E9591 - Kim Simmonds and Savoy Brown: 57 Years of Rebuilding a Blues Band

What do you do when your entire band quits on the same day and forms a rival group that goes multi-platinum? If you are Kim Simmonds, you rebuild and keep playing. This deep dive traces the 57-year run of Savoy Brown, from a 1965 meeting at a Soho record shop with harmonica player John O'Leary to Simmonds's death in December 2022, and the dozens of musicians who cycled through the group while he remained the single constant.

We look at the band's Chicago blues foundations, the deliberately plain name borrowed from Savoy Records, Decca's patience through several lean albums...