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Cadillac Blues Band
12+ albums
blueshard-n-bluesblues rockrockbluesrock
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There appears to be more than one band that goes by the name 'Cadillac Blues Band'. Two, one from the UK and the other from Texas are mentioned below. I. The band traces its roots through guitarists Coll Michaels and Kim Rew back to Blues Apex, founded in 1966 by jazzman and composer John Altman in support of a CND fund-raising gig billed with Roy Harper and Stray at the legendary Roundhouse in Chalk Farm. Charged by the experience, bassist Ian Charles and Coll Michaels enlisted two school friends - guitarist and songwriter Kimberley Rew and drummer Ian Worsfold, carrying the band on to North-West London's lively club circuit. 'Discovery' led to a demo of Kim's classic songs "get Around Stoned", "So Hard to Find" and "Summer Song" in London's Tin-Pan Alley' at Central Sound studios. Mickey Most's subsequent proposal for the band to record and release "Jet Set", an orphaned Herman's Hermits bubble-gum song, was met with abject horror by the band. Blues Apex's naive and unworldly response was duly noted by the star maker, who subsequently refused to take further telephone calls pleading for a chance to record their own compositions for a culture-starved UK public. Daunted but not defeated, the boys resolved to finish their academic commitments while continuing to convene during odd weekends and college holidays until, not surprisingly, paths diverged. Kimberley collaborated with his new friends at Cambridge, and the resultant Soft Boys enjoyed a long and successful run, ac
