(January 2026) Episode 701 is TASTE. Continuing my tour of late-60s heavy rock bands, I turn to a band from Ireland, where I was visiting when I started this episode. Taste, a power trio, modeled themselves after Cream, and they sound like them, albeit without the prolific skill. Some may know them as the first band of Rory Gallagher, considered the first rock star of Ireland. They recorded two albums with good doses of heavy mostly blues rock, as well as a very forgettable album in the 2000s.
Favourite album: On the Boards
Favourite song: Blister on the Moon
Compared to expectations: same
Recommendation: The two 1969-70 albums are mostly for deep divers of the period.
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