Climax Blues Band: Британдық блюз-рок тобының тарихы

British blues rock band

Climax Blues Band (originally known as The Climax Chicago Blues Band) are a British blues rock band. They have released at least 19 albums. "Couldn't Get It Right" The band switched labels to Harvest Records in 1970 and subsequent records had a more rock oriented feel. John Cuffley replaced Newsome in 1971. In 1972 the group shortened their name to Climax Blues Band. and the studio albums Sense of Direction (1974), Stamp Album (1975) and Gold Plated (1976), featuring the hit single "Couldn't Get It Right". By 1981 the band was moving towards a pop rock sound. A follow up album was in the works, but Cooper bowed out, citing personal reasons. Haycock went on to record several solo projects, the first of which was the album Total Climax, with his band, Pete Haycock's Climax; this band toured extensively in Europe, including Communist East Germany, and conducted a well received tour in Australia. Haycock was later asked by his former Climax Blues Band manager, Miles Copeland, to record an instrumental album, Guitar and Son, and the live album Night of the Guitars (from the tour of the same name) for the I. R. S. No Speak label. After that tour, Haycock teamed up with the guitarist Steve Hunter and former Climax Blues bandmate Derek Holt to record the album H Factor. He was later recruited by Bev Bevan to become a member of Electric Light Orchestra Part II and recorded and toured with that group from 1990 onwards. He also started his film score career at this time, playing the lead on Hans Zimmer's score to Thelma and Louise. He also performed on the Night of the Guitars tours, which included Holt on bass, keyboards and occasional vocals. Holt wrote "I Love You", one of the Climax Blues Band's biggest hits. It is included on the Climax Blues Band double album 25 Years 1968–1993, released by the German label Repertoire in 1993. "I Love You" still gets over 20,000 radio plays a year in the US, and was used in Finn Taylor's 2002 film Cherish and in Kevin Smith's 2008 film Zach and Miri make a Porno. In 1983, Holt joined drummer Brendan Day and Nektar guitarist Roye Albrighton to record an album under the name Grand Alliance for the A&M label. In 1985, Cooper and Glover recruited guitarist Lester Hunt, drummer Roy Adams, and original member Derek Holt to record the Climax Blues Band album Drastic Steps, and this line up toured in support of the album in the UK, Europe, and America. Colin Cooper died of cancer on 3 July 2008, aged 68. He was replaced by singer and saxophone and harmonica player Johnny Pugh, who retired in 2012, and was replaced in turn by vocalist Graham Dee and saxophone player Chris Aldridge. Pete Haycock died on 30 October 2013, at age 62.

Year Title Chart positionsAUSCANUS 37 — 1975 Stamp Album — — 69 — 1976 Gold Plated — 45 27 56 1978 Shine On — 59 71 — 1979 Real to Reel — — 170 — 1980 Flying the Flag 65 — 75 — 1981 Lucky for Some — — — — 1983 Sample and Hold — — — — 1988 Drastic Steps — — — — 1993 Blues from the Attic — — — — 1994 25 Years 1968–1993 — — — — 2004 Big Blues — — — — 2011 Climax Blues Band World Tour 1976 — — — — 2014 Security Alert: The Live Bootleg — — — — 2018 Tempus Fugit 4 track EP: Album Sampler — — — — 2019 Hands of Time — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Year Title Chart positionsAUSUSACUK 1969 "Like Uncle Charlie" — — — — — — 1971 "Cubano Chant" — — — — — — "Reap What I've Sowed" — — — — — — "Towards the Sun" — — — — — — 1972 "Mole on the Dole" — — — — — — 1973 "Shake Your Love" — — — — — — 1974 "Sense of Direction" — — — — — — 1975 "Using the Power" — — — — — — 1976 "Couldn't Get It Right" — 8 38 3 43 10 1978 "Makin' Love" — — — 91 — — "Mistress Moonshine" — — — — — — 1979 "Children of the Night Time" — — — — — — 1980 "I Love You" 59 14 30 12 20 — "Gotta Have More Love" 77 — — 47 — — 1981 "Darlin'" — — — — — — 1982 "Friends in High Places" — — — — — — 1983 "Listen to the Night" — — — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.