WOMEN'S LOVE RITES
Bootsey X was determined to release his final album despite his failing health, and Women’s Love Rites came out on vinyl in June 2013; he was wheelchair bound by then. Musicians performing on the CD include many who had been in the Lovemasters: Mike Marshall, Gerald Shohan, Ricky Rat, Don Jones, and Steve King, plus Dave Hanna of the Ramrods and Matthew Smith, who had played with him in Europe during the tour with Nathaniel Mayer.
(March 2016)
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So after finding films like that on Amazon.com for awhile, it occurred to me that I ought to be able to find some of the albums by the Under Appreciated Rock Bands and Under Appreciated Rock Artists that I thought I had no chance of ever locating. Sometimes the prices were simply too high, but I kept looking. I did pick up the only full album by past UARB the Lovemasters, Pusherman of Love – and what a treat it is! – but Bootsey X’s final solo album Women’s Love Rites was still priced at nearly $100 (as that album was not so long ago) and is currently not available at all. I just played that CD for a second time, cranked all the way up for a good part of the album.
(Year 10 Review)
