JOE CERISANO'S EARL SLICK'S SILVER CONDOR
''LIVE ACROSS AMERICA''
1981
52:03
1 It's Over 2:45
2 Angel Eyes 3:47
3 Standing In The Rain 4:21
4 The One You Need 2:27
5 Were In Love 3:36
6 You Could Take My Heart Away 2:54
7 Carolina 7:42
8 Sayin Goodbye 5:09
9 For The Sake Of Survival 4:34
10 Goin For Broke 6:31
11 Long Tall Sally 4:52
12 Rip It Up 2:57
John Carey - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Joe Cerisano - Vocals
Jay Davis - Bass
Claude Pepper - Drums
Earl Slick - Guitar
NOTES
by CDBABY
Silver Condor "Live Across America" was recorded at different venues large and small during the summer of 1981. That was the year that Silver Condor attempted to take flight. In a leased Dodge extended cab van they started in Los Angeles and worked their way across America playing a series of 30 one-nighters ending in Dover NJ. Like a shooting star Silver Condor got lost in the corporate halls of Columbia Records. At that time at Columbia Records, one hand didn’t know what the other one was doing. There are are casualties all along the road to success. With a little luck some bust on through to the other side. It’s said that some of the best music doesn’t make it to the radio. Well, this cd proves that to be a fact.
Everyone in the group went on to become successful in their right. Earl Slick went on the have hits of his own and back to being David Bowie’s top choice guitarist. Joe Cerisano went on to become the top session singer American has ever known. John Cory and Jay Davis found success playing with Rod Stewart and Don Henely. Drummer Claude Pepper went back to being one of the top session drummers in LA and started the top R&B club band, Jack Mack and The Heart attack. Together Silver Condor was something really special with a timeless quality that only the best groups possess. I’m sure you’ll agree that even after all these years Silver Condor can take flight and soar with the best.
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by Dave Haines
Silver Condor was a band I first heard about from articles in the local newspaper back in 1981. Joe Cerisano, lead singer of this Los Angeles formed band, was from my hometown here in West Virginia. These articles detailed the rock and roll escapades of Joe and his band who were on the verge of making the big time as they built a following in support of their Top 40 Hit "You Can Take My Heart Away." I still remember driving one day and hearing Dick Clark play this Silver Condor hit on his top 40 radio show, Dick Clark's National Music Survey.
I never got to hear Silver Condor live, but did get to see Joe sing their songs whenever he played local venues on his visits back to West Virginia. Now, twenty-five years after the fact, we can hear Silver Condor ROCK again with this great live set from their only national tour. This CD is a true testament to what they were and what they could have been had only they gotten the chance. What you'll hear is a collection of great performances that potentially contained even more hits for the band. Sadly, the original Silver Condor never got their just dues in the way of the support they deserved from the powers that be in the music industry. Joe Cerisano's songwriting and soaring vocals carried though to a second Silver Condor LP, "Trouble At Home" that is essentially a solo recording as equally riveting as the debut album. If missed the first time around, catch flight with the great Silver Condor!
WEBSITE (JOE CERISANO)
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''LIVE ACROSS AMERICA''
1981
52:03
1 It's Over 2:45
2 Angel Eyes 3:47
3 Standing In The Rain 4:21
4 The One You Need 2:27
5 Were In Love 3:36
6 You Could Take My Heart Away 2:54
7 Carolina 7:42
8 Sayin Goodbye 5:09
9 For The Sake Of Survival 4:34
10 Goin For Broke 6:31
11 Long Tall Sally 4:52
12 Rip It Up 2:57
John Carey - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Joe Cerisano - Vocals
Jay Davis - Bass
Claude Pepper - Drums
Earl Slick - Guitar
NOTES
by CDBABY
Silver Condor "Live Across America" was recorded at different venues large and small during the summer of 1981. That was the year that Silver Condor attempted to take flight. In a leased Dodge extended cab van they started in Los Angeles and worked their way across America playing a series of 30 one-nighters ending in Dover NJ. Like a shooting star Silver Condor got lost in the corporate halls of Columbia Records. At that time at Columbia Records, one hand didn’t know what the other one was doing. There are are casualties all along the road to success. With a little luck some bust on through to the other side. It’s said that some of the best music doesn’t make it to the radio. Well, this cd proves that to be a fact.
Everyone in the group went on to become successful in their right. Earl Slick went on the have hits of his own and back to being David Bowie’s top choice guitarist. Joe Cerisano went on to become the top session singer American has ever known. John Cory and Jay Davis found success playing with Rod Stewart and Don Henely. Drummer Claude Pepper went back to being one of the top session drummers in LA and started the top R&B club band, Jack Mack and The Heart attack. Together Silver Condor was something really special with a timeless quality that only the best groups possess. I’m sure you’ll agree that even after all these years Silver Condor can take flight and soar with the best.
MORE INFO
by Dave Haines
Silver Condor was a band I first heard about from articles in the local newspaper back in 1981. Joe Cerisano, lead singer of this Los Angeles formed band, was from my hometown here in West Virginia. These articles detailed the rock and roll escapades of Joe and his band who were on the verge of making the big time as they built a following in support of their Top 40 Hit "You Can Take My Heart Away." I still remember driving one day and hearing Dick Clark play this Silver Condor hit on his top 40 radio show, Dick Clark's National Music Survey.
I never got to hear Silver Condor live, but did get to see Joe sing their songs whenever he played local venues on his visits back to West Virginia. Now, twenty-five years after the fact, we can hear Silver Condor ROCK again with this great live set from their only national tour. This CD is a true testament to what they were and what they could have been had only they gotten the chance. What you'll hear is a collection of great performances that potentially contained even more hits for the band. Sadly, the original Silver Condor never got their just dues in the way of the support they deserved from the powers that be in the music industry. Joe Cerisano's songwriting and soaring vocals carried though to a second Silver Condor LP, "Trouble At Home" that is essentially a solo recording as equally riveting as the debut album. If missed the first time around, catch flight with the great Silver Condor!
WEBSITE (JOE CERISANO)
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