Velvert Turner Group - S/T
AMG Wrote:
Velvert Turner was apparently a friend of Jimi Hendrix's, and the Hendrix vibe on the album Velvert Turner Group is almost overpowering, right down to the fish-eye photo on the back cover. Turner's got great guitar tone and a playing style quite similar to Jimi. The songs are also similar to later-period Hendrix, circa First Rays of the New Rising Sun, but with some keyboards added. In fact, "Three O'Clock Train" starts out with a riff very close to "Izabella," then sounds more like "51st Anniversary" in the body of the tune. The really shocking thing, though, is how much Turner's voice sounds like Jimi. It's jarring, right down to the same vocal inflections. But it doesn't sound like imitation, it just sounds like they came from the same places. The songs are good, although not the equal of Hendrix's, but some of the guitar playing is great, with some good feedback and panning effects to boot. It's certainly derivative, but Jimi left so few official albums that this will be a welcome sound to Hendrix fans.
Fugi "Mary Don't Take Me On No Bad Trip"

AMG Wrote:
Signed by Chess, recorded, and promptly forgotten, Fugi is a great "what if" of American music. He carved a niche all his own as a sort of sinister Curtis Mayfield, albeit with the darker, druggier tones of early Funkadelic woven through his particular fantasy. The nuggets of something truly grand are here, especially in the paranoid fantasy of the title track. That song alone might be worth the price. One can only wonder what might have happened if he had gotten the attention he so richly deserved. A tragedy for sure
Black Merda "The Folk's From Mother's Mixer"

AMG Wrote:
Black Merda was a funky rock combo with a significant debt to Jimi Hendrix, mixing fuzz-toned, psychedelic blues-rock with folky acoustic passages and contemporary late-'60s soul. Featuring guitarists Anthony and Charles Hawkins, bassist Veesee L. Veasey, and drummer Tyrone Hite, the group got its start in Mississippi but traveled to Chicago to record for Chess, issuing a self-titled debut album in 1967. The following year, they were linked to another psychedelic soul group on Chess, Fugi, and their debut album Mary, Don't Take Me on No Bad Trip; some accounts say the bands were one and the same, others list Black Merda simply as producers. Shortening their name to Mer-Da, the group returned in 1971 with Long Burn the Fire, a funkier outing for Janus that bore a likeness to early Funkadelic.
Purple Image - S/T
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DustyGroove Wrote:
A key album in the post-Hendrix tradition of funky black rock -- and the only album ever recorded by Cleveland's Purple Image! The approach here follows nicely in the same territory worked by Funkadelic and Fugi in the early days -- a heady, fuzzed-up blend of trippy guitars, heavy rhythms, and some nice sweeter soul touches -- all in a mode that swings nicely between really messed-up tunes, and others with a lighter, more soul-based approach. Side two of the record is dominated by the great jamming track "Marching to a Different Drummer" -- easily enough to rival anything on Funkadelic's Free Your Mind album -- and other cuts include "Living In the Ghetto", "Why", "Lady", and "We Got To Pull Together"
Buddy Miles Expressway "Expressway To Your Skull"
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DustyGroove Wrote:
A super tripped-out blend of rock, funk, and soul -- easily one of Buddy Miles' most mindblowing albums -- and a classic that never lets up at all! Buddy's leading the whole group on drums -- really kicking things large from behind the kit -- while the rest of the group jams in a heavy style that's got plenty of fuzzed-out guitar and jazzy horn riffs -- virtually a blueprint for countless other rock funk groups that copped Buddy's style in years to come. The drums alone are worth the price of admission -- but the whole album's so right, tight, and outta sight that it's been a favorite in our crates for years! Titles include "Train", "Let Your Lovelight Shine", "Don't Mess With Cupid", "Funky Mule", and "Wrap It Up"
Those are the first that come to mind if you've already mined the Hendrix/Sly/PFunk catalogs but The PFunk mine is a deep one that you should continue down if you haven't.
Others:
Black Nasty
Black Heat
Demon Fuzz
Barkays "Black Rock"
Arthur Lee played some hendrix style guitar so maybe some of Love's lesser known albums...I think "Four Sail" is supposed to be more of a rocker. Strangely, I've not gotten around to hearing it or buying it.
The Chains and Black Exhaust Bootleg comp is basically exactly what you are looking for too if you can find it. I'd imagine its not super easy to get anymore.