J.J. Light Heya cd

cd
2007/1969
new
People sometimes ask me whether I like any country rock or west coast psych records, and when I respond by telling 'em how much I like J.J. Light, they often take it to mean that the answer is no. J.J. sometimes played bass in the Sir Douglas Quintet (as Jim Stallings). He recorded this with the help of several Los Angeles hustlers & Liberty studio stalwarts, including Kim Fowley, Bob Markley (who put up all the money), Joe Osborn, Larry Knechtel, & Gary Rowles of Love. Nicely covers the ground between Byrdsy country rock & Airplane psych, with just enough trashy Fowley-style moves thrown in to keep things from getting pretentious. The lyrics are really the main star of the show though, and they're only a hairsbreadth away from the illiteracy common to song poem or outsider records. Ludicrously stupid diary entries (that don't rhyme- very West Coast Pop Art) about being an American Indian & going off to California to make it big. Wrenching sorrowful moments for dogs, fatherless barefoot kids, & pregnant girls left behind. Twelve bonus tracks from an unreleased 2nd album, including a cover of late 50s native cash-in, Johnny Preston's 'Running Bear'! Tracklisting: Na Ru Ka, Silently Sleeping, Follow Me Girl, It's Wednesday, Until it Snows, The Electric Land Band, Hello Hello Hello, Heya, While the World Turns to Stone, Henry Glover, Hey Yo Hanna Wa, Indian Disneyland, Gallup New Mexico, On the Road Now, Low Rider Rule, Running Bear, Rose Marie, A Thousand Years Old, Love Is Not a Game, Power to the People, Kent State Massacre, Christine, Don't We All Get Lonely Sometimes, Have You Seen My Baby, Stuck in Prison, Heya.