Loved what I heard on Spotify yesterday – a sort of psychedelic Steely Dan with superb production on the later stuff – so surfed to to read up some more, and was surprised to find this brief and oddly comtemptuous dismissal: This is a must-hear for anyone serious about knowing the history of rock. A collection of high speed boogies, solid blues, great choices of lyrics, and very creative covers of a whole bunch of great songs.
Known as a cult classic, the covers of everything from Dylan to Son House show a depth far beyond the capability of most artists over the decades. It’s a damn shame this has not been issued on CD. Highly recommended.įinnigan and Wood’s Crazed Hipsters is one of the best records to come out of the early 70s. One of my all-time favorites, I’ve been playing this since it came out back in the early 1970s, and had the pleasure of seeing them live back then. Jerry Wood plays a blistering guitar solo on the Dylan cover, Down In The Flood, and it is a shame he passed away before he could find his due. He played with Hendrix on Electric Ladyland, and later toured with various iterations of CSNY.
From a musical perspective, Mike Finnigan is fantastic behind the B3, and his vocals on the cover of Son House’s Death Letter Blues are just outstanding. This is an amazing album – a sort of cross between rock, rhythm & blues, pure blues, and a few more influences.