Umleitung, 1971, from the album Dog Of Two Head Written by Alan Lancaster & Roy Lynes Quo line-up: Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt, Alan Lancaster, John Coghlan The song was named Umleitung, the German word for "detour", as Status Quo spent much time gigging in Germany in those days. Roy Lynes (former keyboard player) co-wrote it, but left the band before recording it.
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Umleitung, 1971, from the album Dog Of Two Head Written by Alan Lancaster & Roy Lynes Quo line-up: Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt, Alan Lancaster,… read more
Umleitung, 1971, from the album Dog Of Two Head Written by Alan Lancaster & Roy Lynes Quo line-up: Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt, Alan Lancaster, John Coghlan The song was named Um… read more
Status Quo is a Britishrock band (London, England) with strong boogie line. The group was founded by bassist Alan Lancaster and guitarist Francis Rossi in 1962. They began as a rock and roll freakbeat band called The Spectres. By 1967, with very little commercial success, they discovered psychedelia and changed their name to Traffic (later Traffic Jam, to avoid confusion with Steve Winwood's Traffic.) At this time the line-up also included organist Roy Lynes and drummer John Coghlan. Late in 1967 they recruited second guitarist Rick Parfitt and became The Status Quo, scoring T… read more