{"artistName":"The Buckeye Politicians","artistId":361560,"artistDefaultImage":"https://artist.radioairplay.com/airplay_pictures/pictures/001/029/417/8e32be078afbc11c55e6447eb1f16094_300.png","srcset":"//artist.radioairplay.com/airplay_pictures/pictures/001/029/417/8e32be078afbc11c55e6447eb1f16094_sm.jpg 50w,//artist.radioairplay.com/airplay_pictures/pictures/001/029/417/8e32be078afbc11c55e6447eb1f16094_md.jpg 80w,//artist.radioairplay.com/airplay_pictures/pictures/001/029/417/8e32be078afbc11c55e6447eb1f16094_lg.jpg 200w,//artist.radioairplay.com/airplay_pictures/pictures/001/029/417/8e32be078afbc11c55e6447eb1f16094_300.png 340w","artistBio":"\u003cp\u003eABOUT THIS ALBUM: “SOMEONE LIKE YOU”\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlbum Notes\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE BUCKEYE POLITICIANS have had an incredible career. The almost invisible most underrated great band around! Their fans included Queen (watched every show from the front row), James Brown, The Who, Muhammad Ali, Joe Cocker, Dionne Warwick and a lot of other great Artists. They started at Small's Paradise in Harlem, jumped to St. Tropez in France directly to London to record for EMI at Abby Road with Alan Parsons producing in the same studio The Beatles used. Lived on Kings Road and played at the hot spot in town The Speakeasy, where the top Artists hung out. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere's a review of a typical show written by Tony Palmer for The London Observer. Tony Palmer was the visual director for Frank Zappa's 200 Motels, a music critic for The London Sunday Times and Time Magazine and Produced 17 one hour documentaries on the History of Rock and Pop for the BBC called \"All You Need Is Love\".\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It’s not often that you come across a group whose originality is positively startling. The music is fast and furious, extraordinarily articulate and infectious like you wouldn’t believe. It impels you to get up and dance. It flows along with insistence precision. It has blended perfectly the numerous influences that made it - gospel from the Almon brothers, rhythm and blues from Buzzard, jazz from Bobby, and classical from Longdog. The sound is rich and complex and driven by a sense of fun born out of those years of rehearsal.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe advent of THE BUCKEYE POLITICIANS should be welcomed on many levels. On stage, they are immediately impressive, no irrelevant back projection, no extraneous stage paraphernalia - just one hell of an act. They dance and twirl and stamp like berserk windmills. “How can you play our kind of music and stand still?” said bass player Jay Almon. Paradoxically they are not extravagantly dressed - super professional might be the appropriate term, were the phrase not overused.Likewise their act - lights, clothes and actions blended carefully into a controlled but explosive performance, tight and thrilling and above all purposeful. “We want to look good and sound good,” adds Jay, “help the people feel good.”\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike all dedicated musicians this sense of purpose comes from a long and sometimes bitter training. A “survival course,” is how trumpet player Longdog describes it. “Every disheartening thing short of death has happened to us,” he adds. Car accidents, measles before important gigs, laryngitis before recording sessions planned months earlier, commercial ripoffs…..”But we knew if we just kept struggling and stuck together. we’d make it, “ says drummer Buzzard. “Our philosophy? he adds with a grin. “Nothing beats a fail but a try.” \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause each of them was a lead player it became impossible for any of them to be off sick. One out, all out - no gig. Buzzard played one night with pneumonia. Gradually they were establishing their own voice. And above all, they were gradually learning about each other, learning allegiance.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the end of a set one is left in a state of breathless excitement by the virtuosity and yet happiness of the hard, twangy, attacking sound, by the sight of six first-rate musicians obviously having a ball. Because that’s exactly what it is, an evening with the BUCKEYES. A party. To them, the sound is :something that is natural.” To me, the sound is fresh and stimulating. “My time had better come soon,” Jay told me. It will. It has.”\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTony Palmer\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHEN TRAGEDY STRUCK!!!\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe airline lost all the tapes - ALL OF THEM! A great album and six months down the p-hole! THE BUCKEYE POLITICIANS were devastated. Pulling themselves off the floor, they headed to L.A. to start over with the great Jeff Barry producing them at the Beach Boys studio. The engineer was Ken Caillet just before he did the \"Rumours\" album with Fleetwood Mac. This time the tapes were guarded day and night. It even caused a small broohaha with a couple of the Beach Boys. The album was to be released on Utopia Records, an Indie distributed by RCA. The album, called \"Look At Me Now\", had a great sendoff party at The Bottom Line in NYC. The great comedian Professor Irwin Cory introduced them (it's on Youtube) The following week the album was released!\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTRAGEDY STRUCK AGAIN!!!!!! The very week \"Look At Me Now\" was released RCA went to court to end their deal with Utopia!! Distrinbution? Promotion? Advertising? Nada nada nada! You can buy copies of this great album on ebay. THE BUCKEYE POLITICIANS went home to Columbus Ohio to lick their wounds. Longdog and Bobby left the group. Eventually Buzzard became ill and couldn't play anymore. But the core and engine and heart of the group had always been the 3 Almon brothers, Rosco, L.A. and Jay. Stay tuned!\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE BUCKEYE POLITICIANS continued to perform and write songs. They saved up the money to record an album and called their old manager, Herb Gart, and asked if he would help. \"Only if the writing and singing are as great as ever!\" Gart listened and was so impressed he immediately agreed to help. L.A. sang his heart out with the most magical vocals of his life. Rosco did the same. Gart took the wonderful new songs and combined them with some of the songs from \"Look At Me Now\" and released a 17 song CD called \"Hope For The Common Man\" on his The Rainbow Collection Label to rave reviews.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eL.A. DIED SOON THEREAFTER. R.I.P. TO ONE OF THE GREATEST SOUL \u0026amp; R\u0026amp;B SINGERS OF ALL TIME, PROVEN BY HIS PERFORMANCES ON \"HOPE FOR THE COMMON MAN\"\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRosco and Jay continued to write and sing and created a unique 2 CD set of 13 songs, done with vocals on one Cd and as instrumentals on the other CD, perhaps a recording first! The double CD is called \"SOMEONE LIKE YOU\" and it's a smooth, soulful collection of love songs. Rosco and Jay called on their talented sons and daughters and friends to contribute to the project. Great next generation talent! So THE BUCKEYE POLITICIANS continue to create unique music and the sons and daughters are part of their future. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"SOMEONE LIKE YOU\" is a 2 CD set of vocals and instrumentals by THE BUCKEYE POLITICIANS available on CD BABY,  AMAZON.COM and everywhere else. Sample some vocals and instrumentals and you will want to hear them again and again!\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/The+Buckeye+Politicians","playStationPath":"/stations/393998657/play","stationId":393998657,"bioPath":"/music/The+Buckeye+Politicians/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Katy+Perry","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/33a/33aad6da99202e1d34a62eceddbd81e7_md.jpg","artistName":"Katy Perry","artistId":11566,"station_id":113261911},{"musicPath":"/music/Mary+J+Blige","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/fad/fad8bf706f88e030bec86a6469d30e95_md.jpg","artistName":"Mary J. 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