EPYSODE 79: Speech by Steamhammer.
Guest: Louis Cennamo.
Additional commentary by the Psychedelic Wizard, Uncle Herff.
This week we delve into 1972's Speech, the final album by Steamhammer. A masterful blend of blues-rock, progressive textures, and psychedelic experimentation. Speech showcases the band at a creative peak during an adventurous time in British rock.
With help from bassist Louis Cennamo, we learn how he achieved that unique sound never before heard.
And get a load of this: with Louis' blessing, we were able to include snippets of a couple tracks from the "lost" Steamhammer album, Axis, the album recorded after Speech that has never been released.
Whether you’re a longtime fan or new to Steamhammer, this epysode offers a deep dive into one of the most underrated British rock albums of the decade.
I hope you dig Speech as much as I do.
- Farmer John
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===LINKS===
Steve Joliffe 2019 Interview with Red Octupus Media:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFpLnsg5ShM
Buy Louis' book "Awake In The Dream" here:
https://www.amazon.com/Awake-Dream-Spiritual-Diary-Rockstar/dp/1917056737
===THE MUSIC===
Songs used in this Epysode, in order of appearance. Here's a link to a Spotify playlist for all the tracks featured.
*denotes track is not available on Spotify.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1qnaKktjRWoOh91RNGBOT0?si=294808539803486d
RENAISSANCE “Bullet”
COLOSSEUM “Time Lament”
FREDDIE KING “Hideaway”
STEAMHAMMER “Lost You Too”
STEAMHAMMER “Junior’s Wailing”
STEAMHAMMER “On The Road”
*METHUSELAH “Prism Fawn”
STEAMHAMMER “Passing Through”
STEAMHAMMER “Another Travelling Tune”
STEAMHAMMER “Mountains”
STEAMHAMMER "Penumbra: 1) Entrance 2) Battlements 3) Passage To Remorse 4) Sightless Substance 5) Mortal Thoughts"
STEAMHAMMER "Telegram (Nature's Mischief)"
STEAMHAMMER "For Against"
ROD STEWART “Maggie May”
*STEAMHAMMER “Small Boar And Gibbon” (previously unreleased)
*STEAMHAMMER “Christine” (previously unreleased)
*STEAMHAMMER “A Buzz To Armageddon” (previously unreleased)
ARMAGEDDON "Silver Tightrope"
NEWPORT ELECTRIC "Nice And Slow"
^^ That's my band! This is shameless self-promotion!!
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