Thursday, April 17, 2008

Some of Shelley's Blues

Bent Fender & the Moonglows
Zoomer Roberts: guitar & lead vocal
Tony Custer: piano & harmony vocal
Bill Owen: bass
recorded June 1973 at the King's X

We learned this from the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's then-current "Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy" LP. I don't think we knew -- or cared -- that it was written by Michael Nesmith, although it seems obvious now. These songs were recorded on Bill's Hitachi portable stereo cassette machine. What they lack in sound quality is made up for in crowd noise.