Trapeze - "Midnight Flyer"

Trapeze were an English rock band formed in March 1969, by vocalist John Jones and guitarist/keyboardist Terry Rowley (who named the band), with guitarist Mel Galley, singer/bassist Glenn Hughes, and drummer Dave Holland. The band had a fairly fluid line up, finally dissolving in 1994, and although they never found commercial success themselves, several members went on to join better known bands including Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Judas Priest and Uriah Heep.

The core and more familiar line-up of the band was Glenn Hughes, Mel Galley and Dave Holland. After Glenn Hughes' departure in June 1973, Galley and Holland decided to try to keep the band together, which they did with constantly members varying until 1979 when Holland went on to join Judas Priest. At this point the band broke up. Holland tried to revive the band in 1990, after leaving Priest, but the band finally broke up in 1994. Their first three albums remain their best known and most commercially successful.

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• Trapeze
• Midnight
• Flyer

[animascat]

play that funky music white boy.

[1stSaintsFan]

@mitchellwes7 ...bingo excellent points and facts...In my little pocket of La. the two classic Trapeze LPs you mentioned were alway on our turntables or in my car cassette deck...Yes back in 1972-present I recorded Cassettes on my deck at home to my car...I met this group back during their "Hotwire" tour when they played La...Partied with Mel and Dave in a mobile home behind the stage. Good guys who loved the Southern Belles...Great band with Glenn and a good band without him,,,

[flyinv1967]

classic album i have the record album in my hands but no record player and me too i was looking for this song but i'd forgotten the tittle

[mitchellwes7]

This is from the album Hot Wire, Warners 1974. Glenn Hughes had left and was replaced with Rob Kendrick. The vocals and lead guitar are mostly Mel Galley. Side one is a classic. Side two the songs weren't as strong. Albums 2 & 3 are the best (Medusa & You Are The Music...We're Just The Band, on Threshold and produced by Moody Blue John Lodge).

[sheldoneleven]

Glenn Hughes had left the band by this album, He is not singing this song. I love Glenn but the band was better without him, unfortunately not more popular. Just my opinion.

[jody24ful]

OMG how &^&%$* natural rythm makes one freeeeeee!

[jdc1957]

I been searching for this tune since 1976. Praise God I found it!

[chrisjewett63]

@Philcat007 lucky you cj sa tx

[tomcat8mup]

@Philcat007 If that was at the Cotton Bowl in '75 the Eagles were there also. Great show! I was just 16 yrs old.

[EddieVH666]

Too much groove...can't make it out alive. Glenn Hughes fucking rules