Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Sliding (Ellen McIlwaine) (LP 3190)

Ellen McIlwaine  We The People (Vinyl, Polydor Records, 1973) ****  

GenreRock 

Places I remember: Margie's brother

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: I Don't Want To Play

Gear costume: We The People

They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4Part 5

Active compensatory factors: Wow! This is unbelievably, outrageously good. I can't believe it's taken me till 2024 to discover her talents.

Ellen plays guitar and piano, sings and writes like a dream. Her slide guitar work is extraordinary for starters.

She met Hendrix in New York in 1966, briefly played with him and wrote Underground River about him. She was also a big fan of Jack Bruce and recorded a version of a song by him on each of her first four solo albums - on We The People it's Never Tell Your Mother She's Out Of Tune.

Where do they all belong? She passed away in June 2021. I understand she toured NZ in the early 2000s - I would have loved to see her in concert! Will certainly look for her other albums.

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