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Getting Better All the Timely BILL YAIYAN, When Jerry Yestcr and possible (his spring by mak-..-Judy Henske got married the tog Pat Boone sound contem-“only presents they got were porary on an LP for Tetra-• from a friend who gave Jerry a Spider Man comic book and Judy a copy of Confidential - -Magazine with a story about her in it.gramma ton.Judy had retired to make babies, but Show Biz beckoned her back. So Jerry and decided to produce Jerry ... These are the kind of people and Judy and the product-•I should write about in a fam- brings out the best in all ofily record column which child- (hem.. ren might read? _ , . fJudy wrote the lyrics to alllt; Yes siree. Because besides of their songs and you’ve nev-7# “being zany people who might or lieard anything like them.“Snowbllnd” is the ultimate love is blind’* song, with the constantly jilted suitor raising a hungry bear to feed on the “luckless ladies.” “St. Nicholas Hall” zeroes in on Catholic fund raisers: “Blessed are the pure in heart (we need a new organ by June); Blessed are the merciful (the old one’s badly out of tune).” “One More Time” rivals the Beaties’ “Eleanor Rigby” as a hymn to spinsterhood.Jerry wrote the music (Zal helped on Snowbllnd) and should get much of the credit for my favorte song on the album, Raider.” It’s about a horse (Jerry and Judy are into the equestrian thing) and the melody is droning, old-ti-mey folk music, with banjos and a fiddle. The song could mess your head up a bit, they drone on forever without los-are awIUIly good music mak- inE lte force-*‘ers. Their first album togeth- There are some defects, er “Farewell Aldebaran,” for Judy’s full voice never really Frank Zappa's Straight Re- ,s a d]ance ,cords is definitely not run-of- . . . ’thp-mill and| when limited, tends tof. ‘ ‘ wander out of key, as in the. Judy Henske’s name should slew, soft “Lullaby.” Jerry’s '.ring a bell. She’s a big girl voice remains in the back-:!* with an even bigger, gusty ground, save for “One More ' voice. .ludy made a number Time,” and Fd like to hear of records several years ago, more of him.tew of which did her any jus- .... • •_ ,,ti J J The title tune, “Farewell- fc • Aldeharan,” defies criticism.v-£ Jerry was in a group called Aldebaran, I found from look-*-1he Modern Folk Quartet, and ing in the encyclopaedia, isyear he faded out with the brightest star in the con-the Lovin’ Spoonful. Since stellation of Taurus. That’s as:r fheir breakup, Jerry and Zal far as I got. The song is musi-Yanovsky have been prnduc- cal chaos. I liked it. But I! ing records. They did the im- don’t know why.3HENSKE YESTER. . . head musicQUEIlectic at Tcists cStude faculty Gabriel gated ; last wei upcomi: Rose QiThe were ti exhibit! demons process House, Ralph man ot CommitAny t college Area C providei and 21 makes lt;
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Pasadena, California, US
Sat, Sep 27, 1969
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