Fricke’s Picks: Flower Travellin’ Band

Metallica were the biggest name in metal at SXSW ‘09. Reunited early-Seventies Japanese monsters Flower Travellin’ Band were the biggest thrill, playing at vintage strength on the final date of their first-ever U.S. tour. The set included flaming chunks of the band’s 1971 apex, the album-length suite Satori (originally on Atlantic Japan), with guitarist Hideki [...]

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