Releases by jaklin

While the majority of musicians behind the most obscure collectable albums of the British late Sixties underground scene have turned up over the years, Jaklin has remained elusive. Allegedly bearing a full name of Ferdinand Jaklin, and said to have grown up in Liverpool before moving down to London, the British blues singer and guitarist was 24 years old when he was spotted by B&C producer/A&R man Douglas Mew, who placed him with B&C-owned underground label Stable in the summer of 1969. Backed by the likes of future Savoy Brown bassist Andy Rae and young keyboardist Tommy Eyre (who, having arranged Joe Cocker's version of 'With A Little Help From My Friends', had just been dismissed from The Grease Band for being "too jazzy"), Jaklin's sole album contained some fine original songs as well as interpretations of outside material, including this strong rendition of Alexis Korner's 'The Same For You'. Reviewers were impressed. "A powerful piece of British blues here", claimed Record Mirror, while Melody Maker summarised it as "a good first album by writer and singer Jaklin". However, it was left to Disc & Music Echo to ask the question on everyone's lips: "Could he be Britain's answer to Jimmy Rushing?" MappeSnore: The Same For You (Jaklin) This is all about heavy duty electric blues with a slight psychedelic vibe. Jaklin is the lead vocalist and guitarist. Obviously influenced in style by Eric Clapton the music sounds a lot like Cream. The keyboardist is the late Tommy Eyre who played with everyone from Joe Cocker to Juicy Luicy, Gary Moore and many others. I think this much better than their contemporaries like Jasper, Spirit of John Morgan et al. JAZZmessengers: Jaklin (Limited Edition) Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.