Brahman – Brahman(1971 CANADA Psychedelic Rock Rock, Funk / Soul)Full Album

Brahman was a band from Vancouver that formed in 1971 and disbanded in 1972. They played at local clubs like Gassy Jacks Place in Vancouver’s historic Gastown. Robbie King, on organ, founded the band and went on to play keyboards with another Vancouver band called Chilliwack. David Lanz played piano, Duris Maxwell played drums, Paul Blaney played bass, Ed Patterson played guitar, Victor Stewart was the groups vocalist and Ian McKay performed as a mime when Brahman played in concert. Local Vancouver music critic/DJ, Richard Skelly, remembers Victor Stewart had “a big voice that sort of predated Eddie Vedder.” Robbie King was born in Malartic, Quebec, in 1947. He joined Bobby Taylor and The Vancouvers in 1968 after leaving his first band, The Good Shepherds. He founded Brahman in 1971. While a brahmin is a member of the priestly caste in the Hindu religion, brahman, in Hindu thought, means the highest universal principle or ultimate reality. David Lanz was born in Seattle in 1950. He was only five when he first placed his hands on a keyboard, inspired by his mom and grandmother, both of whom played. By his teens, Lanz had begun working with local rock combos in the Pacific Northwest. His first band was called the Towne Cryers, based in Lynnwood, Washington. then a regional hotbed for R&B-flavored garage-rock and, later on, the new artsy, progressive-rock sound. He eventually landed in Canada to join Brahman. Ted Lewis was born in East York, Ontario, in 1946. He legally changed his name to Duris Maxwell in 1970. His mother was a pianist and his father played fiddle and guitar, and he began playing drums as a pre-schooler. He was part of a live concert band formed in 1960 with three other students at Lord Byng High School who called themselves The Tornadoes. Ted Lewis first began touring with Evan Kemp and the Trail Riders in 1960 when he was fourteen years old. He played with Little Daddy and the Bachelors (1963-65) along with Tommy Chong, The Chessmen (1965-66) and The Good Shepherds (1966-67). Three members of The Good Shepherds, Robbie King, Ed Patterson and Duris Maxwell (aka Ted Lewis), became half of Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers’ through 1968. He became a session musician with Motown and played with The Temptations. Robbie King invited Duris to join Brahman in 1971. Paperwait 00:00 Build A Tower 04:47 Automatic Man 08:11 Not Exactly A Friend 13:54 You Changed My Life Around 16:34 She Went Down 20:54 Jonathan 23:00 Waiting To Love You 27:01 Paul Blaney ~ Bass Robbie King ~ Organ David Lanz ~ Piano Duris Maxwell ~ Drums Ian McKay ~ Mime Ed Patterson ~ Guitar Victor Stewart ~ Vocals