Rock-n-Roll Oldies: The Creation- 1967
English rock band The Creation was formed in 1966 London, and best-known for the Top 40 single Painter Man in England and in several European countries... though never really catching-on all that big in The States.
The style was loud pop art known later as freakbeat, similar to The Kinks and The Who -and with a similar sense of humor- but evolved over time into more of a mid-60s psychedelic rock. Members had played together in a previous band with bassist John Dalton, who left them to join The Kinks. The new then lineup became The Creation- but their short history was turbulent, and there were changes for each album. In it's final 1968 form, the band featured today's Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood right-before he went on to join The Faces.
Note in the video guitarist Eddie Phillips' use of a violin bow- producing a haunting, edgy sound, an innovation he perfected in his teens, and employed with amusing showmanship onstage... when most attribute this idea to Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin years later.
Asked to describe the band's sound, Phillips famously responded: "Our music is red... with purple flashes." Ah, the 60s- And as with The Who, these guys are best when you crank 'em up...
