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BRINSLEY SCHWARZ
"Hooked on Love" live
Guitarist Brinsley Schwarz and bassist Nick Lowe had been in the pop rock group Kippington Lodge who had unsuccessfully released a handful of singles on the Parlophone label. In '69, keyboardist Bob Andrews and American drummer Billy Rankin joined. By that time the group had grown tired of their pop rock sound and would begin to lean more on the folk rock/psychedelia style after which they changed their name to The Brinsley Schwarz Band and then just simply Brinsley Schwarz. With Nick Lowe becoming, more or less, the centre of the group with his songwriting and vocal skills, the group caught the attention of manager Dave Robinson who had founded the Famepushers Agency. In late '69 the group signed with United Artists Records. Scheduled to play New York's Fillmore East as an opening act for Van Morrison in 1970, the group, along with Robinson financed a publicity stunt of sorts. The group planned to leave for the U.S. a few days before the show for rehearsals but were denied visas on a technicality. After they were finally given their clearance, they arrived just hours before the show. Robinson's plan to have flown a handful of journalist's to the show backfired as their plane developed mechanical problems which would delay the flight to the U.S. for hours. About eighteen hours later, with the journalist's either pissed or hungover, Brinsley Schwarz finally played a competent but a not too overwhelming set which was later hailed as a flop along with their self titled debut album. Dazed by the Fillmore fiasco, the group returned to the U.K. and rented a house outside of London. After spending days and nights playing and rehearsing, they recorded and released their second album Despite It All in late '70.
Although tainted with what went on earlier in the year, Despite It All proved to be an indication of the sound of an evolving group with a country rock flavour. Guitarist/vocalist Ian Gomm joined soon after. With their Van Morrison/The Byrds/The Band influences, the group garnered a small cult following which was soon to build, particularly due to their live shows. Eventually the group gained attention from the U.K. press who dubbed Brinsley Schwarz as the purveyors of the "pub rock" sound. 1972's Nervous On The Road was the group's best reviewed album to date as the group opened up for Paul McCartney And Wings. With constant touring of pubs as well as colleges, the group wasn't able to record as much, although they did manage to record as a backing band for Frankie Miller for his 1973 release of Once In A Blue Moon. With an attempt to chart a hit, the group recorded a handful of singles which would none the less never reach high on the charts if not at all. With producer and friend Dave Edmunds the group recorded their fifth album New Favourites Of Brinsley Schwarz, released in '74, but record sales eluded them. They continued releasing a few non album singles in early '75 until they finally broke up in the spring of that year. source: Tripod Brinsley Schwarz Page
Nick Lowe: Bass, lead-vocals and main-songwriter
Bob Andrews: Keyboards, Bass, Vocals
Billy Rankin : Drums
Ian Gomm: Guitars and vocals. Joined in 1971
1. Brinsley Schwarz - United Artists 1970 Tracks:
2. Despite it All - Liberty 1970 Tracks:
3. Silver Pistol - United Artists 1972 Tracks:
4. Nervous on the Road - United Artists 1972 Tracks:
5. Please Don't Ever Change - United Artists 1973 Tracks:
6. New Favourites - United Artists 1973 Tracks:
7. It's All Over Now - 1974 ( 2017) Tracks:
8. Hen´s Teeth ( comp. 1967-1975 ) - Edsel 1998 Tracks:
9. What IS So Funny About Peace Love & Understanding ( comp. + BBC ) - Hux 2002 Tracks:
10. Cruel to Be Kind ( comp. + rare ) - Hux Records 2004 Tracks:
Essential Albums!
Original albums as listed and rated on “Rate Your Music” - April 15 - 2006
288 Nervous on the Road - 1972
1. What's So Funny About Peace, Love and Understading ( Lowe ) New Favourites 2. Nervous on the Road ( Lowe ) Nervous on the Road 3. The Look That's in Your Eye Tonight ( Lowe ) New Favourites 4. Silver Pistol ( Lowe ) Silver Pistol 5. Cruel to Be Kind ( Lowe ) Cruel to be Kind 6. Country Girl ( Lowe ) Despite it All 7. Nightingale ( Lowe ) Silver Pistol 8. Don't Lose Your Grip on Love ( Lowe ) Nervous on the Road 9. The Ugly Things ( Lowe ) New Favourites 10. Unknown Number ( Lowe ) Silver Pistol 11. Surrender to the Rhythm ( Lowe ) Nervous on the Road 12. Range War ( Gomm ) Silver Pistol 13. Lady on a Bicycle ( Schwarz ) Hen's Teeth 14. Ju Ju Man ( Ford ) Silver Pistol 15. Now's the Time ( Clarke/Nash ) New Favourites 16. Down in Mexico ( Lowe ) Please Don´t Ever Change 17. Why Do we Hurt the one we Love ( Lowe ) Please Don´t Ever Change 18. Down in Mexico ( Lowe ) Please Don't Ever Change 19. Hooked on Love ( Gomm ) Please Don´t Ever Change 20. I Won't Make it Without You ( Lowe ) Please Don´t Ever Change 21. Hymn to Me ( Rankin/Andrews/Lowe/Schwarz ) Brinsley Schwarz 22. Love Song ( Lowe ) Despite it All 23. Rock and Roll Women (Lowe) Brinsley Schwarz 24. Shining Brightly (Lowe) Brinsley Schwarz 25. It's Been So Long ( Gomm ) Nervous on the Road 26. Dry Land ( Gom ) Silver Pistol 27. Merry Go Round ( Lowe ) Silver Pistol 28. One More Day ( Gomm ) Silver Pistol 29. Egypt ( Lowe ) Silver Pistol 30. The Last Time I was Fooled ( Lowe ) Silver Pistol 31. We Can Mess Around ( Lowe ) It's All Over Now 32. I Got the Real Thing ( Gomm/Lowe ) New Favourites 33. Everybody ( Rowe ) It's All Over Now 34. Give Me Back My love ( Lowe/Gomm ) It's All Over Now 35. As Lovers Do ( Lowe ) It's All Over Now 38. Cruel to Be Kind ( Lowe/Gomm ) It's All Over Now LINKS: A Tripod Brinsley Schwarz Page
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