His Kind of Man

Description

His Kind of Man is an album by the duo Brothers (Michael Schneider and James Kramer), released on Century Records in 1977, in co-operation with Everglow Music. The album was produced, arranged, and recorded by Brothers.

This earlier album from the duo is even more impressive. His Kind Of Man is an exceptional set of cutting-edge melodic rock/soft-rock tunes warmed through with glowing psych touches. The varied textures of Schneider’s moody keyboards (piano, electric piano, synthesizer) are effectively balanced against Kramer’s electric guitars, the latter subtly lifting the music into psych zones through effects like wah-wah, fuzz and volume pedal. The opening title track sets the stage, its beautiful combination of dreamy mellotron, pedal steel and fuzz guitar striking an almost Floyd-ian reverie. «Thankin’ You Lord» solemnly drifts along to a wispy ethereal groove, while the minor-key «You Can’t Get There From Here» takes a laidback rough-edged garage strut ala Clapton/«Cocaine», overlaying it with snarling fuzz leads (the song credits inspiration to Christian author Francis Schaeffer). Also a few scattered jazz-rock moves on tracks like «Gentle Rain», «The Modern Man» and the quirky funk-edged «You’re So Good To Me». All original songs, seven written by Schneider, three by Kramer, every one of them a gem. Creative b&w ink pen cover art of an old organ. An outstanding record! [Ken Scott, The Archivist, 4th edition]

LP tracklist:

Side One
A1. “His Kind Of Man”
A2. “People Open Your Eyes”
A3. “Road To A New Life”
A4. “Listening”
A5. “Gentle Rain”

Side Two
B1. “The Modern Man”
B2. “I’ve Got A New Song”
B3. “You’re So Good To Me”
B4. “Thankin’ You Lord”
B5. “You Can’t Get There From Here”

CREDITS. Produced, recorded, and mixed by Brothers. All selections written and arranged by Brothers.

Musicians: Michael Schneider (Kawai Piano, Fender Rhodes, Hohoner Clavinet, Mini-Moog, Mellotron, Percussion, Flute, All Vocals), James Kramer (Gibson Les Paul Electric Guitar, Ovation Acoustic Guitar, Sho-Bud Pedal Steel Guitar, Fender Precision Bass).