AMBROSIA.
Ambrosia was the god of eternal youth and beauty from the ancient greeks.
Band from LA. Thier first album is called Ambrosia ('75):
Joe Puerta: Bass Guitar & Lead Vocals,
David Pack: Guitars, Lead Vocals & Keyboards on "Lover Arrive",
Christopher North: Keyboards & Vocals,
Burleigh Drummond: Percussion, Bassoon & Vocals,
Produced by Freddie Piro,
Mixdown engineer & co-production of mixdown: Alan Parsons.
Somewhere I've never travelled ('76) is their second album produced and
engineerd by Alan Parsons, arragements by Andrew Powell. Alan got an Grammy for that.
Life beyond L.A. ('77) and One Eighty ('80) are the next albums.
Road Island ('82) with;
Andruw Powell and
James Guthrie - producer.
After years of silence, the band is back on the road again!
Live At The Galaxy-2002:
Joe Puerta: Vocals, Bass and Acoustic Guitar,
Burleigh Drummond: Drums, Percussion and & Vocals,
Christopher North: Hammond B-3 Organ/Keyboards,
Shem: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar/Bass, (worked with Christopher Cross, Steve Perry, Michael McDonald to name a few),
Tollak Ollestad: Vocals, Keyboards/Harmonica,
Doug Jackson: Lead Guitar.
Live (2006).
Joe Puerta - vocals, bass, acoustic Guitar
Christopher North: Hammond B-3 Organ/Keyboards,
Shem: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar/Bass, (worked with Christopher Cross, Steve Perry, Michael McDonald to name a few),
Tollak Ollestad: Vocals, Keyboards/Harmonica,
Doug Jackson: Lead Guitar.
Pack, Puerta, Drummond and North played with The Alan Parsons Project ('76), Pack again in '93 2001 (live)
and in 2004 on a dance-album!
Pack did session for Kerry Livgren (Kansas) in '78-79.
Nort played with Tommy Trefethen ('05), long time Ambrosia friend and associate who engineered the first 3 Ambrosia albums and was in the psychedelic band, Blue Toad Flax (with Chris North) made a tribute to John Lennon. The song was written and produced by Tommy with Alan Parsons as executive producer and Chris North plays organ on the single: "Johnny's Gone Away.".
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Updated September 2005 by Nick.
Shine On!