4.17.2009

The Mojo Men:Sit Down...It's the Mojo Men (US, 1966/67)

An 18-song compilation of material from their 1966-68 hitch with Reprise, combining several singles with five tracks from an unreleased album. This fully documents the second phase of the band, when they added drummer Jan Errico and changed from a second rate garage band into a better (but not fully first-rate) pop/folk-rock group. This isn't half bad for the genre, but you can see why they never really distinguished themselves from the San Francisco crowd. It's way too pop to be associated with the Haight-Ashbury scene, a little too weird to be compared to, say, the Association (with the occasional sudden blasts of psychedelic fuzz guitar and baroque production), not as accomplished as the Mamas & the Papas, and gussied up with too many conventional pop string arrangements. Van Dyke Parks arranged a few of the singles, including their lone hit, "Sit Down, I Think I Love You" (which is here). Most of the material was written by Errico and bassist Jim Alaimo.

SIT DOWN PLEASE...

9 comments:

Jon said...

Hola Pablo,no estaba entrando mucho ultimamente y veo que me estaba perdiendo algunas cositas más que interesantes,tú al igual que el blog de Roadrunner hacen un gran trabajo.Muchas gracias

The Bomber said...

Passw: cazorla

Anonymous said...

nice post. thanks Mr. Pablo.

Anonymous said...

Thanks
Zeno

Roadrunner said...

Excelente banda que adoro la voz de Jan Errico y la armonias vocales de la banda,Excelente post. Sigue esta senda, un abrazo

The Bomber said...

sigo con tu senda viejo...es lo que vos propongas he...si sigue el RR yo sigo..si no seguis...yo sigo igual ! ajajaja (no mentira)
abandono el malogrado mundo de los blgos junto con vos.

Saludos!

Roadrunner said...

siganme no los voy a defraudar....>

Foro Pablo Foro

Anonymous said...

Thank you so much!

Gerard said...

Thanks Pablo!