when he needed the song to move,anchoring when he needed to drive home his point. SLY & The FAMILY STONE There's A Riot Goin' On Epic,1971 https://www.sendspace.com/file/qnogxr