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cALcpi ^euuigtheir picture on the cover of the main rock music publiea--' tion.Some of the'ir songs are' ' subtle put-ons and a couple*' are right on gross and fall \ fall. But regardless of the' lyrics all of the music which •' the group puts together is ’ good. The words come from, the witty pen of Shel Silver-stein.We’ll surely hear morel' from Dr. Hook. Their songs help refresh radio notee' = these days. Thanks,- Dr.' ’ Hook, for the party and the'5 fun music and thanks to Buzz for her great boogie.David Bromberg hopefully * will soon pick his way to po-„ Tz pularity. His new second al-' bum Demon In Disguise should help’ Some find the. * humor in his songs a bit gro- • fesque at. times, but it suits' . me just fine. If your head is on backwards you can onl}' ’ see the stage an your way out.Two-thirds of the album was recorded live at threr* different places, but you can’t tell the difference unless you hear the'clapping.. On the title cut he is backed' • by half the Grateful Dead.He himself is best known for his backup work on other * ' albums most notably with • Bob Dylan and John Prine. •*His guitar, dobro and mandolin picking rivals Ry Good-/* er’s for expertise at such a- ' young age. And the songs he * writes. Whew. Can you imagine a belly dancer coming on--stage described as dressed -in a scarf and a sneeze.11Also included is a long ver- * ■ sion of rhe always lovely -Mr. Bojangles” wilh a mnn- -ologue about how Jerry Jeff ' Walker, who Bromberg used 1 tn play with, wrote it and ' ' whal it's about.A nice record good to listen * to anytime. Why don't you? : +Ever wonder what the Rryds have been doing I he past five years and about as' many albums? The Best of The Byrds, Greatest Hits* 1 Volume II is a pretry good in- 1 diem ion.All of the most recent al- bums have been weak overall with always a couple of very fine songs on each. Some of the best are offered hern.There's the mtsin’ Ballad of Easy Rider4’ and 11Wasn’t Born To Follow as well as “Drug Store Truck Drivin* Man. Their version of '‘Jesus Is Just Alright is good* but has been recently cut by the Dobbie Brothers’ better one. The elderly and almost out-of-place He Was A Friend of Mine” doesn't quite* r crime up to The Leaves version.The resi are straight Byrds — ond there HAS been such * a thing despite the many*-changes. Their most recent • hi?, Amorion's Greal Na-. tinnal Pastime” rounds oul r Ihe rerorrl, ’ • *
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Pasadena, California, US
Wed, Jan 10, 1973
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