STONEHOUSE
Stonehouse Creek 1971
The track 'Move Away' is listed on sleeve but is not on the disc.
Actual tracks running order is:
1 Stonehouse Creek
2 Hobo
3 Cheater
4 Nightmare
5 Crazy White Folk
6 Down, Down
7 Ain't No Game
8 Don't Push Me
9 Topaz
10 Four Letter Word
11 Stonehouse Creek (reprise)
Members
Pete Spearing (guitar, vocals)
James Smith (vocals)
Ian Snow (drums)
Terry Parker (bass)
The decade of the 70’s was arguably the greatest in the history of rock(my personal favorite) and this album from’71 is truly a lost gem that makes you wonder why the f#ck these guys never hit it big. Stonehouse was one of the many groups that slipped through the cracks - of course that’s why there are sites like this! It wouldn’t be obscure then would it, which is the point, right?
Opinions are like assholes, everyone’s got one, but alas one man’s pleasure is another man’s poison and Stonehouse Creek is an example of that, In my opinion of course. Well enough of this rant and on to the task at hand.
Firstly, I love how the band begins and ends with the subtle, acoustical reflection of their beautiful spot that they live, fishin etc. Then they launch into Hobo, with it’s tasteful guitar and maniacal vocals, and I’m hooked. The rest of the record follows this simple formula, and let’s face it, sometimes simplicity beats complicity. Nuff said…
They're filling in Stone House Creek
A little blurb about the band from http://boyzmakenoyze.blogspot.com
Keith Leadbetter said...
They were from the Plymouth area. I used to attend their weekly gig in the Ark Royal pub in 1974-1975, when I was in the Navy. They played as a trio most of the time under the name Asgard (Peter Spearing, Ian Snow and bass player Rod Heap). Jim Smith from the original lineups later joined them. They mostly played covers of popular metal songs, but they regularly played "Stonehouse Creek" and "Crazy White Folk" from this album. Pete Spearing was a fine guitarist who played a beautiful red Gibson 335