TROUBLE ALL THE TIME
(1974)
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A Little History...
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Jess Roden
enjoyed a career which ran from
the 1960s into the 1980s,
fronting well-known bands,
performing extensively,
winning the respect of his peers,
but never gaining
major commercial success.
He began his musical career
with local bands
in his hometown of Kidderminster,
but became more widely known
in the mid-1960s
as the lead singer of
the Alan Bown Set,
a popular live soul band
whose performances
won them a following
comparable to their contemporaries
Geno Washington
and the Ram Jam Band
and Jimmy James
and the Vagabonds.
In 1967 the band changed to
a more
"psychedelic" style
and renamed itself
The Alan Bown!
(the exclamation mark was soon dropped)..
Roden left them in 1969
and formed the band
Bronco,
who recorded two albums
for Island Records,
then in 1973
he was asked to team up with
ex-Doors
John Densmore
and
Robby Krieger
in
The Butts Band,
together with
Phil Chen
(bass)
and
Roy Davies
(keyboards).
They only managed one album
before splitting up.
He then formed
The Jess Roden Band
and made a series of LPs
in a soul-influenced rock style
for Island Records
during the 1970s,
but after 1980
his recording career declined
and he spent much of the ensuing years
working as a graphic designer.
In 2011 a revival of interest
in Jess Roden was signalled
by the appearance of a
website devoted to his work.
Select Discography
Solo
- Jess Roden (1974)
- The Player Not the Game (1977)
- Stonechaser (1980)
The Jess Roden Band
- Keep Your Hat On (1976)
- Play It Dirty, Play It Class (1976)
- Blowin' (1977)
- Live at the BBC (released 1993)
Alan Bown
- London Swings – Live at the Marquee (1967) One side of an album also featuring Jimmy James & The Vagabonds
- Emergency 999 (CD which collects all early Alan Bown singles featuring Roden)
- Outward Bown First Album (1968)
- The Alan Bown! (1969) (US edition only)
Bronco
- Country Home (1970)
- Ace of Sunlight (1971)
Butts Band
- Butts Band (1973)
The Rivits
- Multiplay (1980)
Seven Windows
- Seven Windows (1986)
The Humans
- Jess Roden and The Humans (1995)
- Live at The Robin 1996 (2004)
Other Appearances
- The Who – "Magic Bus" (backing vocals) (1968)
- Mott the Hoople – Wildlife (backing vocals) (1971)
- Keef Hartley – Lancashire Hustler (lead vocals) (1973)
- Paul Kossoff – Back Street Crawler (Roden sang lead on "I'm Ready" and harmony with Paul Rodgers on "Molten Gold") (1973)
- Carol Grimes – Warm Blood (backing vocals) (1974)
- Jim Capaldi – Short Cut Draw Blood (guitarist) (1975)
- Stomu Yamashta – Go Too (1977)
- Sandy Denny – Rendezvous (backing vocals) (1977)
- Grace Jones – Nightclubbing (backing vocals) (1981)
- Seven Windows – Seven Windows (1986)
- Peter Green – Rattlesnake Guitar: The Music of Peter Green (Roden sang on two tracks "Crying Won't Bring You Back" and "Merry Go Round") (1995)
- Luther Grosvenor – Floodgates (Roden sang on two tracks "I Wanna Be Free" and "Fire Down Below") (1996)
- SAS Band – (Roden sang on "That's The Way God Planned It") (1998)
- Sandy Denny – A Boxful of Treasures (includes "Losing Game" – duet with Roden) (2004)
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