For the love of rock
Vol IX, Issue 4 – Hard rain fallin’ (01 Sep 2024)
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Name of song– Hard rain fallin’
Band- Sir Lord Baltimore
Writers– Mike Appel, Louis Dambra and Jim Cretecos
Album- Kingdome Come
Release year– 1970
Resources– Wikipedia.org
Hard rain fallin’
“Sir Lord Baltimore” may be not a common name in the field of seventies hard rock. Originating as a trio from Brooklyn, New York, USA in 1968, “Sir Lord Baltimore” consisted of John Garner (Drums/vocals), Louis Dambra (Guitars) and Gary Justin (Bass). They were undoubtedly America’s one of the first bona fide heavy metal band. Their music was first cited as “heavy metal” by Creem magazine in 1970 with the release of their debut album “Kingdome Come.” This was proclaimed as the first time the word “heavy metal” was used in the music. Although they were a short lived heavy metal band with only total two albums in their early career (Kingdome Come in 1970 and Sir Lord Baltimore in 1971) and one later album in 2006 as a reunion album, they never got the credit they deserved. However, their music was later rediscovered in the nineties as they became the source for most stoner rock bands of the time.
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