The Nick Graventies - John Cipollina Band - Monkey Medicine

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1988
Time: 50:57 
Size: 125,2 MB 
Label: Legend Music
Styles: Blues
Art: Full 
Tracks Listing:
 1. Blues In The Bottle - 4:06
 2. Six Weeks In Reno - 4:30
 3. I`ll Pul The Trigger - 3:34
 4. Trust Me - 3:50
 5. Buriep Aleve In The Blues - 5:16
 6. Born In Chcago - 4:13
 7. Bad Luck Baby - 7:36
 8. Signs Of Life - 3:50
 9. Pride Of Man - 3:53
10. Hot Rods And Cool Women - 2:15
11. Small Walk-In Box - 7:49

Musicians:
John Cipollina - Guitars;
Nick Graventies - Guitars,Vocals;
Al Staehely - Bass Guitar,Vocals;
Marcus David - Drums.

These two gentlemen knew each other for a long time and have played together off and on for many years. The Chicago blues and San Francisco music scenes are reflected in their music styles. John Cipollina formerly of Quicksilver Messenger Service is a one of a kind guitarists. Nick's voice is good and the band is spot on, if sometimes a bit subdued. The playing is solid, and the material is strong. Yes, they were more exciting live -- they were also more exciting later when they'd worked out more vocal harmonies, and had more material -- but this was the chance they had, and they made the most of it.
The music of the Gravenites-Cippolina Band was unlike any other. It can't be compared to Quicksilver Messenger Service...which band was the apple and which the orange? The Gravenites-Cipollina Band created unique blues rock. It picks up where Mike Bloomfield left off.
This is a very rare release of what the band was doing at the time...at their best.

Monkey Medicine