Rock of the Westies
A gritty, guitar-heavy pivot recorded with a new band. Harder edges and street-level stories replace the cinematic grandeur of his earlier seventies work.
October 4, 1975 · The Rocket Record Company
A gritty, guitar-heavy pivot recorded with a new band. Harder edges and street-level stories replace the cinematic grandeur of his earlier seventies work.
October 4, 1975 · The Rocket Record Company
A muscular, dual-guitar grit replaces the classic backing lineup on this aggressive, R&B-inflected collection. The music trades the polished, cinematic grandeur of his previous records for a restless, street-level energy driven by heavy, syncopated rhythms and boogie-woogie piano.
How does Rock of the Westies sound next to the rest of Elton John's catalogue?
Dive Bar saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.
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