Last week I posted up a track by Clydie King and in the write up mentioned
that she was with The Blackberries, a sought after backing group, who
supported Humble Pie among many others. Well, at the weekend I saw a music programme on BBC Four which featured 'Black Coffee' by
Humble Pie live on The Old Grey Whistle test from 1973 which had The
Blackberries, who at that time consisted of (left to right) Billie Barnum
(who is H.B. Barnum's sister and was also a member of The Apollas and
replaced Sherlie Matthews on this live recording), Venetta Fields (who was a member of The Ikettes / Mirettes) and Clydie King,
The song was written (and
recorded in 1972 on 'Feel Good') by Ike & Tina Turner and I was impressed
at how soulful and blusey Steve Marriott's voice was on this track.
The whole chemistry of the performance is great so I thought I'd share
it. Take it for what it is (and consider the line 'my skin is white
but my soul is black') but some nice vintage footage of The Blackberries.
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