Burning Tree
From Los Angeles, USA, this three-piece unit specialized in early '70s blues-based power rock. Marc Ford (guitar/vocals), Mark Dutton (bass/vocals) and Doni Gray (drums) re-invented, re-hashed and re-interpreted the riffs, licks and solos first unleashed by artists including Eric Clapton, John Mayall and Jimi Hendrix. In essence they were revivalists using Cream as a musical template to work from. They celebrated rather than simply duplicated, breathing new life into well-worn arrangements by a combination of sheer conviction and the application of technology. It was not enough to bring them the longevity associated with the great blues artists however, with Gray joining ex-Quireboys' singer Spike in a new project, God's Hotel.