USA Band Bulldog LP Albums
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"Bulldog" Debut Album 1972 MCA Records
"Smasher" Second Album 1974 Buddah Records
Both Albums in V/G Cond.
When the Rascals broke up in 1972, guitarist Gene Cornish and drummer Dino Danelli joined forces with lead singer and bassist Billy Hocher and keyboardist John Turi, resulting in the birth of Bulldog. The band’s self-titled debut album, produced by Gene and Dino, suggested they were off to a very promising start. Dominated by a loose and lively party vibe, Bulldog stomped and swaggered with the raunchiest of the lot. The album spawned a minor hit single with “No,” which reached No. 44 on the national charts. Guided by Billy’s whiskey-and-cigarettes growl, set somewhere between Leon Russell and Joe Cocker, the blues-based pop affair slinked and strutted with jaunty piano fills, cemented by a curtain of lilting Beatles-inspired harmonies. Further highlighted by snappy melodies, “No” certainly pushed all the right buttons to make a lasting impression. Dripping with oil and grease, “I’m a Madman” and “Juicin’ With Lucy” groan to a crude-but-catchy tone of punishing drums, teeth-gnashing guitars and romping keyboards. A grinding version of Bobby Day’s “Rockin’ Robin” and a crushing cover of Chuck Berry’s “Too Much Monkey Business” acknowledge the band’s roots in an almost tongue-in-cheek manner. As a matter of fact, Bulldog pays quite a bit of homage to 1950s-styled rock and roll, but synthesizes these influences with a contemporary complexion comparable to acts like the Faces and Savoy Brown. A bar band mentality tends to drive much of the material on Bulldog, but such a comment is intended to be positive. Smasher, Bulldog’s second album, appeared in 1974 on the Buddah label, Hammering the point home with funky frills and boogie woogie rhythms, Bulldog steps in as a classic example of early-’70s blues-rocking soul.
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