Formerly Fat Harry - Formerly Fat Harry 1971

Formerly Fat Harry's only album is one the forgotten greats of late '60s British rock. U.K.-based but formed by Country Joe & the Fish bassist Bruce Barthol, Formerly Fat Harry meshed basic folk rock with elements of funk, jazz, and psychedelic rock; experimented with odd tempos; and quietly created some original, surprisingly intense music in the early 1970s. Fat Harry was soon signed up by the original Pink Floyd management company.

Playing a highly idiosyncratic brand of Americana that frequently experimented with jazz time signatures, the band played at two of the now legendary free concerts in Hyde Park, the 1970 Bath Festival, Phun City, and many of the clubs of the era such as The Marquee in London.

A quartet of 'musician's musicians', admired by everyone from Ralph McTell to Edgar Broughton and Michael Chapman, the group made only one LP for Harvest Records before disbanding in 1972. Though reflecting their musical and songwriting abilities, that record failed to capture their true flavor. ChrisGoesRocAMG

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