Return of Yet More 60s Shite

I'm digitizing some bootleg Duke Ellington air checks from 1949 while I type this.

Don't expect much on my end.

Someone I Knew (1969)

Swan song release by the Lollipop Shoppe who featured a very young Fred Cole who would be in a shit load of bands that a lot of people are quite taken with. His vocal stylings are certainly an acquired taste of which I never quite managed to get, but he touched enough people to merit a New York Times obituary, so there's that.
I'm unlikely to warrant one, so good on him.

Take the Good & the Bad (1967)

The Live Five were a fine group of young fellows who hailed from Salem, Oregon and wore some really fancy striped trousers. That's enough for me.

The Homer & Jethro Project #60

Fucking Hell.

Sixty fucking Homer and fucking Jethro fucking posts.

Will this well never run dry?

November 1969 - lsp-4274 - Nashville String Band

So another couple of years after the last time they released an Lp of straight pop instrumental tunes Homer & Jethro with probably very little arm twisting on their part teamed up with Chet Atkins under the name of the Nashville String Band and recorded this record.

They, in fact, recorded another five after this one. (Well, three more with Homer, anyway). It's a bit of a Spanish/Mexican influenced record no doubt to try and catch on the latter end of the coattails of Herb Albert and his Tijuana Brass. I don't think it really worked, but sales were apparently sufficient to let them continue. So there is that.

I know at other various points in my life I'd have totally shit on this one. It would infuriate me as pure inconsequential nothingness. Virtual fucking Muzak . But now that I'm old enough to laugh at what a pretentious little prick I used to be I can appreciate it for what it is.




I made a meatloaf while I recorded this. It was very good music for making meatloaf to.

La Fiesta	2:30
Yellow Bird	3:18
El Paso	2:47
Granada	2:49
Adios Amigos	2:29
La Golondrina = The Swallow	1:51
Caribbean	2:24
Tomorrow's Tears (Morir Un Poco)	2:07
Maria Elena	3:17
Drina	2:35
In A Little Spanish Town	2:13

The Homer & Jethro Project #59

#59

Well, it's getting down to the wire.

Let us dispense with the preliminary typing and proceed directly to the next album

March 1969 - lsp-4148 - Next Album

Sadly this would be the last long playing album that Homer Haynes would complete under the name of Homer and Jethro. There would be some records that the duo would go on to record with Chet Atkins under the name the Nashville String Band (which will follow in the coming week), a few stray singles and a posthumous compilation , but this is the final record as a whole for our heroes as Homer and Jethro.

But the good news is that it's one of their best efforts. It's good pretty much all the way through with some highlights along the way.
As always mileage will vary, but the "Gal From Possum Holler" is always a winner around here.



1. There Ain’t a Chicken Safe in Tennessee
2. The Gal from Possum Holler
3. I Ain’t Got a Worry in the World
4. Little Arrows

5. D-i-v-o-r-c-e (B-a-c-o-n And E-g-g-s)

6. What Have You Done For Me Lately
7. I Upped My Income (Up Yours)
8. Cab Driver
9. I Haven’t The Foggiest
10. Pennsylvania Turnpike
11. Like Mother Used to Make
12. You Know a Thousand Ways