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Live (CD)
CD reissue of 1977 albym. Tetsu Yamauchi was born October 21, 1946, in Fukuoka, Japan. By the mid Sixties, Tetsu was in the Japanese folk-rock band, the Mikes. In late 1967 or early 1968, he joined a band called Samurai that was touring Europe. They moved to London and in 1970s, but Samurai returned to Japan. The band was led by it's vocalist, Miki Curtis. Tetsu also got a lot of session work through Miki, who was a successful producer. This included work with jazz vocalist Helen Merrill's son, Alan. In 1971, He recorded the solid Kossoff / Kirke / Tetsu / Rabbit - whose were launch in the year after - with Free guitarist Paul Kossoff and Drummer Simon Kirke, together with keyboard player John 'Rabbit" Bundrick. In 1972, Tetsu released the first of two solo albums, Tetsu and after that, Kikyo, whose label and year of recorder is unknown. In the same 1972, the bassist became internationally recognized when replaced Andy Fraser in Free, touring and recorded the bass lines of the bands final album. When Ronnie Lane left the Faces in 1973, Tetsu replaced him. After the Faces ground to a halt, Yamauchi returned to Japan. There, he works as leader, bassist and producer touring and recording with bands and artists as Tetsu and the Good Times Roll Band.
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