Ill Wind Flashes 1966 68 us, west coast , trippy psychedelic masterpiece

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In 1970 the band reformed with all original members except Ken, with Carey rejoining on lead guitar and organ in place of Ken, Conny on vocals, Richard on rhythm guitar, Dave on drums, Michael on bass, and Berred acting as road manager for larger venues. After a few months, Carey quit again and was eventually replaced by Walter Bjorkman. In this form the band carried on doing mostly covers for nearly a year. Richard left in 1971, to be replaced eventually with Bryant Thayer on piano.

In this configuration, with Conny and Dave as the only remaining members from the ABC album, and with Michael still on bass, the band probably played more performances than ever before, but finally dissolved for good in 1973. The surviving members of III Wind remain in touch with each other, and all but Ken still live in New England. He became a successful real estate entrepreneur in Northern California, and owned and ran a major music venue, The Cotati Cabaret, in the 1980s, when he also formed the classical group The Electric Guitar Quartet. Ken received his Ph.D in Psychology, and is currently undertaking psychology research. He continues to perform professionally in Marin County, California.

He created the III Wind website, www.lll-Wind.com, and was the driving force behind the creation of this CD. Michael Walsh continued to be involved in music for over 30 years, working mostly out of Boston, but also Nashville and California. He played with many notable performers, including Jonathan Edwards, Tom Rush, Livingston Taylor, Vassar Clements, James Montgomery, John Pousette-Dart, Andy Pratt, Robin Lane, Mark Spoelstra, Bill Stains and David Mallet. He currently lives in Vermont.

Judy (Bradbury) Frankel embarked on a successful solo singing career after an amicable divorce from Ken in 1989. She was internationally known as a singer and collector of Jewish Sephardic music. Judy lived in San Francisco for 30 years prior to her death in 2008. To learn more, visit www.JudyFrankel.org.

Berred Ouellette became a successful recording engineer. He has worked on productions in England, France, Venezuela, and 49 of the 50 United States. He has toured with and / or recorded many famous performers, including Livingston Taylor, Tony Williams, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Aerosmith, Buddy Guy & Junior Wells, The J. Geils Sana, JethroTull, The Beach Bovs, Linda Ronstadt, America and dozens of national jazz acts, and continues to do so. He currently lives in Massachusetts.
by Susan Nielsen, June 2009



Tracks
Disc One


1. Walkin' And Singin' (Tom Frankel) - 0:00

2. People Of The Night (Ken, Tom Frankel) - 3:10

3. Little Man (Ken, Tom Frankel) - 10:55

4. Dark World (Ken, Tom Frankel) - 15:25

5. L.A.P.D. (Richard Criggs) - 19:11

6. High Flying Bird (Billy Ed Wheeler) - 24:16

7. Hung Up Chick (Ken, Tom Frankel) - 29:14

8. Sleep (Ken Frankel) - 35:07

9. Full Cycle (Ken, Tom Frankel) - 37:45


All Tracks Recorded In New York, 1968 Produced By Tom Wilson


Disc Two


1. Ill Wind (Ken Frankel) - 43:56

2. All Over Love Is One (Ken Frankel) - 46:52

3. I Can See You (Carey Mann) - 49:18

4. I Tell You I Know (Ken Franke) - 52:14

5. Tomorrow You'll Come Back (Ken Frankel) - 55:05

6. You're All I See Now (Carey Mann, Sandy Darlington) - 57:44

7. Are You Right? (Ken Frankel) - 1:00:03

8. People Of The Night (Ken, Tom Frankel) - 1:02:28

9. It's Your Life (Ken, Tom Frankel) - 1:04:54

10. Flashes (Richard Griggs) - 1:07:14

11. The Water Is Wide (Traditional) - 1:10:42

12. Mauti (Ken, Tom Frankel) - 1:14:17

13. Waking In The Water (Ken, Tom Frankel) - 1:19:47

14. 1 And 100 (Ken, Tom Frankel) - 1:23:00

15. Frosted Summer Drink (Ken, Tom Frankel) - 1:27:30


Tracks 1-4 are demos made in Terry Hanley's Studio, Boston, in 1966

Tracks 5-9 are demos made at Capitol Records, NY, in 1967, produced by Dick Weissman

Track 10 is a live recording made at Westborough High School, MA, in 1967

Tracks 11-15 are basement recordings made in Wellesley, Massachusetts in 1968

Ill Wind

*Conny Devanney - Vocals
*Ken Frankel - Guitar, Banjo, Harmonica
*Richard (Zvonar) Criggs - Guitar, Vocals
*Carey Mann - Bass, Vocals
*David Kinsman - Drums
With
*Michael Walsh – Bass, Vocal (Disc 2, Tracks 11-15)