CHAIN(OZ)
Australian Blues Band Chain has and still is going strong since 1968. We have many Albums available and specialized cd's from the band. The band has had 34 line-ups in it's career, but 3or 4 of those have been the mainstays, including myself on drums (Lil Goos), Big Goose on bass, Dirk Dubois on Bass, Phil Manning on Guitar, Greg Lawrie on Guitar, Warren Morgan on Piano and Matt Taylor on Vocals and Harmonica. There have been four main tages of the band's development in it's career
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
1969, Album "Chain Live"
1970, Album "Oz Blues downunder"
1971, Album, "Toward The Blues"
1972, Album, "Chain Live Again"
1972, Album, "Sunbury Rock Festival"
1972, Single, Chain Trio, "Sunny Day"
1973, Album, (with Muddy Water's Band) "Two Of A Kind"
1973, Sunbury Triple Album, 4 different Chain line-ups.
1973, Album, "Best Of CHAIN"
1974, "History of Chain" Double Album
1974 Album Sunbury Rock Festival
1975, Album "Sunbury Rock Festival'
All through I970's and 80's, at least Ten OZ Compilation Blues, Guitar Heroes, Albums.
1982 Album(triple)"Mushroom 10th, Anniversary Concert"
1985, Album, "Child Of The Street"
1987, Album, "Australian Rhythm and Blues"
1998, Triple Album, "25th, Anniversary MUSHROOM Records"
1998, Album "CHAIN, The First 30 Years"
1999, Album "Mix Up The Oils"
2000, Album "Barry's Gift to Jazz and Blues"
2001, Album "Chain Masterpieces1"
2002, Album "Chain Masterpieces2"
2003, "HARPOON"
2003, Album, "Brother Goose"
2004, Album " Chain Harpooned"
2005, Album, Studio Recording
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
We play live all over Australia, hoping to be expanded to Europe and U.S.A.. We did the fabulous "Long Way To The Top" Tour, toured and recorded with Muddy Waters Band, toured with Albert Collins and the Icebreakers and many other great artists. We have 2 Gold Album Awards and one Silver single award. The band is playing at it's best yet after 35 years.
Your musical influences
Muddy Waters, Buddy Goy, Miles Davis, Little Walter, John Coltrane, John McLaughlin, Santana, Oscar Peterson, Alice Coltrane, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Howlin Wolf, Clark Terry, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Sun House, James Cooton, All great music in the Blues and Jazz Idiom.
What equipment do you use?
None, We play real instruments and music.
Anything else?
I wrote a 244 hand written Text for Drummers and all Musicians to improve their site reading Skills and Broaden their Phrasing Concepts, this book is called the "Text Of Music Phrase" and can be seen at
http://www.barryharvey.com
