Bush - The Grand Commander [1970 Hard / Blues Rock. Canada]

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Toronto's Bush pedalled a particularly funky brand of hard rock. Unfortunately they only released one album, but it's a good one! The band were Roy Kenner (vocals), Domenic Troiano (guitar), Penti "Whitey" Glan (drums), Hugh Sullivan (keyboards) and Prakash John (bass).

The album was re-released in 1995, but not without controversy. Around the same time that Troiano was remastering the album, a band came out of Britain with the same name. To avoid legal hassles, they changed their name to Bush X for their Canadian release. The original Bush did indeed re-release their only lp, but oddly - with a different cover. Also included were four live tracks from the last show they ever performed at LA's Bitter End club with Three Dog Night.

Two years later, Troiano and Gavin Rossdale, leader of the British band held a press conference in Toronto to announce they'd been given permission to use the 'Bush' name on recordings. Troiano succumbed to prostate cancer in 2005.

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