Sammy "Sammy" 1972 UK Heavy Prog
Co-produced by Louie Austin and Deep Purple's Jon Lord, 1972's "Sammy" offered up a competent, if slightly worn set of mid-1970s hard rock. Sammy were a short lived supergroup featuring ex-members of Audience, Quatermass, The Herd, Silverhead, Episode Six and Ginhouse. Sporting a brass driven hard rock sound, the band released their sole album in 1972 to an apathetic record buying public. Though the band toured relentlessly for two years, their efforts were not met with success and the band folded by the end of 1974. In retrospect, this was a stellar effort despite the two pointless prog interludes that are featured here. At times the band sounded a bit like Audience and there were elements of Deep Purple scattered throughout. This isn't a surprise, considering the album was produced by Ian Gillan. In fact, drummer Mick Underwood would later join Gillan's solo project for a number of years. He would also form Strapps and a revamped Quatermass in the 90's....
Band Members- Keith Gemmell -- sax, flute (1972-73)
- Mick Hodgekinson -- vocals, keyboards (1972-73)
- Geoff Sharkey -- vocals, lead guitar (1972-73)
- Paul Simmons - bass, backing vocals (1972-73)
- Mick Underwood -- drums, percussion (1972-73)
Related Acts- Audience (Keith Gemmell)
- Episode Six (Mick Underwood)
- Ian Gillan Band (Mick Underwood)
- Ginhouse (Geoff Sharkey)
- The Herd (Mick Underwood)
- Billy J. Kramer (Mick Hodgekinson)
- Quartermass (Mick Underwood)
- Raw Glory (Mick Underwood)
- Stackridge (Keith Gemmell)
- The Roy Young Band (Keith Gemmell,
Mick Hodgekinson, and Paul Simmons))
