Trower's patented Hendrix-styled guitar adds a psychedelic edge to songs that generally stick to a midtempo lope and never blast out with Cream's insistent power
They paint the corners of the landscape from a life teetering between youth and middle age
" "Feels Like The First Time") and thunderous arena rock ("Juke Box Hero
" he sets the tone -- make that table -- by announcing that he'll be "toasting your juices all night
the album's opening salvo "Way Away" is straight out of the SoCal punk rock playbook
ELEMENTS,THE (LP) 2/14/2020 Trower's patented Hendrix-styled guitar addsPersonnel: Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone, flute, alto flute, piano); Alice Coltrane (harp, piano, harmonium, tamboura); Kenneth Nash (spoken vocals, wood flute, congas, sakara drum, bells, gongs, percussion); Michael White (violin); Charlie Haden (bass); Ndugu Chancler (drums); Baba Daru Oshun (tabla, percussion). Recorded at Village Recorders, Los Angeles, California from October 15 17, 1973. Originally released on Milstone (9053). Digitally