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rlt;t»• #1 *V v played w ith T«*lt;i before and itwav magilt; If I had my choice, in anopening band situation I d have uson the road with Ted Hi audience is really a hard rolt; k audiencv andwe re just different enough that itdoesn * lt;a is» u conflict he said inreferern e to a .sometimes obviousproblem th..t isn t soobv tons before the eon * rt if you tak* two bands who sound gr« lt;t but s mew hat similar and have them play back b back somebody e going to be slighted m the audience s mind onthe w a v OUt f the build gAsidt from \ aying w ,th and en joying Nugent the bassist listens to a wide \ -rietv of 'v U‘TU listen to a lot of differentbands and right now I m listening toa lot of funk-rock A lot of musicians particularly hard rock musicians, are afraid to say they%ifwantedI clock w from top )Kick SanfordRoger Homei)Jeff PooleMike PrinceMichael Diamondake mother type of music I hate to n ike value judgements on other • aids though espet iall f I kr a the guvs in the group I might \ *out completely different things th..lt;u most listeners so I Slav out of ♦•v aluaUng other bands The present and final edition f legs Diamond took years t fmuiate Guitarist Roger Homei ( arnc to the w est coast from Dep t ind replaced a guitarist in the Knglish blues vein Singer Rn kSa .!' rd filled the voc alist void b\ jur,.ping from his band Michael had pi.eyed the hotel circuit for th*bread involved Organist Mike Prince was persuaded to joindespiu* his ever present stage fright(see first album for the song by thesame name! Drummer Jeff Poolewas a longtime associate of Michaels.It fell into place with Sanford and Home© enlisting The L A. record was the first chance to put something on wax Two years later, with two albums on one of the largest labels, the battle for furtherrecognition continues As Michael pointed out. you reach plateaus of success It's the same in any business, when you become successful at one level you need to pull yourself up to the next rung In their first Houston appearance the Legs were virtually enraptured by the audience Time limitations held them back but the crowd was receptive and enthusiastic despite the audio problems 1 told someone before we went in that I d be disappointed if they w ere anything less then great - and they lived up to expectations
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Pasadena Citizen
Pasadena, Texas, US
Sat, Dec 17, 1977
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