Home‎ > ‎The Pantheon‎ > ‎Somewhat Appreciated Items 7‎ > ‎

Whatever Turns You On

WHATEVER TURNS YOU ON
 
 
Whatever Turns You On  is the second and last studio album by blues rock power trio/supergroup West, Bruce and Laing.  The album features a black-and-white comic strip on its front and back covers depicting the alleged "turn-ons" of the band's members – Leslie West's is food, Jack Bruce's alcohol, and Corky Laing's sex – as pursued by various poltergeists representing each of the three.  The album's front cover drawing shows the three band members, each pictured with their poltergeist alter-egos.  Although not the hit that West, Bruce and Laing's debut album Why Dontcha was, Whatever Turns You On was a moderate success, reaching #87 on the Billboard U.S. album chart.  (More from Wikipedia)
 
 
 

Jack Bruce has rarely performed with a band since Cream; but after Mountain broke up in 1969 when Felix Pappalardi left the group, he hooked up with two of the members of the group, Leslie West and Corky Laing and formed a power trio called West, Bruce and Laing.  The group released two studio albums, Why Dontcha and Whatever Turns You On; no hits emerged from the albums, and by the time their live album, Live 'n' Kickin' came out in 1974, the group had already broken up. 

 

(May 2014)

Â