Stop (Eric Burdon Band album)
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Stop is a hard rock
/funk
album by a band consisting of Burdon, John Sterling
, Kim Kesterson and Terry Ryan, known as the first incarnation of Eric Burdon Band, ever.
They formed in 1971, after Burdon left his previous band War
to cut an album with blues
/jazz
-great Jimmy Witherspoon
. They recorded the album ‘’Guilty
’’ and then, without Witherspoon, the album ‘’Stop’’.
It wasn’t released until July 1975. Also it featured no hit single, but had some American chart success, reaching both US and Canadian album charts.
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
/funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
album by a band consisting of Burdon, John Sterling
John Sterling
John Sterling may refer to:*John Sterling , British author, subject of a life by Thomas Carlyle*John Sterling, character in Robert A...
, Kim Kesterson and Terry Ryan, known as the first incarnation of Eric Burdon Band, ever.
They formed in 1971, after Burdon left his previous band War
War (band)
War is an American funk band from California, known for the hit songs "Low Rider", "Spill the Wine", "The Cisco Kid" and "Why Can't We Be Friends?". Formed in 1969, War was a musical crossover band which fused elements of rock, funk, jazz, Latin, rhythm and blues, and reggae...
to cut an album with blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
/jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
-great Jimmy Witherspoon
Jimmy Witherspoon
Jimmy Witherspoon was an American jump blues singer.-Early life and career:James Witherspoon was born in Gurdon, Arkansas. He first attracted attention singing with Teddy Weatherford's band in Calcutta, India, which made regular radio broadcasts over the U. S. Armed Forces Radio Service during...
. They recorded the album ‘’Guilty
Guilty (1971 album)
Guilty! is a 1971 album by Eric Burdon and Jimmy Witherspoon. It was the first release by Burdon after he left his band War.-History:...
’’ and then, without Witherspoon, the album ‘’Stop’’.
It wasn’t released until July 1975. Also it featured no hit single, but had some American chart success, reaching both US and Canadian album charts.
Track list
- “City Boy” (3:50, Burdon, Sterling)
- “Gotta Get it On” (2:57, Sterling, Hodgson)
- “The Man” (2:56, Sterling, Mitthauer, Ryan)
- „I’m Lookin’ Up“ (2:15, Sterling, Kesterson)
- “Rainbow” (2:39, Burdon, Kesterson, Morris)
- “All I Do” (2:08, Burdon, Kesterson, Sterling)
- “Funky Fever” (2:48, Ryan, Sterling)
- “The Way it Should Be” (3:13, Sterling)
- “Stop” (5:45, Sterling, Kesterson, Haney)
Trivia
- In 1993 Avenue records and Rhino EntertainmentRhino EntertainmentRhino Entertainment Company is an American specialty record label and production company. It is owned by Warner Music Group.-History:Rhino was originally a novelty song and reissue company during the 1970s and 1980s, releasing compilation albums of pop, rock & roll, and rhythm & blues successes...
fusioned the albums together. - The song “Be Mine” (8:10, from “Stop”) is not included on the compilation.