Over the years, this guy has simply faded into the woodwork. He's never gotten the credit or the spotlight that he's deserved. The Lovin' Spoonful was one of the great groups of the 60's. This eclectic album reflects his honesty and integrity as a musician and composer. He's a real national treasure.
Along with his first solo effort this is one of John Sebastian's best. With a bit more folk and conntry influence than some albums it still has the unmistakeably qualities John was know for with the Lovin' Spoonful. "Face of Appalachia and Stories We Could Tell" are classics and you'll find it hard not to feel good and sing along with "Dixie Chicken" and "Friends Again".
Jug band music originated in Louisville, Kentucky, around 1905, but reached its fullest flowering in Memphis in the 1920s. Though there were others, two groups in particular dominated Beale Street: the Memphis Jug Band, led by Will Shade, and Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers. The former came first and was more popular at the time, but it's the Cannon/Stompers legacy that has best endured. In 1963 the Rooftop Singers, a Greenwich Village folk trio featuring Erik… more »
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