Heavy Cruiser - Heavy Cruiser (Reissue) (1972/2002)

Robert Neilson Lilly, better known as Neil Merivese, has collaborated with Steve Miller, Dave Mason, Rick James, Wilson Pickett, Cast Ford, etc. Organized projects Ivar Avenue Reunion, Mama Lion, The Just Us, Lynn Carey & Neil Merryweather, The Tripp, Heavy Cruiser. To match him and a native of Los Angeles keyboardist James Newton Howard, the future famous American composer. He worked with Elton John, Melissa Manchester, Ringo Starr, Carly Simon, John Frizzel, and his wife Bry Brandt was the drummer for the girl group Fanny. When Neil started his Mama Lion project, James was his partner. But this was not enough for them and with the same lineup, with the exception of vocalist Lynn Carey, they began to record in parallel under the name Heavy Cruiser. Truth and style of music of the two groups was different, blues rock in the first case and hard rock in the second.