Kush — Presents Snow White… And The Eight Straights 1974 (Australia, Progressive, Jazz Rock)
A two-album Australian band formed in Melbourne in the early 1970s by Jeff Duff, one of Australia's most enigmatic and controversial performers. Musically, they are reminiscent of Blood, Sweat & Tears, with a more progressive edge in the vein of early Chicago. Their debut album was released in 1974, and a year later, the musicians released a second album.Kush came together around late 1971, emerging out of the 20-piece Barry Veith Big Band. Duff was the last to join and he went through the usual audition process, impressing the other musicians with his voice ("I think they liked my voice because I didn't sound like Joe Cocker or someone like that," Duff recalled recently) and his dress sense! So the original line-up was: Duff (Vocals, percussion), John Ellis (Alto & baritone sax, clarinet; band leader/musical director), Roger Pell (Guitar), Ron Anderson (Tenor sax, flute, piano), John Santos (Trumpet, Flugel horn), Colin Chapman (Trumpet, Flugel horn), Rob Matthews (Bass) and Larry Kegn (Drums).
John Ellis recalled recently, "When we were auditioning singers and Jeff came in, we had our wives and girlfriends there listening and a lot of them instantly said 'that's the guy you've gotta have'. I loved Jeff's voice because it reminded me of David Clayton Thomas. The other guys liked some of the other, more commercial singers because at that stage we were doing all covers like 'Proud Mary' and 'River Deep Mountain High'. I'dTracks:
01. Wait Overture - 0:00
02. Easy Street - 2:06
03. All Right In The City - 5:55
04. McArthur Park - 8:50
05. Wait - 16:24
06. Satanic Diety - 21:17
07. Christopher John Suite: Birth/Life/Death/Infinity - 30:08
08. Klue - 40:22
Personnel:
Geoff Duff – lead vocals, percussion
David Herzog - guitar
Rob Matthews - bass
John Ellis – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
Bill Harrower – tenor saxophone, flute
Steve Ball - keyboards
John Santos - trumpet
Ian Hellings - trumpet
Nick Lister - drums
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The Cookies - backing vocals (05)
Ron Anderson - flute (07)
Howard Gable - producer
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