Peter Thorup with Friends - Wake Up Your Mind: Worried Blues

Before Peter Thorup and Alexis Korner, assisted by producer Mickie Most and composer John Cameron, launched CCS (Collective Consciousness Society) in the late summer of 1970, Peter Thorup recorded the album Peter Thorup with Friends "Wake Up Your Mind", with the best Danish musicians in spring 1970 in the Rosenberg Studios in Copenhagen. Although relevant encyclopaedias describe it as Peter Thorup's first solo album, it was much rather a joint effort of all musicians involved, whose musical contribution represented much more than the realization of Thorup's ideas. Moreover, the participating musicians, whose quality was accounted for by their engagements in the best Danish rock bands, would not have permitted being regarded as a supporting act. The arrangements and their realisation are evidence of high musical quality and professionalism. Peter Thorup had already played together with organist Morten Kjaerum-gaard, drummer Max "Nhuthzhi" Nutzhorn and bassist Erik Stedt in The Beefeaters. With Peer Frost, Peer Ingemann and Ken Gudman the complete Young Flowers, known by two excellent albums, were present. Bent Hesselmann played with the exceptional band Maxwells (Long Hair, LHC 28) and as a guest with The Delta Blues Band, later on with Rainbow Band (Long Hair, LHC 18) and Midnight Sun. Ole Fick came from Burnin' Red Ivanhoe, Niels Henriksen later played with Culpeper's Orchard and Mo-I-Rana, and Steen Munte Jepsen was drummer with The Blackpools. Within no time, this illustrious group of musicians recorded a remarkably harmonious album, committed to Heavy-Blues-Rock, but with a progressive touch. All up they recorded 13 titles, 7 of which made it on the album "Wake Up Your Mind" published on Philips in 1970.

[@janemillerick9614]

great band/ song and the vid (with all that information on who was there and later which bands they formed) was so valuable to know! thank you.

[@searchin4music]

Hey - thanks, glad if you liked it :). Unfortunately I´m not 100% sure all the info is correct. I put the video together myself from the description text which I found online. Googled the names, found photos and combined everything into a video. I was just very fond of that song back then and wanted to create a kind of visual background. I´m not a specialist when it comes to facts about this album/the musicians however.
You should REALLY check out the band "Young Flowers" if you liked that. YF is my favourite Danish prog rock band from the late 60ies. I really admire Peer Frosts guitar playing - there are also some videos of newer revivals of the band on YT.

[@crossraoads]

@@searchin4music Peer Frost is a world class guitarist - and if you are looking for hidden gems, him and Peter Ingemann also contributed to Sebastians first record 'the godess' on 'Sandie's blues'

[@searchin4music]

@YRSAL: I´m glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the comment - and keep on rocking!

[@Lefthandbadass]

"Worried Blues"
(Trad. Arranged By Thorup)
Bass - Peter Ingemann
Drums - Ken Gudman
Guitar - Peer Frost
Vocals, Guitar - Peter Thorup

[@pbstratocaster]

Recorded in the summer of 70´,,, it must be Max on drums,,however it sounds a lot more like Mozart ( Beefeaters original drummer ).