The Climax Blues Band-Plays On (1969)

The Climax Chicago Blues Band are one of the best British blues bands that emerged in the late 1960s, yet they are one of the most unjustly forgotten by the general public.
Made up of the great guitarist Peter Haycock and the singer Colin Cooper, the rest consisted of the guitarist Derek Holt, the drummer George Newsome, the bassist Richard Jones and the keyboardist Arthur Wood.
After his debut album "The Climax Chicago Blues Band" released in 1969, which would get great reviews and acceptable sales.
Due to the pressures of the record company and the Chicago band that at that time were called the "Chicago Transit Authority", they made their name appear to "The Climax Blues Band", and under this name they released their second album "Plays On", which unlike their previous work, They fuse the blues with jazz approaches, obtaining a spectacular and brilliant sound.
From the beginning the band explored the jazzy terrain with the initial "Flight", which was followed by magnificent songs such as "So Many Roads", "Hey Baby", or the devastating Blues "Everything's Gonna Be Alright Yeh Yeh Yeh" or the happy "Crazy Bout My Baby".
An album full of deep and insurmountable sonority highlighting the impressive guitar solos of Haycock, one of those guitarists who are in the shadow of the greats but who absolutely do not deserve any talent.