Anyone remember Cozy Powell?

[BIGBENDS]

Schenker

Gary Barden

Cozy Powell

Chris Glenn

Paul Raymond

[Riffster]

I remember Cozy from his Rainbow days. Great drummer.

 

From MSG I only have the Built to Destroy album...in vinyl.

[btoth76]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfDbcIl1-KY

 

Cozy Powell - Gary Moore - Don Airey. (Dedicated to Randy Rhoads).

[pippy]

The first time I heard CP was a single he released called 'Dance with the Devil'. This was just before he joined Rainbow.

 

He was still a part of Rainbow when I saw them on their 'Rainbow Rising' tour.

 

I must admit I didn't know he was ever in the MSG....

 

 

P.

 

 

[pauloon]

Great great drummer (R.I.P),...was a bit like s**t though,..got everywhere,..was in more bands than gaffer tape!...saw him with jeff beck...awesome gig.....and with peter green..not so awesome..

some of his jobs.

• The Sorcerers (1967–1968)
• Youngblood (1968–1969)
• The Ace Kefford Stand (1969)
• Big Bertha (1969–1970)
• The Jeff Beck Group (1970–1972)
• Bedlam (1972–1973)
• Cozy Powell (1973–1974)
• Cozy Powell's Hammer (1974)
• Rainbow (1975–1980)
• Cozy Powell (1979)
• Graham Bonnet & the Hooligans (1980–1981)
• Cozy Powell (1981)
• Michael Schenker Group (1981–1982)
• Cozy Powell (1982–1983)
• Whitesnake (1982–1985)
• Emerson, Lake & Powell (1985–1986)
• Pete York/Cozy Powell (1987)
• Black Sabbath (1988–1991)
• The Brian May Band (1991–1992)
• Cozy Powell (1992)
• Cozy Powell's Hammer (1992–1993)
• The Brian May Band (1993–1994)
• Black Sabbath (1994–1995)
• Peter Green Splinter Group (1997)
• Tipton, Entwistle and Powell (1997)
• Yngwie Malmsteen (1997)
• The Brian May Band (1998)
• Peter Green Splinter Group (1998)
• The Snakes (1998).....wiki info.

 

 

[pippy]

• Cozy Powell's Hammer (1974)

That reminded me so strongly of a deep-set memory I just had to wiki it for myself...

 

After 'Dance With the Devil' he had a second hit with 'Na Na Na' - also from the year before CP joined Rainbow.

 

I remember it so well because 'my bassist' (LOL!) at the time loved the line from the song;

"and the bass man he don't cop with no glamour/I want to be the man with the fifty-pound hammer"...

 

I, on the other hand, liked this lot;

"I know you get your kicks / Playing Hendrix licks / You're a wizard of Wembley Central

You're the J. S. Bach of Belsize park / And me I'm just plain mental.

 

 

But when I play my boogie / when I play my blues / It's like a whole tank regiment on the move

You can play the notes and you can tell the story / Me I'll just settle for the power and the qlory."

 

 

Happy, carefee days!

 

Here's the very clip shown on Top of the Pops all of those 38 years ago....

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZsOVCaLGyQ

 

Nice 'burst, too!....

 

P.