The record sleeve folded into a large pyramid. The album yielded the title song and the single "Can't Let a Woman", which both became FM favorites, both featuring lush orchestration and vocal arrangements. L to R: David Pack, Joe Puerta, Burleigh Drummond, Christopher NorthĪfter lengthy touring, the band returned in September 1976 with Somewhere I've Never Travelled. David Pack later appeared on the Alan Parsons album Try Anything Once (1993), co-writing, playing, and providing vocals on three songs.Īmbrosia backstage in the 1970s. ![]() All four members of Ambrosia played on the first Alan Parsons Project album, Tales of Mystery and Imagination, which was recorded soon after Ambrosia's first album. Alan Parsons was the engineer for Ambrosia's first album and the producer for their second. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording (other than Classical). The latter sets to music the lyrics to a poem in Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle. ![]() It spawned the top 20 chart single "Holdin' On to Yesterday", as well as "Nice, Nice, Very Nice". Their first album, the eponymous Ambrosia, produced by Freddie Piro, was released in February 1975. Rise to fame Īmbrosia auditioned for Herb Alpert and A&M Records early in their history, but were signed by 20th Century Fox Records in 1975, who released two albums by the group. He introduced them to conductor Zubin Mehta, who featured Ambrosia as part of a so-called All-American Dream Concert. Gordon Parry, the head engineer in charge at the Bowl, was so impressed with the group that he invited them back to attend performances by the Los Angeles Philharmonic. In 1971, a friend who was doing sound for the Hollywood Bowl, invited them to play there on stage to test a new sound system that had been installed. ![]() The musicians, inspired by the music and artists of the progressive rock era, acquired a significant regional admiration. After the group attended a show at the Whisky a Go Go in December 1969 to see an unknown but highly recommended new band called King Crimson, their perception of music was changed. Ambrosia fused symphonic art rock with a slickly produced pop sound, resulting in a "melodic prog" style.Įarly on, the band was infatuated with Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young and began to experiment with vocal harmonies. Their initial musical influences, like many of their generation, came from the Beach Boys, Jimmy Reed, King Crimson, and the Beatles. The founding constituents of Ambrosia were reared in Southern California's South Bay, later adopting San Pedro as their hometown. While Ambrosia had several radio hits in the 1970s, much of the material on their five albums is progressive in nature. According to Joe Puerta, their original name was "Ambergris Mite," but after doing some touring they discovered there was already a band using the name "Ambergris," so they turned to the dictionary and picked the name "Ambrosia" because a name meaning "nectar of the gods" seemed fitting. The group was founded as a quartet with guitarist/vocalist David Pack, bassist/vocalist Joe Puerta, keyboardist Christopher North and drummer Burleigh Drummond. ![]() Most of the original band members have been active with the group continuously for over thirty years to the present day, with the notable exception of original lead vocalist and guitarist David Pack since 2000.Īmbrosia currently tours internationally and has worked in the past and present with Leonard Bernstein, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Alan Parsons, Bruce Hornsby, Bill Champlin, Michael McDonald and Peter Beckett among other notable artists. Ambrosia had five top 40 hit singles released between 19, including the top 5 hits " How Much I Feel" and " Biggest Part of Me", and top 20 hits " You're the Only Woman (You & I)" and " Holdin' on to Yesterday". **ATTENTION! Click here for Clare's EV3 (Escape Velocity: Nova) Landing Pictures copyright and usage information.**Īny comments (or suggestions for connecting to web rings or links) can be sent to claretk (at) yahoo (dot) comĪrtwork created on Apple iMac and eMac computers with Painter, Bryce, and Graphic Converter.Ambrosia is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1970. *Send an e-mail about which plug-in(s) you are using the artwork in, and where the plug-in(s) can be downloaded when finished.Ĭlick on any of the pictures below to see a larger version of the same picture. *Give her credit in your plug-in (Clare Krauss, claretk (at) yahoo (dot) com, *Distribute your plug-in only as freeware (do not sell it). 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