Blue Cheer - Pilot (US 1970)

Blue Cheer is an American blues-rock band that initially performed and recorded in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and has been sporadically active since. Based in San Francisco, Blue Cheer played in a psychedelic blues-rock style, and are also credited as being pioneers of heavy metal music.

The Original Human Being or BC#5 was Blue Cheer's fifth album. It was released in 1970 and shows Blue Cheer exploring a more psychedelic and laid back rock n roll with horn sections on a few of the songs. This album features a very unusual, and different, song for Blue Cheer: Babaji (Twilight Raga) features extensive use of sitar and synthesizer. These instruments were only used one other time on Oh! Pleasant Hope in the song I'm the Light.

Dickie Peterson - Bass, Lead Vocals, Guitar
Bruce Stephens - Lead Guitar
Paul Whaley- Drums
Gary Lee Yoder - Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals, Harp
Ralph Burns Kellogg - Organ, Piano, Synthesizer, Bass
Norman Mayell - Guitar, Percussion, Sitar, Producer, Drums

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• being
• BC#5
• psychedelic
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• peterson
• bruce
• stephens
• paul
• whaley

[bluecheer17]

this song blows my fuckin' mind

[Cervicconstruction]

To bad they never stayed with it this really shows Dickies range.

[Psychotronic]

Gary Lee Yoder is the singer of this song actually. And co-writer. But Dickie gets down with his bass big time.

[MattHatter]

So which was the American LP cover? The sepia toned pic of the band or the painting of Dickie standing on top of the foot?!

[PhiZappaCrappa]

Certainly a quintessential existential rock balad! Get the fuck *down*, Dickie! "Put on my travelin' shoes..."

[Cervicconstruction]

In 1970 I lived in an old House in Melbourne beach on theeast coast of Fla. Huge like old 7 bedroom place with some other dropout leftouts and surfers like myself.Used to have to wait until most were out of the house to play the four B.C. disks that were out then really really loud.

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[WilsonVanGarneau]

I've been getting into Blue Cheer's more 'obscure' LPs like Oh Pleasant Hope and Blue Cheer. Damn they put out some good stuff!

[notfragile33]

I SERIOUSLY doubt there were any fans clamoring to hear BC play this song live in the last 20 years before Petersen's death! First of all, Dickie might have laughed at you for even requesting it, or he may have had a case of "forced amnesia" about that whole 1970-71 period and stared at you questioningly like, "What"?

[humberto3153]

ffffffff!! una obra maestra .. cobra vida !!

[berylman]

This song is crazy good! a true gem... Dickie goes nuts at the end in a good way

[Bushwackerist]

Blue Cheer was a band before their time. They were always on the cutting edge of what would come to be known as Heavy Metal. Dickie died from prostate cancer a few years ago.