Leslie´s Motel-Dirty Sheets (1972)

Another of those obscure and unknown bands from the 1970s was the impressive Leslie's Motel, who played a Southern rock with hints of blues and hard rock. They only had the opportunity to record one forgotten album, which was rediscovered several decades later. Hailing from Kentucky, their original lineup consisted of vocalist and guitarist Bill Tullis, guitarist and vocalist Mike Seibold, keyboardist Richard Bush, bassist Ray Barrickman, and drummer Roy Blumenfeld, the latter a former member of Al Kooper's Blues Project. In 1972, they recorded a series of songs that would later appear on their debut album, "Dirty Sheets", which featured tracks such as the jazzy "Step Down Baby", the frenetic blues-rock "My Sweet Woman", the psychedelic hard rock "Blister", the dusty "Reason Why" and "Windmills", and "Latino Motel", the latter a jam tour de force with clear influences from Santana's Latin sounds. In the following years, the band toured extensively throughout North America with renowned artists such as Harvey Brooks, the Charlie Daniels Band, and Mike Bloomfield, among others, before finally disbanding some time later with little media or commercial impact.