Brother T. And Family - Drillin' Of The Rock (2009)

The dedicated Gear Fab research team informs us Brother T And Family had roots in a pair of well known German bands, including The Rattles and The German Bonds. Released in 1970 on the FASS label, “Drillin’ Of The Rock” primarily channels a hard rock tenor. Buttoned tight with weighty licks, rollicking keyboards, beer-bellied hooks, and throaty vocals, the album fuses staggering kung fu sonics with trickles of tongue-in-cheek curves to both awe-inspiring and amusing effects. Laced with psychedelic crumbs, the title track of the album slings an operatic chorus into the soup for added color, and then there’s “Lookin’ For Barbara,” “Stranger,” “Walking Down Paradise Street,” “Brother T,” and “Stewball” that grind and crunch with brass and sass. Those with a yen for the boot-stomping sounds of Amboy Dukes, Steppenwolf, and Deep Purple, are guaranteed to dig this disc. But not every song on “Drillin’ Of The Rock” is cast of a hairy and heavy mood.