ANDY FAIRWEATHER LOW
''BE BOP 'N' HOLLA''
1976
43:07
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01 - Shimmie Doo Wah Sae 03:09
Bass, Harmony Vocals – John David
Drums – Henry Spinetti
Electric Guitar, Vocals – Andy Fairweather Low
Horn – Bud Beadle, Eddie Thornton, Malcolm Griffiths, Martin Drover, Steve Gregory
Organ – Rabbit
Percussion – Tunji Omosheti
Piano – Mick Weaver
Steel Guitar [Pedal] – BJ Cole
02 - Ain't No Fun Anymore 03:18
Bass, Harmony Vocals - John David
Congas - Julian Diggle
Drums - Henry Spinetti
Electric Guitar, Vocals - Andy Fairweather Low
Piano - Mick Weaver
Steel Guitar [Pedel] - BJ Cole
03 - Da Doo Rendezvous 05:10
Acoustic Guitar - Bernie Leadon
Arranged By, Conductor [Strings] - Brian Rogers
Bass, Harmony Vocals - John David
Cabasa - Glyn Johns
Drums - Henry Spinetti
Electric Guitar, Vocals - Andy Fairweather Low
Piano [Electric] - Mick Weaver
04 - Hot Poop 03:34
Acoustic Guitar, Vocals - Bernie Leadon
Bass, Harmony Vocals - John David
Drums - Henry Spinetti
Piano - Mick Weaver
Steel Guitar [Pedal] - BJ Cole
05 - Travellin' Light 02:55 (Sid Tepper, Roy C. Bennett)
Acoustic Guitar - Bernie Leadon
Arranged By, Conductor [Strings] - Brian Rogers
Bass, Harmony Vocals - John David
Drums - Henry Spinetti
Electric Guitar, Vocals - Andy Fairweather Low
Piano [Electric] - Mick Weaver
Steel Guitar [Pedal] - BJ Cole
06 - Rocky Racoon 04:28 (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
Acoustic Guitar - Bernie Leadon
Bass, Harmony Vocals - John David
Drums - Henry Spinetti
Electric Guitar, Vocals - Andy Fairweather Low
Piano [Electric] - Mick Weaver
Resonator Guitar [Dobro] - BJ Cole
Steel Guitar [Electric] - Bryn Haworth
07 - Lighten Up 03:11
Bass, Harmony Vocals - John David
Drums - Henry Spinetti
Electric Guitar - Bernie Leadon
Electric Guitar, Vocals - Andy Fairweather Low
Organ - Mick Weaver
Steel Guitar [Pedal] - BJ Cole
08 - I Can't Take Much More 03:14
Bass, Harmony Vocals - John David
Clavinet - Mick Weaver
Drums - Henry Spinetti
Electric Guitar, Vocals - Andy Fairweather Low
Organ - Rabbit*
09 - Rhythm 'n' Jazz 03:47
Acoustic Guitar, Vocals - Andy Fairweather Low
Arranged By, Conductor [Strings] - Brian Rogers
Bass - John David
Drums - Henry Spinetti
Piano - Georgie Fame
Steel Guitar [Pedal] - BJ Cole
10 - Checking Out The Checker 03:33
Bass, Harmony Vocals - John David
Drums - Henry Spinetti, Kenny Jones
Electric Guitar, Vocals - Andy Fairweather Low
Organ - Mick Weaver
Slide Guitar, Vocals [Solo] - Bryn Haworth
11 - Be Bop 'n' Holla 06:40
Bass, Harmony Vocals - John David
Drums - Henry Spinetti
Electric Guitar, Vocals - Andy Fairweather Low
Keyboards [All] - Rabbit
Percussion - Julian Diggle
Tracks By Andy Fairweather Low, Except As Indicated
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REVIEW/AMG
William Ruhlmann
Andy Fairweather Low adds a tropical lilt to his repertoire with the leadoff track, "Shimmie-Doo-Wah-Sae," and a song title that, along with the title tune, "Da Doo Rendezvous," and "Rhythm 'N' Jazz," demonstrates his affection for onomatopoeia and different musical genres. "Da Doo Rendezvous," with its strings and wistful tone, is the obvious follow-up to "Wide Eyed and Legless," but the problem is that it didn't follow up. Nor did this album fulfill the commercial promise of La Booga Rooga, which turned Fairweather Low, in record company eyes, from a breaking artist into dead meat. (Still, you had to admire a sense of humor that allowed him to produce "Hot Poop," a song whose lyrics consisted entirely of its chord changes.)
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
William Ruhlmann
The seven million people who bought Eric Clapton's Unplugged album and the countless more who saw the MTV Unplugged TV show experienced the work of Andy Fairweather Low, who served as Clapton's backup guitarist/vocalist. But probably few in that giant audience knew that Fairweather Low had once been a teen idol and had an extensive recorded catalog in groups and as a solo star. Born in Cardiff, Wales, Fairweather Low formed Amen Corner in the mid-'60s, for which he served as lead singer. The group scored six U.K. hits from 1967 to 1969, the biggest of which was the number one "(If Paradise Is) Half as Nice." Its success put Fairweather Low's attractive face on the bedroom walls of teenage girls all over Britain. Amen Corner broke up at the end of the '60s and evolved into the more progressive Fair Weather, which scored a hit with "Natural Sinner" in 1970, but broke up in 1971. Fairweather Low retired for several years, but returned as a solo artist in 1974 and made a series of albums through 1980, reaching the U.K. Top Ten with the singles "Reggae Tune" and "Wide Eyed and Legless." Gradually, however, he began to work as a sideman to more prominent British musicians, notably ex-Pink Floyd leader Roger Waters, and with the ARMS benefit group in 1987. He toured Japan with George Harrison and Eric Clapton in 1991 and has since been part of Clapton's backup band. Fairweather Low began touring with Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings and, in 2006, hit the road again with Waters for the Dark Side of the Moon Tour.
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''BE BOP 'N' HOLLA''
1976
43:07
**********
01 - Shimmie Doo Wah Sae 03:09
Bass, Harmony Vocals – John David
Drums – Henry Spinetti
Electric Guitar, Vocals – Andy Fairweather Low
Horn – Bud Beadle, Eddie Thornton, Malcolm Griffiths, Martin Drover, Steve Gregory
Organ – Rabbit
Percussion – Tunji Omosheti
Piano – Mick Weaver
Steel Guitar [Pedal] – BJ Cole
02 - Ain't No Fun Anymore 03:18
Bass, Harmony Vocals - John David
Congas - Julian Diggle
Drums - Henry Spinetti
Electric Guitar, Vocals - Andy Fairweather Low
Piano - Mick Weaver
Steel Guitar [Pedel] - BJ Cole
03 - Da Doo Rendezvous 05:10
Acoustic Guitar - Bernie Leadon
Arranged By, Conductor [Strings] - Brian Rogers
Bass, Harmony Vocals - John David
Cabasa - Glyn Johns
Drums - Henry Spinetti
Electric Guitar, Vocals - Andy Fairweather Low
Piano [Electric] - Mick Weaver
04 - Hot Poop 03:34
Acoustic Guitar, Vocals - Bernie Leadon
Bass, Harmony Vocals - John David
Drums - Henry Spinetti
Piano - Mick Weaver
Steel Guitar [Pedal] - BJ Cole
05 - Travellin' Light 02:55 (Sid Tepper, Roy C. Bennett)
Acoustic Guitar - Bernie Leadon
Arranged By, Conductor [Strings] - Brian Rogers
Bass, Harmony Vocals - John David
Drums - Henry Spinetti
Electric Guitar, Vocals - Andy Fairweather Low
Piano [Electric] - Mick Weaver
Steel Guitar [Pedal] - BJ Cole
06 - Rocky Racoon 04:28 (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
Acoustic Guitar - Bernie Leadon
Bass, Harmony Vocals - John David
Drums - Henry Spinetti
Electric Guitar, Vocals - Andy Fairweather Low
Piano [Electric] - Mick Weaver
Resonator Guitar [Dobro] - BJ Cole
Steel Guitar [Electric] - Bryn Haworth
07 - Lighten Up 03:11
Bass, Harmony Vocals - John David
Drums - Henry Spinetti
Electric Guitar - Bernie Leadon
Electric Guitar, Vocals - Andy Fairweather Low
Organ - Mick Weaver
Steel Guitar [Pedal] - BJ Cole
08 - I Can't Take Much More 03:14
Bass, Harmony Vocals - John David
Clavinet - Mick Weaver
Drums - Henry Spinetti
Electric Guitar, Vocals - Andy Fairweather Low
Organ - Rabbit*
09 - Rhythm 'n' Jazz 03:47
Acoustic Guitar, Vocals - Andy Fairweather Low
Arranged By, Conductor [Strings] - Brian Rogers
Bass - John David
Drums - Henry Spinetti
Piano - Georgie Fame
Steel Guitar [Pedal] - BJ Cole
10 - Checking Out The Checker 03:33
Bass, Harmony Vocals - John David
Drums - Henry Spinetti, Kenny Jones
Electric Guitar, Vocals - Andy Fairweather Low
Organ - Mick Weaver
Slide Guitar, Vocals [Solo] - Bryn Haworth
11 - Be Bop 'n' Holla 06:40
Bass, Harmony Vocals - John David
Drums - Henry Spinetti
Electric Guitar, Vocals - Andy Fairweather Low
Keyboards [All] - Rabbit
Percussion - Julian Diggle
Tracks By Andy Fairweather Low, Except As Indicated
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REVIEW/AMG
William Ruhlmann
Andy Fairweather Low adds a tropical lilt to his repertoire with the leadoff track, "Shimmie-Doo-Wah-Sae," and a song title that, along with the title tune, "Da Doo Rendezvous," and "Rhythm 'N' Jazz," demonstrates his affection for onomatopoeia and different musical genres. "Da Doo Rendezvous," with its strings and wistful tone, is the obvious follow-up to "Wide Eyed and Legless," but the problem is that it didn't follow up. Nor did this album fulfill the commercial promise of La Booga Rooga, which turned Fairweather Low, in record company eyes, from a breaking artist into dead meat. (Still, you had to admire a sense of humor that allowed him to produce "Hot Poop," a song whose lyrics consisted entirely of its chord changes.)
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
William Ruhlmann
The seven million people who bought Eric Clapton's Unplugged album and the countless more who saw the MTV Unplugged TV show experienced the work of Andy Fairweather Low, who served as Clapton's backup guitarist/vocalist. But probably few in that giant audience knew that Fairweather Low had once been a teen idol and had an extensive recorded catalog in groups and as a solo star. Born in Cardiff, Wales, Fairweather Low formed Amen Corner in the mid-'60s, for which he served as lead singer. The group scored six U.K. hits from 1967 to 1969, the biggest of which was the number one "(If Paradise Is) Half as Nice." Its success put Fairweather Low's attractive face on the bedroom walls of teenage girls all over Britain. Amen Corner broke up at the end of the '60s and evolved into the more progressive Fair Weather, which scored a hit with "Natural Sinner" in 1970, but broke up in 1971. Fairweather Low retired for several years, but returned as a solo artist in 1974 and made a series of albums through 1980, reaching the U.K. Top Ten with the singles "Reggae Tune" and "Wide Eyed and Legless." Gradually, however, he began to work as a sideman to more prominent British musicians, notably ex-Pink Floyd leader Roger Waters, and with the ARMS benefit group in 1987. He toured Japan with George Harrison and Eric Clapton in 1991 and has since been part of Clapton's backup band. Fairweather Low began touring with Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings and, in 2006, hit the road again with Waters for the Dark Side of the Moon Tour.
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