From discogs:
Chicago band formed in 1975 by HP Lovecraft's drummer Michael Tegza with vocalist Lalomie Washburn.
Love Craft released their only album on Mercury Records in 1975, but the record sold poorly and, as a result, the band were dropped by their label and disbanded shortly thereafter.
In 1980, Tegza and Love Craft guitarist Frankie Capek reunited to form a second version of the band, recruiting vocalist Marc Scherer and bassist Mark Gardner to complete the line-up. With a repertoire consisting of contemporary pop music and older psychedelic material, the band garnered some label interest, but broke up before they had secured a recording contract, due to Scherer leaving the band.
Since then, Tegza has become a Pastor and currently lives in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
Some lovely funky and accessible rock with vocals, very professionally played, entertaining and with occasionally the song you just want to hear again and again such as Nora:
Or Your Smile:
Note the full and all-out reliance on electric guitars and synths, so enjoyable. The singer (Lalomie Washburn) sounds a lot like Renee Geyer (RIP), doesn't she.
I remember listening to the predecessor band and being distinctly unimpressed.
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ReplyDeleteThe reconstructed Love Craft I worked with was in 1978. I don’t think the band was together in 1980 and definitely not with Capek and the personnel described above as they had disbanded by then and Frank played with The Kind. The band in 1978 consisted of Shawn Christopher on vocals, Frank Capek on guitar and vox, Theodis Rogers, Jr. on keys and vox, Jeff Steele on bass and vox and Mike Tegza on drums. They played much tighter, with more energy and with more complexity than the 1975 LP. They were recoded at one point at Mother’s in Chicago but nothing came out of it. I was with them for about 18 months and toured with them. They were crowd favorites in several venues. Shawn Christopher is a gospel singer who put out a few LPs. I designed her third CD’s cover.
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