It's Don Preston! Dept. - The Other One, Not The Mothers One

This guy has a pretty damn fantastic resumé. He's played guitar for a bunch of people you like, if you like people like the Righteous Brothers, Joe Cocker, Gene Vincent, Rick Nelson, Canned Heat, George Harrison, JJ Cale, like people like that, he's, like, played with 'em.

After his first solo album in '68, Bluse, which I don't gots, he got a band together and they recorded Hot Air Through A Straw which is as swell as you'd want from an album called that. It's modishly diverse - which did it no favors, I'm guessing.

An approach they maintained for a second album, although they changed their lineup and name to Stillrock, wrapping the vinyl in a tired will this do? cover - which did it no favors, I'm guessing. Both these albums are well worth your time in that pop n'roll/touch of psych/southern rock bag you're in.

Enter Leon Russell and Shelter, and his solo album from '74 Been Here All The Time, which he has. Recorded across Apple, Criteria, Clover, Shelter, and Muscle Shoals studios, with all the buff studio muscle you'd expect.

Addendum: Dr. D has kindly donated the missing Bluse album, which you'll find linked in his comment. It is very swell. Our thanks to him.