NEIL MERRYWEATHER – Differences. GreenTree GTR 172. German release. FACTORY SEALED NEW CD. Originally issued in 1978 on the Dutch label Dureco Recods. This edition issued in 2018. MUSICIANS:  Neil Merryweather (vocals, bass, acoustic guitar), Michael Willis (lead guitar), Clarke Garham (guitar), Dave Pearlman (steel guitar on Long Distance Rider), Ruben de Fuentes (lead guitar on Hollywood Heavy), Taff Williams (all guitars on Just Like Jesse James), Jim Mandel (piano, organ, Chamberlain), Monty Lee Stark (synthesizers), Roy Shipston (piano on Just Like Jesse James), Robby Robertie (drums), Cornell McFadden (drums on The Island), Clive Edwards (drums on Just Like Jesse James), Tom Saviano (saxophone), Jimmy Calvert and Paul Nauman (percussion), and Les Emerson, Peter Anders, Tim Eaton, Mark Anthony, Taff Williams, Roy Shipston, and Devereaux (background vocals). TRACKS:  Hollywood Heavy (5;35), Got To Roam (5:35), Pick Up The Pieces Jack (4:04), Captain Of Our Dreams (5:27), The Shrink (3:18), The Island (3:17), Long Distance Rider (2:58), Devils Daughter (4:05), Night Of Nights (6:00), and Just Like Jesse James (3:35). DESCRIPTION:  If you aren’t familiar with Neil’s previous work just keystroke his name in an Internet search and you’ll turn up a bookload of material. A Canadian rocker, his professional musical history dates back to the early 60s Toronto, Canada music scene. Following his 1975 album for Mercury Records, Kryptonite, he was dropped from the label and broke up his band The Space Rangers. Sometime later Neil met Mark Smith, a fellow Canadian from Toronto who had engineered the Bachman Turner Overdrive records. Mark brought Neil to Joe Godfried, the manager and owner of Sound City Recording Studios, and he agreed to give studio time to Neil who then wrote ten record worthy songs and brought in a crew of friends to play on the tracks, including Michael Willis, his guitarist from the Space Rangers. The Songs came from different places musically, so Neil decided to call the album Differences. With little prospects label shopping in LA, he traveled to London where he got a publishing deal with Chrysalis Records’ publishing division. Through that and their association with Dureco Records of the Netherlands he got an album deal and in 1978 released Differences (it has had no US release to date). He would next go on to work with Lita Ford (Runaways lead guitarist) as she began her solo career (but that’s another story). Musically more polished, but still with a gritty edge. If you’re new to Neil I would recommend starting with the Mama Lion albums and then pick up the Space Rangers and Kryptonite albums followed by the two Heavy Cruiser albums. Neil is still active in music and now resides in Las Vegas.

  

 

 

 

 

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