JOYRIDE

Track Listing:
1. Joyride
2. Mother Richard
3. Glorious
4. Flower of the Hour
5. Midnight of Life
6. Strawberries are Growing in my Garden (And Its Wintertime)
7. Star
8. Persinthia Lawdro & John
9. Sweet Lavender
10. Donkey Pot
11. Mickey Minnie
12. Dreamlake

People:
Tracks 1-5 and 9-12 produced at WGNS Studio, Nations Capitol, by Geoff Turner and Charles Bennington. Tracks 6 and 8 produced by Kurt Ralske at Zabriske Point Studio, NYC, and track 7 produced by Beaumont Hannant and Richard Brown at TTB Studio, Wakefield, England. Drums: tracks 2, 5 and 11: The Rummager, tracks 4, 9, 10 and 12, John Giesecke, tracks 6 and 8, Julius Klepacz and track 3, Sven Abow. Bass on all tracks but 6 and 8, Charles Steck Additional vox on track 6 Mick Murphy from the awesome UK band The Dentists

Deep Thoughts:
Phew, Im so exhausted from writing out the musician credits, which conveniently brings me to my only problem with this record: the fact that its a crazy quilt of sessions, producers and drummers.  And while they all do a great job I dont think it hangs together well as a record.  The last four songs are great together and were recorded first, all at the same studio with the same musicians, thats one little record, then the first five are a little record, same studio, different drummer, louder feel, and that section in the middle is like, the halftime entertainment, its just crazy.  Mr. Beaumont Hannant and Mr. Richard Brown make their first appearances on Star, they will figure more prominently as we continue our walk through the sands of time.  Boy I dig some of those tunes, though, Mickey Minnie has a great homo love chorus, boys on boys, thats such a joy, Mother Richard just plain rocks, there I said it, and there are moments in Sweet Lavender and Dreamlake that still moisten the eye.