The 90's were a decade that didn't sit that comfortably with me at all. Blame the Seattle movement, Kurt Cobain whatever.. the life was sucked out of the excessive 80's and left to dry on the rack. Many established acts tried to continue on and failed in the process.
Some local area acts carried on oblivious of the trends. One of those were Mississippi based ELI. These boys played all over the regional southern coastal area from Louisiana to Florida and accrued a solid reputation along the way. In its early stages, ELI were a five piece, with Love, O'Quinn, Hunt, plus lead singer Dave Bowlin and keyboaridst Jeax Jeax. Going back as far as the late 70's, the band were formed by Love and then Manager Charlie Roberts. In 1990 the band released a full length album called 'Push It Hard', which was produced by John Philip Kurzweg, previously with Rick Springfield's band, and the author of his own 1987 album 'Wait For The Night' (reviewed here at GD). Two years later, Bowlin and Jeax Jeax departed, with David Wolf hooking on as the new lead singer. Consequently, the EP 'Beware Of The Dog' was released.
1.Beware Of The Dogs
2.River Dogs
3.Mississippi Burnin
4.Winter Rain
5.Written In Stone
6.In Your Eyes
David Wolf - Voice
Kelly Love - Guitar
Rodney O'Quinn - Bass
Will Hunt - Drums
ELI – Beware Of The Dog (1992) EP
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