New Year Concert 1971 genreRock and Paul Craft's "Drop Kick

and Paul Craft's "Drop Kick Me Jesus” itself a 1976 Grammy nominee

Ooh-ee Baby

which led to more offers and festivals

This recording however captures Rick Danko the solo musician and is a wonderful example of what Rick brought to the band as a performer and yet made him so special as a solo artist

demonstrates how Soft Machine took risks night after night

New Year Concert 1971 genreRock and Paul Craft's "Drop KickOut of stock Mountain were a fearsome rock combo that made an extremely successful noise in the early seventies. They became a major live draw, following hard on the heels of Cream and Jimi Hendrix and the bands improvisational approach really took off in a concert setting. The combination of Leslie Wests peerless guitar pyrotechnics, the crunch and drive of the Felix Pappalardi Corky Laing rhythm section and the melodic frosting of Steve Knights