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Title: Best Power Trio
Post by: LowRyter on April 20, 2020, 10:40:07 PM
I got motivated after reading the double album thread that devolved into any record whether 1 or 3 disks.  So, since you pissed me off, I'll start a new thread. 

I am sure many will say that Cream was the best power trio.  No doubt we'll have some Grand Funk fans.  Certainly the Hendrix Experience will be tops.  Blue Cheer?   Groundhogs?  Rush?  Buddy Holly?

You can't have a singer and 3 piece band, so no Who, Zeppelin, Nazareth, Jeff Beck Group (w/Rod Stewart)- NO!  That won't count.

The best trio:

(https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/ace04dea-8140-4f86-ba39-abee80b7d638_1.18bccacfdbef671263a4aaa3ba9540ec.jpeg?odnWidth=450&odnHeight=450&odnBg=ffffff)

One album. Live.  The Band of Gypsies.
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: kingoffleece on April 20, 2020, 10:44:19 PM
Cream.
I agree though Band of Gypsies is phenomenal but there are way too many horrible Hendrix shows recorded to hand them the crown.
For SINGLE performance no contest, though.  B of G is the King.

Holy crap, is that opinionated or what!?
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: oldbike54 on April 20, 2020, 11:00:35 PM
 Little Stevie Vaughn and Double Trouble .

 Dusty
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: Shorty on April 20, 2020, 11:01:59 PM
Depends on your mood. (https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FwaxwmjD9Dpc%2Fhqdefault.jpg&f=1&nofb=1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQpsUzPYCco

 These guys have been around for years. Glenn is in the Chicago Blues Hall of fame. AND he runs a 500 bed shelter for homeless and drug ridden people in the Windy City. Teaches them a trade. Makes his own guitars and amps. Does a little preachin, too.  :wink:
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: John A on April 20, 2020, 11:04:27 PM
Little Stevie Vaughn and Double Trouble .

 Dusty



Very good!
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: Moparnut72 on April 21, 2020, 12:15:32 AM
I got motivated after reading the double album thread that devolved into any record whether 1 or 3 disks.  So, since you pissed me off, I'll start a new thread. 

I am sure many will say that Cream was the best power trio.  No doubt we'll have some Grand Funk fans.  Certainly the Hendrix Experience will be tops.  Blue Cheer?   Groundhogs?  Rush?  Buddy Holly?

You can't have a singer and 3 piece band, so no Who, Zeppelin, Nazareth, Jeff Beck Group (w/Rod Stewart)- NO!  That won't count.

The best trio:

(https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/ace04dea-8140-4f86-ba39-abee80b7d638_1.18bccacfdbef671263a4aaa3ba9540ec.jpeg?odnWidth=450&odnHeight=450&odnBg=ffffff)

One album. Live.  The Band of Gypsies.

I was a student at a small university in New England. We had Jimi perform in April or May of 1968. He put on two shows. The first show's audience consisted of all the BMOCs and their dates. The second was all the rest of us freaks who got in for $5 a head with no reserved seating. A buddy attended both shows, he said the first one was ok. The second one was something else. He and the audience played off each other and things went nuts. It was one of the best concerts I have ever been to. It didn't hurt that the auditorium held only 900 so it was pretty much very intense. I will also add that his recordings don't do him justice he had a very melodious voice that his recordings don't capture.
kk
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: slowmover on April 21, 2020, 09:16:26 AM
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
West ,Bruce & Laing
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: PJPR01 on April 21, 2020, 09:20:35 AM
Me, Myself and I....De la Soul!   :thumb: :thumb:
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: cliffrod on April 21, 2020, 09:29:35 AM
Little Stevie Vaughn and Double Trouble .

 Dusty

X3  plus a lot more....
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: Don G on April 21, 2020, 09:37:35 AM
ZZ TOP  :thumb:
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: PJPR01 on April 21, 2020, 09:40:18 AM
ZZ TOP  :thumb:

Winner!   Little town of La Grange, just down the road...   :thumb: :thumb:
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: LAV3CL on April 21, 2020, 09:43:29 AM
Taste/ Rory Gallagher as a trio. Especially the early seventies with Wilgar Campbell on drums and Gerry McAvoy on bass.

Pete
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: kingoffleece on April 21, 2020, 11:10:31 AM
The Paladins are right up there.
Paul mark and The Van Dorens, too.  "The Drinks are on Me" is a good a song in the blues idiom as you'll ever hear-not a 3 chord mess but a simply fantastic story in a song.
Tal Farlow's trio was simply god like, too.  And the Bob James trio.  And The Police-it's never ending.
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: oldbike54 on April 21, 2020, 11:25:52 AM
 Peter , Paul , and Mary ?

 Dusty
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: John A on April 21, 2020, 11:57:41 AM
Peter , Paul , and Mary ?

 Dusty



Watcha been smoking now?
Pass it on over :azn:
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: PJPR01 on April 21, 2020, 12:09:55 PM
Peter , Paul , and Mary ?

 Dusty

Crosby, Stills and Nash (after Young)...
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: oldbike54 on April 21, 2020, 12:12:00 PM
Crosby, Stills and Nash (after Young)...

 Great musicians , well Stills anyway , although maybe not a power trio  :laugh:

 Dusty
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: jwinwi on April 21, 2020, 12:14:07 PM
The Kingston Trio? NOT!
For me it's Rush, followed closely by Cream. :popcorn:
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: Moto Vita on April 21, 2020, 12:55:15 PM
The Kingston Trio? NOT!
For me it's Rush, followed closely by Cream. :popcorn:

 I think of Cream as a supergroup more than a power trio. I certainly can't argue against Rush, but George and the Destroyers should be considered.
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: Antietam Classic Cycle on April 21, 2020, 01:04:52 PM
https://www.discogs.com/artist/999536-Johnny-Cash-The-Tennessee-Two

Johnny Cash, Luther Perkins, Marshall Grant

https://youtu.be/w-f_p204yHI


(https://i.ibb.co/5vmfcSf/Johnny-Cash-and-the-Tenn-Two.jpg) (https://ibb.co/5vmfcSf)
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: knockerjoe on April 21, 2020, 01:09:55 PM
The James Gang.


(https://i.ibb.co/pxrJFy7/CC896650-77-FE-44-C9-A5-ED-12391-F52-E5-DD.jpg) (https://ibb.co/pxrJFy7)
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: flip on April 21, 2020, 01:30:44 PM
ZZ TOP  :thumb:


 :bow:
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: screamday on April 21, 2020, 01:40:40 PM
Atomic Bitchwax

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h97Go2xHUOw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h97Go2xHUOw)
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: oldbike54 on April 21, 2020, 02:25:01 PM
 Samantha Fish and the Fishtones . Or whatever she calls her band  :laugh:

 Dusty
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: Ncdan on April 21, 2020, 03:01:49 PM
Three person you say, one word one group, the greatest of all time..... The Begees👍👍👍
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: screamday on April 21, 2020, 03:05:14 PM
Three person you say, one word one group, the greatest of all time..... The Begees👍👍👍

(https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/538/460/90d.jpg)

Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: PJPR01 on April 21, 2020, 04:03:31 PM
Oh...so what's the definition of a Power Trio then? 
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: oldbike54 on April 21, 2020, 04:19:42 PM
Oh...so what's the definition of a Power Trio then?

 Well , the first thing is the guitars have to be plugged into a great big stack of Marshall amplifiers  :shocked: :grin:

 Dusty
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: Guzzistajohn on April 21, 2020, 04:32:40 PM
Phil Dirt and the Dozers  :thumb:
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: Siamese on April 21, 2020, 04:33:15 PM
Dino, Desi, and Billy! 

But seriously, put me down for Hendrix.
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: oldbike54 on April 21, 2020, 04:41:16 PM
       

                                                                             Steve Pryor
                                                                  and the Mighty Kingsnakes

 Sometimes they had a keyboard player , and on occasion back in the day an incredible electric washboard player would sit in with the boys , but at their core they were a 3 chord power trio .

 Then there was a band from Little Rock Arkansas that apparently disappeared somewhere over Arizona that went by JJ McVeigh and the Moneymakers. Those boys could throw down also .

 Dusty
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: mobiker on April 21, 2020, 04:48:12 PM
Hard to argue with Cream or ZZ Top or Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble.. Or Rory Gallagher. Or the James Gang - never knew they were a trio. Or Rush. Or Grand Funk.

I'll throw in another: Robin Trower, Reg Isidore and James Dewar. Every time I hear "Bridge of Sighs" I marvel that its only 3 guys.
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: PJPR01 on April 21, 2020, 06:18:59 PM
Well , the first thing is the guitars have to be plugged into a great big stack of Marshall amplifiers  :shocked: :grin:

 Dusty

Well by comparison Crosby, Stills & Nash is a lot more electric than Peter, Paul & Mary...where's that stack of amplifiers now! 

 :thumb: :thumb:
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: LowRyter on April 21, 2020, 08:05:46 PM
ZZ TOP  :thumb:

I've seen ZZ Top more than any arena band.  Going back to 1972 opening for Humble Pie in Tulsa.  And Billy G mentions his visit with Jimi.

Nevertheless, the BOJ live album was just great.  It's #1 for me.  I mean Billy Cox can keep it together as whole the whole thing goes.

I suppose if I had seen Hendrix (+ Buddy Miles), I might have a different opinion.  I'd see Stevie R a few times too.  I especially liked the show he jammed with Huey Lewis in Norfolk in '84.  One of the best shows ever. 

"Who knows?"    :laugh:
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: LowRyter on April 21, 2020, 08:08:16 PM
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
West ,Bruce & Laing
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My garage band used to play some Mountain stuff.  Since no one knew it, it was like we had done it ourselves. 
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: LowRyter on April 21, 2020, 08:09:23 PM
Peter , Paul , and Mary ?

 Dusty

Exactly right.    :azn:
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: LowRyter on April 21, 2020, 08:12:45 PM
The Kingston Trio? NOT!
For me it's Rush, followed closely by Cream. :popcorn:

"Hang down your head Tom Dooley, hang down your head and cry, this time tomorrow, you'll be hanging on an old oak tree.........."


Man, that is is pretty dark.  You might be on something.   :bow:
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: LowRyter on April 21, 2020, 08:16:15 PM
The James Gang.


(https://i.ibb.co/pxrJFy7/CC896650-77-FE-44-C9-A5-ED-12391-F52-E5-DD.jpg) (https://ibb.co/pxrJFy7)


Someone explain what happened to those guys from Cleveland?

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/3e/8f/7c/3e8f7c9b4e6ee5e63df612c00e33db7b.jpg)


BTW, my garage band used to play "Walk Away".  I got the double hi hat going on it.
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: LowRyter on April 21, 2020, 08:24:44 PM
Guys, lots of good stuff.  I mean Stevie Ray is a pretty good one.  ZZ Top for sure.  James Gang? I'd forgotten.  All good stuff.

But I have to say that Hendrix live record is still on top.  I think we'll have to promote the The Band of Gypsies as the all star Wild Guzzi best power trio of all time.

Thanks for playing.   :wink:




Of course I might be wrong.
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: drburt on April 21, 2020, 08:33:53 PM
Primus
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: ozarquebus on April 21, 2020, 09:05:02 PM
MOTORHEAD  (RIP Lemmy)

(https://i.ibb.co/t4Tn4Gh/lemmy.jpg) (https://ibb.co/t4Tn4Gh)
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: GeorgiaGuzzi on April 22, 2020, 02:33:04 PM
Mountain.

https://youtu.be/Vr4jFxLNczQ
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: Groover on April 22, 2020, 04:16:03 PM
The Big Sky Project - Never heard of them? Not a lot of people have, I'd say a very lucky handful, literally..  :wink:

TBSP was power trio we formed and I was in about 10-12 years ago. That's me 11 years ago on the left playing a '77 Fender Precision Bass in Olympic white.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIOFQsW_bMs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHXXzuUCZCI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAUQBQbM7kQ
Title: Re: Best Power Trio
Post by: LowRyter on April 22, 2020, 04:41:05 PM
Great  stuff Groover!

TBSP is the Official Power Trio of Wild Guzzi.   :thumb:

Congratulations.