Automatic Man

Automatic Man arrived of nowhere in 1976. Leading cover of their debut record acquired a simple however eye-catching blue alien looking out from space. An in depth go through the four-man lineup on the trunk sleeve, however, displays highly-respected ex-Santana drummer Michael Shrieve. However the brains and key songwriter behind Auto Man was keyboardist Bayete, whose genuine name is definitely Todd Cochrane. Cochrane was a graduate of Oxford College or university and got documented two unsuccessful albums within the Dream label in the first ’70s. He teamed up with Shrieve immediately after Shrieve got departed Steve Winwood and Stomu Yamashta’s Proceed project. Both of these were became a member of by two additional Bay Area music artists who got also used Proceed, guitarist Pat Thrall and bassist Doni Harvey. The debut recording by this assemblage shows a unusual and eclectic combination of space rock and roll, funk, and Jimi Hendrix-inspired acoustic guitar, powered primarily by Bayete’s dreamy keyboards and vocals. It had been a guaranteeing debut, but after Shrieve stop (he later shaped Novo Combo), the music group lost its method. The second launch got a red alien on leading sleeve; sadly, the music exposed even more funk but much less imagination. Thrall later on became a member of the Pat Travers Music group and guested on the Narada Michael Walden recording. Bayete and Harvey apparently disappeared from look at.