Album: s/t
Year: 1977
Style: Prog Rock, Southern Bluesy Rock, Hard Rock
Similar Bands: Jimi Hendrix, Black Sabbath, Rolling Stones, BTO, CCR, Lynard Skynard, Foghat, Black Crows,
"One-Word" Review: Hard Bluesy Prog Rock Template
Based Out Of: NYC, NY
Label: CBS, Epic
Cover, Record
Back, Record
Ram Jam (1977)- Black Betty 3:57 (Leadbelly cover) (international top 20 hit, single)
- Let It All Out 4:00
- Keep Your Hands on the Wheel 3:35 (single)
- Right On the Money 3:11
- All For the Love of Rock N/ Roll 3:01 /
- 404 3:44
- High Steppin' 3:40
- Overloaded 2:56
- Hey Boogie Woman 3:10
- Too Bad On Your Birthday
Members & Other Bands:
- Peter Charles - Drums (The Rockets,
- Bill Bartlett - Lead Guitar, Vox (Lemon Pipers, Starstruck)
- Howie Blauvelt - Bass, Vox (Billy Joel, Echoes, Lost Souls, Commandos, The Hassles El Primo)
- Myke Scavone - Vox, Percussion (Doughboys, Yardbirds, Grip Weeds)
- Jerry Kasenetz - Producer
- Jeff Katz - Producer
- Barry Magaliff - Engineer
- Steve Goldman - Asst Engineer
- Ed Kleven - Mgmt, Direction
- Barry Taylor - Liner Note (Record World)
- Robert Biro - Art Direction
- Stanislaw Zagorski - Cover Art
Album Review: The album sounds like a conglomerate of all the sounds of the early 70's hard rock. A little metal, a little southern, bluesy rock, and some progressive jams, the album is to music what clipart is to drawing. Interestingly enough is that the record was produced by thee bublegum pop duo of the late 60's Kasenetz-Katz. They regrouped with one of their former band's members: the lemon pipers Bill Bartlett to make this album to fit the next era of music popularity, even if it was a little late after the sounds had long been established. Definite hints of Hendrix, Sabbath and Stones throughout the album. I have heard their cover of Leadbelly's (only by attribute: the song existed his '39 recording) "Black Betty," which wikipedia says was actually recorded by Bartlett's former band Starstruck, with him being the only Ram Jam member on the recording. It takes the original 59 second song and makes it their own, but included lyrical backlash from the NAACP and Congress of Racial Equality. "Too Bad On Your Birthday" borrows the melody of CCR's Proud Mary, and is touted as a T Rex style parody. The band recorded 2 albums with this lineup, and K+K revived the band for a third album in the 90's.
Stand Out Track: Black Betty
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