Tribute to Nicky Moore - Samson and Mammoth Vocalist

This is my tribute to vocalist and blues rock singer extraordinaire Nicky Moore. Nicky Moore was the vocalist for Samson and later Mammoth. He also sang with Tiger featuring Big Jim Sullivan, Uli Jon Roth and was even involved with and early incarnation of Back Street Crawler with Paul Kossoff. I first became aware of Nicky Moore after being in the band Rogue Male with ex Samson bass player Chris Alymer. He gave be some of his Samson albums and I was hooked from that point on. The jewel in the crown for me is the album 'Before The Storm' from 1982 which features many fine tracks but two stick out as truly essential listens. The first one is 'Losing my Grip' which was also a single but it is the closing track "Young Idea' which really is stunning and something I recommend everyone listens to. Nicky delivers a vocal that tells a story and puts you the listening at the very heart of the song. It really is sublime and just a classic performance. I would also recommend 'Don't Get Mad Get Even' also from Samson and the debut album by Mammoth which is actually an albums full of commercial rock songs that should've been far more successful. I would also recommend the Samson 3CD Box Set from Cherry Red Records as a great place to start. Phil Aston | Now Spinning Magazine Become a Patron of Now Spinning and get to see exclusive videos   / nowspinning