Zephyr (Zephyr album)

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Zephyr
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Studio album by
Released1969
Recorded Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles
Genre Hard rock, blues rock
Length44:43
Label Probe (original release)
One Way
Producer Bill Halverson
Zephyr chronology
Zephyr
(1969)
Going Back to Colorado
(1971)
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Zephyr is the debut album by the band Zephyr, released in 1969.

Zephyr was a hard rock band formed in 1969 in Boulder, Colorado by guitarist Tommy Bolin, keyboardist John Faris, bass guitarist David Givens, drummer Robbie Chamberlin, and vocalist Candy Givens. Although the charismatic performances by Candy Givens were the focal point for the band, the flashy guitar work of Tommy Bolin is what the band is best remembered for. After Bolin left, he was replaced by Jock Bartley, and the band recorded the album Sunset Ride, their second for Warner Brothers Records. On Sunset Ride, Candy Givens displayed her gifts as a singer, composer, and harmonica player. The album was produced by David Givens, who wrote most of the songs. As a result of his stint with Zephyr, Bartley went on to a successful career with Gram Parsons and Firefall. Drummer Michael Wooten went on to play for several years with Carole King and was a founding member of the jam band Left Over Salmon. Various versions of Zephyr continued to play in Colorado until the death of Candy Givens in 1984. The release of "Heartbeat" in 1982 was promoted with a music video that incorporated early examples of computer animation combined with live action.

Contents

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Sail On" (Tommy Bolin, Candy Givens) – 7:22
  2. "Sun's a Risin'" (Bolin, David Givens) – 4:45
  3. "Raindrops" (Dee Clark) – 2:40
  4. "Boom-Ba-Boom" (D. Givens) – 1.20
  5. "Somebody Listen" (D. Givens, C. Givens, Bolin, John Faris) – 6:10

Side two

  1. "Cross the River" (C. Givens, D. Givens) – 4:43
  2. "St. James Infirmary" (Joe Primrose) – 5:15
  3. "Huna Buna" (C. Givens, Bolin) – 2:26
  4. "Hard Chargin' Woman" (Bolin, Robbie Chamberlin, Faris, C. Givens, D. Givens) – 8:40

Personnel

Harmonica free reed wind instrument

The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, rock. There are many types of harmonica, including diatonic, chromatic, tremolo, octave, orchestral, and bass versions. A harmonica is played by using the mouth to direct air into or out of one or more holes along a mouthpiece. Behind each hole is a chamber containing at least one reed. A harmonica reed is a flat elongated spring typically made of brass, stainless steel, or bronze, which is secured at one end over a slot that serves as an airway. When the free end is made to vibrate by the player's air, it alternately blocks and unblocks the airway to produce sound.

Tommy Bolin American musician

Thomas Richard Bolin was an American guitarist and songwriter who played with Zephyr, James Gang, and Deep Purple, in addition to maintaining a notable career as a solo artist and session musician. Much of his discography was either unreleased at the time of recording, or had gone out of print and was not released again until years after his death by drug overdose at age 25.

Guitar Fretted string instrument

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings. It is typically played with both hands by strumming or plucking the strings with either a guitar pick or the finger(s)/fingernails of one hand, while simultaneously fretting with the fingers of the other hand. The sound of the vibrating strings is projected either acoustically, by means of the hollow chamber of the guitar, or through an electrical amplifier and a speaker.

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References

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