The Courettes – Back In Mono
It was “Want You! Like A Cigarette” that first brought The Courettes to my attention earlier this year – and then “Hop The Twig,” and “Trash Can Honey,” and holy cats is this a...
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The Courettes – We Are The Courettes
I don’t have much to say about this, being brand new to me just this March, except that this 2018 release is even more exciting than their debut. Every song is a rocking good...
The Courettes – Here Are The Courettes
I know I’m not unusual in occasionally getting obsessed with an artist I’ve discovered on YouTube – the algorithm pushes me something remarkable, I browse through nearly everything they have to offer, add them...
Country Joe McDonald — The Paris Sessions
I’ve written before that I have a huge soft spot for Country Joe and the Fish, one that I passed on to one of my kids. While hardly obscure, they’re also not hugely remembered,...
Country Joe & The Fish – Reunion
“Reunion,” released in 1977, constituted a reunion of the 1967 version of Country Joe and the Fish. They wisely didn’t just dip into the old psychedelic well, because that really wasn’t likely to go...
Country Joe & The Fish – The Life and Times of Country Joe & The Fish
Vanguard put out a Country Joe and the Fish Greatest Hits album in 1969, but following the group’s final album (for a while, anyway), they put out a very nice two-disc compilation, The Life...
Country Joe & The Fish – C.J. Fish
It’s amazing how quickly the air can go out of a band. Country Joe and the Fish started as a folkish duo (with Barry Melton performing the function of The Fish) in 1965, went...
Country Joe & The Fish – Here We Are Again
An apt title for a fourth album, no? As I mentioned, this was one of the first two Country Joe & The Fish records I got (as far as I can remember — it’s...
Country Joe McDonald — Hold On It’s Coming
Going through the bins at the Forever Changes pop-up, and what the hell is this? A Country Joe record I’ve never seen before? Indeed. At first I thought it was a movie soundtrack –...
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