Blackeyed Susan - Electric Rattlebone & Just A Taste (CD) - CD

Details: Digitally remastered two CD set. Former Britny Fox frontman Dean Davidson put together a new outfit following an acrimonious split from his former band mates, amidst tales of punch ups in hotel corridors and accusations that the other members of the band had been more interested in playing Nintendo than rehearsing. Once Blackeyed Susan had been put together no less than eight labels were beating a path to his door. Amongst the first to join Davidson in this new venture was guitarist/keyboardist Rick Criniti who had previously been a side-man with Cinderella, whilst bassist Erik Levy s main prior claim to fame had been designing the Britny Fox logo. The album, released almost a year to the day Davidson quit Britny Fox was produced by Randy Cantor. Taking their cue from the early Seventies, Blackeyed Susan travelled the blues rock path but had enough of their own originality to compete on a level playing field. The band split after Mercury pulled the plug on their tour support whilst Davidson & Co, were out on the road in America with Bulletboys and The Scream in late '91.