Genre: American pop/rock
Places I remember: Chaldon Books and Records (Caterham on the hill)
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: She's A Lady
Gear costume: Rainbows All Over Your Blues, I Had A Dream
Active compensatory factors: John B. Sebastian, his debut solo album, came out simultaneously with the Woodstock documentary film and soundtrack.
So for many, he's forever the tie dyed (dippy) hippie singing at Woodstock, rather than the lead voice in The Lovin' Spoonful, or for that matter, the singer of Welcome Back, Kotter's theme song.
To be fair, this album isn't as tie dyed as you'd expect given the timing. There's a toughness to the arrangements, even for hippy bastians like Rainbows and Dream.
Whatever your impression of the man - cool hippy dude or serious muso, this is one messy album that perhaps reflects the multiple facets -and although famous friends like Croz, Stills and Nash appear, they are all pretty anonymous.
Instead we have some cool sixties pop and some mid tempo rock, plus some bizarre sounds for good measure (Fa-Fana-Fa).
Where do they all belong? In a time capsule - it's a period piece. Far out. As in, I can't see millennial vinyl collectors digging this one, man.
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