Tuesday, October 5, 2021

Three sheets to the wind (Johnny Bond) (LP 714)

Johnny Bond   Hot Rod Lincoln and Three Sheets In The Wind and other new favorites of Johnny Bond (Vinyl, Starday Records, 1964) ****

GenreCountry 

Places I remember: Real Groovy's $10 bins

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Hot Rod Lincoln

Gear costume: Hot Rod Surfin Hootlebeatnannie (Johnny Cash and The Beach Boys get namechecks) , I Like That Kind, Sadie Was A Lady (I feel that Macca studied this one - Rocky Raccoon is exhibit A) 

Active compensatory factors: I was drawn to this because of Hot Rod Lincoln, obviously, and hoping that some other pearls would be contained within.

Jackpot! This is great! Real country. His authentic country presence (he was the son of an Oklahoma rancher), twangy guitar and voice is superb. 

The lyric content - girls, hot rods, surfin', drinking, murder ballads, is all perfectly in place and current for 1964!

Where do they all belong? This mint copy is a great addition to my small country collection on vinyl.

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