Shadows Of Knight - Gloria

NEW VINYL LP ON MUSIC ON VINYL 2016

180 GRAM VINYL.

Originally forming as the Shadows in 1964, this band of Chicago high schoolers became the Shadows of Knight after learning of the great UK band already named the Shadows. It was an interesting coincidence, as all four band members, then attending Prospect High School (“Home of the Knights!”), were major British invasion fans. While the English bands were busy crafting their interpretation of American blues, The Shadows of Knight, in their own words, “re-added a Chicago touch” to the Brit sound. The resulting music, dubbed “blues-punk,” was a high-energy mix of Chess and Cheshire, Chicago meets London in a back alley garage. Lead singer Jim Sohns could snarl like Howlin’ Wolf and move like Mick Jagger, a wicked combination guaranteed to generate pubescent pandemonium. It was clear that this was a band that was going places.

Tracklist

1. Gloria
2. Light Bulb Blues
3. I Got My Mojo Working
4. Dark Side 
5. Boom Boom
6. Let It Rock
7. Oh Yeah
8. It Always Happens That Way
9. You Can't Judge A Book (By The Cover)
10. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
11. I Just Want To Make Love To You