Artist description Jeep Solid is not like the others. If The Seventies & The Eighties rock scene could be likened to the primordial slime from which life, like Brit Pop, first crawled, then Jeep Solid is Homo Sapiens. Where others have the same thing in a variety of similar ways for 20 years, Jeep has sought an altogether different evolutionary trajectory. Yes he plays guitar and yes he sings, but that is where the similarity ends. In evolutionary terms Solid has learned how to oppose his thumb. Time does not stand still Jeep Solid is ready to bring a new new dimension in music to the people of Earth As the age of Pisces draws to an end the age of Astral Funk Begins. It seems Astral Funk is something of a family tradition, his Father the now legendary Pibroch Mackenzie was the being credited with the discovery of Astral Funk. Essentially it is “reality distilled via a love boat filter with Diddlyesque rhythm and blues overtones and with a distinctly euveasach lilt to it.

Music Style Astral Funk

Musical Influences Curtis Mayfield, Dr John, Martin Stephenson, Pete Ham & Tommy Evans

Similar Artists Take Dr Johns soul send his love around the world Curtis Mayfield style add Martin Stephenson syle Literacy. Astral project to the far side and Jam with Sun Ra

Artist History A band called White Trash and a recording deal with Apple Records, Two sets of wilderness years, recovery years, and a huge body of work

Group Members Just Jeep Solid

Instruments Guitar, Vocal, Bass, Drums and Keyboard & Vibes

Albums Lets Astral Funk, Petite Nouveau, The Out Mix (for Regional Nomads)

Press Reviews Mojo Joe Cushley Jeep Solid ( alias Rhuardhi MacKienzie) describes himself as "a bored teenager of 50". He strikes once again as the Sun Ra of Inverness, what with his constant reference to "Astral Dimensionality" and time travel. His claims to play Gaelic Funk are less far fetched, as his uncle Pibroch MacKienzie was a renowned traditional fiddler ("think he invented Scots Funk. You can hear some of those of those folk Rhythms in my music") He is aided on No9 Petite Nouveau by new neighbour and former Kitchenware troubadour Martin Stephenson. The album is an enchantingly skewed collection of main-stream Rock `n` Soul full of weird vocalism's and whacky embellishments. " I was in White Trash on Apple Records in the early 70's, hanging out with Lemmy and The Deviants. But what happened then was too many drugs. Now I'm sober and clean I hope things can start moving forward. Highland News Support To Dodgy The Star Bar NAIRN Highland Festival 2000Next Dodgy's new adopted warm up man for the tour Jeep SolidAnd this was really his nightA night when all the invention, weirdness and downright performance ability came together. Universal set a groovy vibe for the evening in which Jeep declared he was a love monster, gave us a final poignant reminder that everyone loves Elvis and name checked Dodgy with admirable product placement awareness - every two minutes or so.And when you thought you couldn't have heard his mantra right - pink pink pink pink blue blue blue Chocolate - you found you had. And it started to grow on you. And you began to believe you were indeed "A viagra Nation" 51 years seemed a short time to have spent getting it right

Location Inverness, Highland Region - United Kingdom

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