Savoy Brown (primarily known
as the Savoy Brown Blues Band)
is a British blues band. It
was formed and led by
guitarist Kim Simmonds in 1965
in Battersea, South West
London. Part of the 1960s
blues rock movement, the band
never attain a greater success
in their country as they did
in the United States where
they promoted their albums
with continues touring. The
original band members consists
of singer Bryce Portius,
keyboardist Bob Hall, fellow
guitarist Martin Stone,
bassist Ray Chappell, drummer
Leo Manning and harmonica
player John O'Leary (he never
appeared on record with the
band). Bryce Portius was one
of the original black blues
musicians to be a part of a
British rock band. This
line-up was seen on the band's
1967 debut album "Shake Down"
(a collection of blues
covers). In 1968, two albums
was released "Getting to the
Point" and "Blue Matter".
The single "Train to Nowhere"
was released with a great
cahnges in lineup which
include singer Chris Youlden
(who with Simmons) take over
most of songwriting duties for
the band on "A Step Further"
album that year. In 1960s and
1970s (later in that time),
the band managed to enter the
Billboard Hot 100. They become
famous, maybe in their
constant line-up changes, but
in spite of this "Hellbound
Train" in 1972 was a Top 40
album of theirs in the U.S.
The British music magazine
(NME) reported that Stan Webb
was going to join the Savoy
Brown which followed the
disbanding of Chicken Shack.
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