The Electric Flag

The Electric Flag was an American rock band that was founded in 1967 by Mike Bloomfield to combine with their blues, rock, soul, country and jazz. For his project he was Nick Gravenites, Barry Goldberg, Peter Strazza, Buddy Miles, Harvey Brooks, Marcus Doubleday and Herbie Rich win. Except Rich all the musicians had already gained experience with other well-known artists: Bloomfield and Gravenites came from Paul Butterfield, Goldberg and Strazza had worked with Steve Miller. Miles was a renowned Soul Drummers, Brooks had been proven in various folk performers and Doubleday was heard, for example, on recordings of the Drifters, Jan and Dean and Bobby Vinton.

The band played its first match in 1967 at the Monterey Pop Festival. In the same year the group took on the soundtrack for the film The Trip by Roger Corman. In April 1968 she released her first regular album A Long Time Comin ', which was marked by unusual horn arrangements. A short time later, Bloomfield got out, it was quickly followed by Goldberg and Strazza. For they came John Simon of Big Brother and the Holding Company, Terry Clements, Hoshal Wright, Virgil Gonsalves and Harold Hunter in the group. Also In 1968, the poorly received album, The Electric Flag, on a loud and aggressive soul rock could be heard. In winter 1968/1969, the band split.

1972 arranged Bloomfield, Miles, Gravenites and Goldberg a reunion of The Electric Flag. As a new bassist Roger Troy got inside. The thereby resulting album The Band Kept Playing earned poor reviews and the band broke up again. In retrospect, the album Groovin ' Is Easy appeared to date unreleased recordings.

Discography

• The Trip ( Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ) ( 1967; Sidewalk )
• A Long Time Comin ' (1968, Columbia)
• The Electric Flag: An American Music Band (1968, Columbia)
• The Band Kept Playing (1974, Atlantic )
• Groovin ' Is Easy ( 1983, Thunderbolt )