Pete Eye Trio

The Doctor is back with a little mystery platter for everyone. Here’s the story, I picked up this LP at a record show from a fellow collector. He snagged it from a thrift store in Missouri while on a road trip through the Midwest. There is very little I can tell you about this record being that it is essentially the poster child for a private press LP. The front cover is comprised of a stock image and there is absolutely nothing on the back cover. It was recorded in Independence Missouri at Multiple Subterranean Recording Studios (sweet name, huh?) and is listed as Cavern Custom Recording #41287. Besides the names of the players there’s not a lot more that I can give you, even the vinyl is missing a recording date. My best guess is that it was recorded sometime in the mid to late 70’s by a local club act and received only regional distribution in the Kansas City area. Well, this is Pete’s big chance to get some worldwide recognition through the blogoshere. Good luck Pete!!

OK, how about a quick break down of the album. The album is a pretty standard affair, made up of a smattering of cover songs and some originals. Pete switches between the Fender Rhodes and or Wurlitzer elp and acoustic piano, often times back and forth within the individual cuts. There is a smoking cover of “Sissy Strut” that opens the album which is hands down my personal fave but there are other nice moments here including: original “Good Bait” and a decent cover of “Sumthin You Got”. The only downside occurs when Pete decides to grace us with his vocal styling, for all of you who hated the Ben Sidran I posted, be warned that Pete’s voice is similar if not worse. Even with its vocal flaws the album is still a pretty nice showpiece of private press Americana that deserves to be rediscovered. So hop in your musical time machine and take a trip down to Missouri, crack a brewski and enjoy the musical magic of the Pete Eye Trio.




Boomp3.com

Pete Eye – Fender Rhodes and or Wurlitzer Electric Piano and Acoustic Piano
John Hatton – Acoustic Bass
Barry Gould – Drums

Pete Eye or nay, let me know in the comments section.

Peace………………..Dr. Fever



My bad, just found a few things on the web about Pete here and the album here. Our internet has been down the last few days so I was unable to do my usual research on this post.