Woody Kern - The Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk ( 1969 UK psychedelic blues-rock ) Full LP

Woody Kern was an English psychedelic blues-rock band that released the 1969 album The Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk on Pye Records. Woody Kern formed in 1967 as a Nottingham powertrio comprised of bassist Mike Wheat, drummer Steve Harris, and guitarist–keyboardist and singer Rik Kenton, a then-bespectacled eccentric (often mistaken as “Woody” by audience members). Kenton (b. October 31, 1945) worked beforehand as a casino croupier and played in The Houndogs, a Nottingham beat combo. Harris toured Europe for two years prior with a soul band. Wheat took up bass at fourteen and toured the continent in a band with multi-instrumentalist John Sanderson (violin, flute, tenor saxophone) who played in the touring bands of visiting US singers Irma Thomas and Screaming Jay Hawkins. Woody Kern welcomed Sanderson as a fourth member. Woody Kern played the Union Club on the River Trent and gigged the East Midlands circuit of Working Men’s Clubs. They played at Birmingham’s Marquee Dance Club, where a representative from the Inter City Artists agency signed Woody Kern and pitched them to Pye Records as part of a bundle (along with Brummie psychsters Velvett Fogg) geared for the psychedelic underground. Pye linked both bands with Jack Dorsey, a veteran producer–arranger who recently oversaw psychedelic pop singles by Tuesday’s Children and West Coast Consortium. Tracks: All tracks written Steve Harris, John Sanderson, Mike Wheat and Rik Kenton except where noted. 01. Biography - 00:00 02. The Blues Keep Falling (trad., arr.by Jack Dorsey) -04:40 03. That's Wrong Little Mama (B.B.King) - 10:45 04. Tell You I'm Gone - 13:47 05. Xoanan Bay - 17:59 06. Uncle John - 22:33 07. Gramophone Man (Ed Cassidy, Jay Ferguson, John Locke, Randy California, Mark Andes) - 28:55 08. Fair Maiden - 32:57 09. Vile Lynn - 37:46 10. Mean Old World (Walter Jacobs) - 43:35 11. Vegetable - 46:17 Personnel: - Rik Kenton - guitar, keyboards, vocals - John Sanderson - tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet, violin - Mike Wheat - bass - Steve Harris - drums, percussion + - Jack Dorsey - producer