Mariah “Mariah” 1975 US Hard Rock Classic Rock
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Here is a Chicago band with a huge story that crosses several artists / bands. This band began with the name The Jamestown Massacre in 1967. The two exponents of the group were Vic (VJ) Comforte and David Bickler.
The band played throughout Chicago during the years 1969 through 1974, and had contact with people like Jim Peterick, Barry Mraz and Bob De Stock. The band went through several training changes. There is a connection to Survivor with Bickler, Sullivan and Peterick, all with one hand on the band’s destiny. In this way, Mariah decided to move from Chicago to Los Angeles to promote themselves, and a contract with United Artists, its rd album andwas born the following year in 1976. If you like bands like Emperor, Starcastle, Doobie Brothers and Legs Diamond, then this beautiful album with the flavor of the 70’s is supposed to mess with your world.Strong and melodic vocal harmonies are found in abundance in this album. The dual guitar work Fogerty and Sullivan pop and shine all the way, but it is the keyboard / O rgão Mark Ayers giving the band its color. Ayers “plowed” her work with the same enthusiasm as Herbe Schildt and Mike Prince. Starting with ‘Hey Mama’ the band tore Foghat as an enthusiastic dance number. 'Rock And Roll Band’ is similar to the Boston song of the same name, which by the lyrics, seems very autobiographical. You conhe c and the letter .. “We arewe’re just another band out of Boston … "In that case, Mariah’s lyrics are seen as” we were born in Chicago almost a year ago … six guys working together to have a show .. “Usually this is a Mystic Lady 'takes on the person of Legs Diamons, with the ever-present organ hovering in the background.Also there is the low-plow of’ Reunion ’, the harmony Starcastle as a vocal, raises the band from the ground.
Slightly different is the bar-room boogie of 'Asleep At The Wheel’, light and fun. 'Broadway’ also has a dancing blackbeat style, but diverts to a hard-rocking middle-ground as it progresses. 'Nomad Man’ is a heavy acoustic taste with an occasional guitar solo and intense, shining from start to finish, Firefall and America style. The featured track on the album is the incredible 'Feel It’ as a point of reference for Creed, Emperor and countless others. The album ends with another electric / acoustic endeavor 'I Was Born’. The harmonies continue to flow in abundance…..~
By 1974 the line-up had coalesced around keyboardist Mark Ayers, bassist Ed Burek, singer Comforte, drummer Wayne DiVarko, and lead guitarists Len Fogerty and Frankie Sullivan. Embolden by their Warner Brother contract they decided to relocate to Los Angeles. After changing their name to Mariah, the group scored a contract with United Artists, making their album debut with 1975’s cleverly-titled "Mariah”. Produced by Bob Destocki, there wasn’t anything particularly original across these nine tracks with the band wholesale re-purposing influences from a broad spectrum of groups including The Doobies’ smooth vocals, Foghat-styled boogie rock, Kansas and Styx-styled lite progressive moves, and Uriah Heep-styled heaviness. Songs like 'Reunion’ and 'Broadway’ were great for playing spot-the-influences. That said, the nine tracks were uniformly enjoyable; full of sparkling, radio-ready melodies; nice vocal harmonies, and enough hooks to please any top-40 dj. Comforte had the kind of voice that was perfectly suite for the AOR genre - tough, but friendly and commercial, while the band’s Fogerty-Sullivan twin lead guitar attack was an added bonus on tracks like 'Rock and Roll Band’. Personal highlights were the closing rocker 'I Was Born’ and the first single 'Hay Mama’. Baseline your expectations and this could be a nice surprise….Bad Cat…~
Credits
Bass Guitar – Ed Burek
Crew – Joe Dorosz, Tom Henrie
Crew [Road Manager] – Don D'Agostino
Directed By [Direction] – Asher Dann, Bruce Glatman
Drums – Wayne DiVarco
Keyboards – Mark Ayers (2)
Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Len Fogerty
Lead Guitar, Vocals – Frank Sullivan*
Lead Vocals, Percussion – V. J. Comforte
Tracklist
Hey Mama 3:09
Rock And Roll Band 4:16
Mystic Lady 2:42
Reunion 6:16
Asleep At The Wheel 2:54
Broadway (How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down On Broadway After They’ve Seen The Farm?) 4:14
Nomad Man 3:24
Feel It 3:52
I Was Born 4:24