Музыкальная карьера Кена, родившегося 24 августа 1945 г. в Лондоне, началась в конце 1960 г. как гитариста самодеятельной бит-группы
The Blue Notes. Затем последовала работа в составах
Ken And The Cousins и
Kit And The Saracens, вторая из которых в 1963 г. превратилась в соул-группу
The Jimmy Brown Sound. С эти коллективом Кен даже записал несколько песен. Двумя годами позже музыкант разочаровывается в стилистике соула и создает вместе с будущим гитаристом
The Rolling Stones Миком Тэйлором (
Mick Tailor) свою первую серьезную группу
The Gods. Здесь Кен пишет почти весь материал, исполняет большую часть вокальных партий и играет на инструменте, в конце концов прославившем его - электрооргане Hammond B3. В начале 1968 г.
The Gods подписывают контракт с лейблом "Columbia" и записывают для него два альбома и несколько синглов...
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The Gods' line-up included, at one time or another, vocalist and guitar/bass player
Greg Lake (later of
King Crimson and
Emerson, Lake & Palmer), bass player
Paul Newton (who would be later the first
Uriah Heep bassist), drummer
Lee Kerslake (later also of Heep), bassist
John Glascock (later of
Jethro Tull), and guitarist
Joe Konas...
http://www.ken-hensley.com/The Gods are probably better known for including a few famous British rock stars as members — before those musicians went on to international recognition — than they are for the two albums they actually released. Two future
Uriah Heep stalwarts, keyboardist/singer
Ken Hensley and drummer
Lee Kerslake, both played on those albums, and prior to the first Gods band album, both
Mick Taylor and
Greg Lake had passed through the lineup. The two Gods albums were undistinguished, keyboard-based rock that were midway between late-'60s British pop-psychedelia and early-'70s heavy progressive rock. They were less histrionic than
Uriah Heep by a long shot, but nor were they very distinguished, settling into the second or third class of late-'60s British rock music.
The Gods started in Hatfield, England in 1965 as a blues-based band including Hensley and future Rolling Stones guitarist
Mick Taylor. Taylor left in 1967 to join
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, and the Gods disbanded for a few months before reforming, with only Hensley left from the first version.
Greg Lake played in this lineup for a while, but quit before the Gods' debut album,
Genesis was recorded in 1968; soon, of course, Lake would resurface in
King Crimson and then
Emerson, Lake & Palmer.
Genesis didn't make much of an impact, nor did some non-LP singles, including a 1969 cover of "
Hey Bulldog," quite possibly the only attempt at making that obscure Beatles' song into a hit.
The Gods disbanded in early 1969, though a second album,
To Samuel a Son, was posthumously released in 1970. Both Gods' albums have been reissued on CD by Repertoire, with the non-LP 45's added as bonus tracks. by
Richie Unterberger http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDMISS70311080141392963&sql=B6wtqoawabijv
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The Gods "Genesis" (1968)Спасибо за рип master55 :)
Players:
Ken Hensley - keyboards, guitar, lead vocals
John Glasscock - bass guitar
Lee Kerslake - drums
Joe Konas - guitar, vocals
Songs:
• Towards The Skies (Konas) 3.24
• Candles Getting Shorter (Hensley/Konas) 4.28
• You're My Life (Konas/Kerslake) 3.20
• Looking Glass (Konas/Hensley) 4.14
• Misleading Colours (Konas/Kerslake) 3.38
• Radio Show (Sugarman/Robertson) 3.12
• Plastic Horizon (Sugarman/Robertson) 3.26
• Farthing Man (Konas) 3.30
• I Never Know (Konas/Hensley) 5.41
• Time And Eternity (Konas/Kerslake) 2.41
Bonus tracks (CD release):
• Baby's Rich (Hensley/Konas) 2.45
• Somewhere In The Street (Hensley) 2.47
• Hey Bulldog (Lennon/McCartney) 3.01
• Real Love Guaranteed (Konas/Hensley) 2.29
To Samuel a Son (1970)Спасибо за рип master55 :)
Players:
Ken Hensley - keyboards, guitar, lead vocals
John Glasscock - bass guitar
Lee Kerslake - drums
Joe Konas - guitar, vocals
Songs:
• To Samuel A Son (Hensley) 3.29
• Eight O'clock In The Morning (Kerslake) 3.16
• He's Growing (Konas/Glasscock) 2.25
• Sticking Wings On Flies (Konas/Hensley) 2.39
• Lady Lady (Hensley) 3.19
• Penny Dear (Konas) 2.35
• Long Time, Sad Time, Bad Time (Hensley) 3.12
• Five To Three (Hensley/Konas) 3.00
• Autumn (Hensley/Konas) 3.12
• Yes I Cry (Konas) 2.40
• Groozy (Sugarman/Robertson) 3.38
• Momma I Need (Hensley/Konas) 3.35
• Candlelight (Hensley) 2.31
• Lovely Anita (Kerslake) 3.29
Bonus tracks (CD release):
• Maria (Bernstein/Sondheim) 3.58
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