UNDER OPEN SKIES
THERE ARE NO LIES
I FEEL SO FREE
LIKE THE BLUE SEA
Under Open Skies
is a very strong album
by the
Island recording artist
who left
Spooky Tooth
and joined
Mott the Hoople
(Ariel Bender)
after that group left
Island for CBS.
"Ride On"
begins the festivities
with Grosvenor
playing both bass
and lead guitar;
Spooky Tooth's
Mick Kellie
provides the drums;
John Hawken
is on piano;
and harmonies
are by
Jim Capaldi
of Traffic
and the man
Luther Grosvenor
replaced in
Mott the Hoople,
Mick Ralphs.
Here is the oddity of
Under Open Skies,
where
Verden Allen's
"Soft Ground"
really disrupted the flow
of the
All the Young Dudes album,
a tune like
"Here Comes the Queen"
would have been dynamite
for
Ian Hunter and the boys.
While that band was being
over-extended
was the time
to lean heavily
on Grosvenor.
He came off like a
hired gun
rather than
Mick Ralphs' true replacement,
and this highly
creative work shows
just what he could
have truly brought to
the Mott table
if he was given the chance.
"When I Met You"
has the Move's
Trevor Burton
on bass,
inspired guitar playing
by Grosvenor,
and a vocal by
the artist leaning toward
Steve Winwood.
The title track is
just amazing,
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