Genre: rock
Rating: *** (3 stars)
Title: Guitar and Son
Company: I.R.S. / No Speak
Catalog: IRS-42100
Year: 1988
Country/State: UK
Grade (cover/record): VG+/VG+
Comments: small promo stamp on back cover
Available: 1
GEMM catalog ID: 4818
Price: $9.00
Cost: $1.00
I bought this at a Salvation Army store having just gone through a Climax Blues Band binge and recognizing Haycock's name.
To be honest, anyone expecting to hear a collection of Climax-styled English blues is going to be massively disappointed by 1988's "Guitar and Son". An all instrumental set, material such as 'Liberty' and 'Dr. Brown I Presume' clearly underscores Haycock's credentials as a rock guitarist. That said, you could easily mistake this for something out of the Steve Morse/Dixie Dregs catalog. While technically stunning, it just doesn't do much for my ears. If I had to pick a couple of highlights I'd go with the Big Country-ish 'The Claymore' and the relatively funky 'Down To Bay Six'.
"Guitar
and Son" track listing:
(side 1)
1.) Liberty (instrumental) (Pete Haycock) -
2.) Lucienne (instrumental) (Pete Haycock) -
3.) Spikes (instrumental) (Pete Haycock) -
4.) Terry Anne (instrumental) (Pete Haycock) -
5.) Dr. Brown I Presume (instrumental) (Pete Haycock) -
(side
2)
1.) The Claymore (instrumental) (Pete Haycock) -
2.) Down To Bay Six (instrumental) (Pete Haycock) -
3.) Rebecca (instrumental) (Pete Haycock) -
4.) The New York Stakes (instrumental) (Pete Haycock) -
5.) Follow That Frog (instrumental) (Pete Haycock) -