SUPER RARE PRIVATE 70s ABNER JAY COCAINE BLUES REAL PEOPLE GUITAR "HEAD"
$
201
$ 201
Sold For
Jun 3, 2012
Sold Date
May 29, 2012
Start Date
$ 10
Start price
27
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USA
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SUPER RARE "LOST HIGHWAY" BLUES ROCK
"REAL PEOPLE" PRIVATE PRESS ARTIFACT
ABNER JAY
SWAUNEE WATER and COCAINE BLUES
\ USA - PRIVATE PRESS - (BRANDIE RECORDS) 3-22-80
AMAZINGLY ***STILL SEALED*** super rare mid 70s private press by 'real people' blues guitar lost highway cat that is not only sought after for good reason but a hell of a stong album that gets more powerful with each play ... a real gem of the sort ... way better than you might imagine....
There is something about the way Abner Jay tells a tale. You wish that each song lasted an eternity because he has that rare gift of a true storyteller that is able to spin a yarn into a scarf that seemingly runs on for miles and miles. Yeah, they end from around the three-minute mark to the 7 minute mark, but the Swaunee River and Cocaine Blues’ songs kind of run together into one long cautionary tale about the perils of love, substance abuse and the consequences of poor decision making. What makes Abner Jay utterly transcendent is his loose, rambling guitar licks that approach mantra status as the combo of instrument and voice hypnotize you and suck you into his narratives. You already know the ending of each tale, but will want to listen to each repeatedly because Abner Jay is an entertaining motherfucker who plays the holy hell out of a guitar and is one of the few artists who can make a song literally come alive for you late at night when you want to bathe in your own imperfections. These are tales of souls who make the same mistakes over and over again, but never lack the stubbornness to try to make things right no matter how many times shit goes down the wrong chute. The ramshackle charm of Abner’s music is only highlighted by the fact that he was literally a one-man band. Playing guitar, harmonica, and bass drum, his music is surprisingly mesmerizing and complex despite being looser than a necktie after a long day of drinking at a wedding. He learned much of his repertoire from his grandfather who was a slave in Georgia. Abner was one of the last souls trafficking in pure bluesrock music, but his performances aren’t offensive, but rather sincere odes to the past and its accumulated storybook of mythology while adding his own spin on what his elders taught him. Even his take on “Ol’ Man River” takes new life in his hand as he wrings every ounce of frustration, pain and weariness from its lyrics and instrumentation. The world of Abner Jay and his “Cocaine Blues” may be the most effective ode to drug abuse while serving as its most chilling warning. A simple, bluesy lick eats its own tail throughout its seven minutes while Abner Jay champions its effectiveness while decrying how it has possessed his heart and soul. You know how many blues songs talk of the devil’s influence. Well, Jay’s “Cocaine Blues” replaces Satan with Cocaine to chilling effect while romanticizing its influence and relating that it is the real deal, not the wash of psychedelics readily available in the 60s. He is part salesman, part drug counselor as he tells of its peaks and valleys and what a misguided soul will do to get a fix. The song isn’t about judgement for misdeeds, but a depiction of what addiction will make a man do and think about at his lowest moments. It’s a love song and death ballad all at once. For that reason, it sticks in my craw each time it is heard in this neck of the woods. If there's a more soulful and tragic song written than "I'm so Depressed", sung with such gutwrenching honesty and vulnerability, his voice reaching trembling heights, then we're yet to be introduced to it. "Cocaine" starts with the aforementioned rant about Folk music and pauses half way through for Abner to unleash his frustrations on how difficult scoring 'coke' has become, something that Doctors are apparently "supposed to help you out with". ´Old Man River´ with the haunting line "I'm tired of living, but scared of dyin' brings the listeners deep into the fragile makings of a reclusive genius. "The reason young people use drugs" brings a majestic album by a furiously talented chap to a bittersweet close. Claiming a lack of love was the reason people found substitutes in narcotics, it's perhaps a slight nod to his own taste for the sweet stuff.A:
The Royal Palm (7:15
Cocaine Blues (6:50
Swaunee (3:35
B:
The Reason Young People Use Drugs
The College Crowd
I'm a Hard Workin Man
I'm so Depressed
Scrop Tobacco
Ol Man River (5:50)
CONDITION: The Cover: STILL PERFECTLY SEALED = never opened = no bends, no writing, no split seams ... a fantastic real people artifact cut from the same cloth as similar monsters of Amerika....
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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