Biography
Aynsley Thomas Dunbar is an English drummer. He has worked with some of the top names in rock, including Nils Lofgren, Eric Burdon, John Mayall, Frank Zappa, Ian Hunter, Lou Reed, Jefferson Starship, Jeff Beck, David Bowie, Whitesnake, Sammy Hagar, Michael Schenker, UFO, Flo & Eddie and Journey. Dunbar will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Journey in 2017. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aynsley_Dunbar
Album & Cover
This is the third Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation album and was truly the final proper full-length release by the original group. Dunbar had expressed some interest in moving further afield from the blues-rock format around the time the record was done, and the addition of keyboardist Tommy Eyre (from the Grease Band) to the lineup was one step in that direction. The enlistment of John Mayall as producer was perhaps another step in attempting to refine their sound. Still, much of To Mum, From Aynsley and the Boys is pretty standard late-’60s British blues-rock, in line with the previous two albums by the band. https://www.allmusic.com/album/to-mum-from-aynsley-and-the-boys-mw0000618431
Cover Location:
Who Did What: Photography A. Powell
Label: Blue Thumb BTS16(US), Liberty LBS832223(UK)
Source: Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art, The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue: Aubrey Powell
Tracklist
| Side One Don’t Take The Power Away Run You Off The Hill Let It Ride Journey’s End |
Side Two Down, Down And Down Unheard Sugar On The Line Leaving Right Awa |
Credits
Bass Guitar – Alex Dmochowski
Drums – Aynsley Dunbar
Lead Guitar – John Moorshead
Piano, Organ – Tommy Eyre
Producer – John Mayall
Vocals, Reeds [Cornopeon] – Victor Brox
Written-By – Dmochowski (tracks: 2, 4, 5), Dunbar (tracks: 2 to 8), Moorshead (tracks: 2, 4, 5, 7), Eyre (tracks: 3, 4, 6, 8), Brox (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 8)
