Butts Band

1. I Won't Be Alone Anymore
2. Baja Bus
3. Sweet Danger
4. Pop-A-Top
5. Be With Me
6. New Ways
7. Love Your Brother
8. Kansas City

 

 

 

 

Produced by: Bruce Botnick

Recorded at: Olympic Studios, London and in Kingston, Jamaica

Engineers - London / Keith Harwood & Kingston / Bruce Botnick

Label: Blue Thumb (BTS 63) & Island (UK) ILPS 9161

Released: June 1974

Personnel:
Jess Roden – Vocals, Guitar
Phillip Chen - Bass, Guitar (Track 4)
Roy Davies - Keyboards, Synthesiser
John Densmore - Bass
Robby Krieger - Guitar
Larry McDonald - Congas (Tracks 2,4)
Allan Sharp - Congas (Track 7)
Mick Weaver - Wurlitzer Piano (Tracks 6,8), Organ (Track 7)

Review - "The debut of The Butts Band provides many pleasurable moments with its economical medium-tempo rock. Roy Davies jazzy electric piano coupled with Kriegers tenuously blended guitar recalls The Doors 'Riders on The Storm'. Jess Roden sings wildly in a style reminiscent of Burton Cummings and some will find his harshness repelling. Theres plenty of variety. They go from conga-addled soul rythms to floating synthisized rveries but the album coheres well. The band shows further promise in elevating mediocre songs into listenable cuts through creative arranging.
Harold Bronson
Rolling Stone, May 9th 1974