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Savoy Brown was formed in 1965 by guitarist Kim Simmonds in London, England. Simmonds has been the group’s guiding hand from the first singles released in 1966 through the band’s newest effort, their forty-first album “Ain’t Done Yet” to be released August 28, 2020. Energetic blues has been the calling card of the band from the beginning.
27 de abr. de 2023 · Interview by Steven C. Pesant. "In many ways music hasn't changed at all," explains guitarist, Kim Simmonds. And he should know -- for more than 50 years Simmonds has been leader of one of the original British-blues bands, Savoy Brown. Founded in 1966 at the crossroads of the British invasion and America's increased export of blues music; they were, in part, responsible for what would become ...
3 de sept. de 2017 · Many consider that the recordings featuring Chris Youlden’s rich vocals and songwriting augmented by Kim Simmonds’s jazz-tinged, fluent blues guitar, were Savoy Brown’s finest work; this being especially so on such late-1960s cuts as “She’s Got a Ring in His Nose and a Ring on Her Hand” (a classy swing-blues) and the completely different and desolate groove of “Mr. Downchild.”
18 de dic. de 2022 · Simmonds, as he would throughout the band’s 55+ years, soldiered on without his superstar vocalist, moving Peverett into the frontman slot for 1970’s Looking In album. Savoy Brown suffered another setback, however, when Peverett, Earl and bassist Tony Stevens left to form Foghat, using the Savoy Brown musical blueprint with the boogie turned up to ‘eleven’ and conquering the U.S. album ...
26 de abr. de 2018 · Interview with Kim Simmonds of Savoy Brown. By Kevin Porter. When one thinks of the legendary British blues-rock bands of the 1960s and 1970s, one thinks of Cream, the Rolling Stones, the Yardbirds, and John Mayall and the Blues Breakers, but one of the central pillars of British blues-rock from that time is still around and still going strong.
19 de dic. de 2022 · Kim Simmonds – a legend of British blues guitar – has died at the age of 75, his band, Savoy Brown, confirmed on social media. "Kim Simmonds passed away peacefully in the evening of December 13," the message reads, "may he rest in peace." The guitarist had been battling colon cancer. As the founder and sole constant member of Savoy Brown ...
15 de dic. de 2022 · It is with heavy hearts that we report the passing of Kim Simmonds, one of the pioneers of the 1960s British Blues Boom. He was 75. The guitarist and primary songwriter had been battling stage 4 signet cell colon cancer, a very rare form that accounts for no more than 1% of cases. “SCCC is rarely found early enough to provide a chance for ...
