Genre: Pop, rock
Places I remember: Slow Boat Records
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Well, Well, Well
Gear costume: Black Snake Blues
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Well, Well, Well
Gear costume: Black Snake Blues
They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 6
Active compensatory factors: The Four of Us was his second studio album. I have previously reviewed his debut John B. Sebastian.
Active compensatory factors: The Four of Us was his second studio album. I have previously reviewed his debut John B. Sebastian.
The Four of Us is a much rockier album, signaled by the lead off song - his version of In My Time of Dying, renamed here as Well, Well, Well. That's reinforced by the follow up - Black Snake Blues.
Dallas Taylor and John Barbata provide the muscular drums and Dr John (listed as 'Mac Rabinac' in the album credits) is on piano with John Sebastian providing the guitars.
The first side has the tougher edge, while side two is just the title track. It plays out as a suite of four parts (appropriate). It builds from Sebastian solo acoustic guitar - like he's sitting around a fireplace. Steel drums and rock moves interrupt the narrative which centres on a literal and metaphorical journey (it's a road trip - ha ha!).
Where do they all belong? Always keen to find other Sebastian records. He's a bit like Arlo Guthrie in my collection - a Woodstock performer who has an intriguing back catalogue.
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