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In 1976, Southern singer/songwriter
Robert Lester Folsom
independently released his debut album
Music and Dreams
, a homespun collection of proto-yacht rock that was ever so slightly touched by psychedelia.
Folsom
's would-be AM Gold took the same course as so many private press albums of its time; it performed alright regionally but ultimately wasn't enough to pay the bills, and his rock & roll dreams were shelved until collectors and reissue labels started discovering the album 30 years later.
was great on its own, but opened the floodgates for an extensive archive of wonderful home-recorded material
had amassed leading up to his first proper studio album.
Sunshine Only Sometimes
is the second volume of demo-like songs
and friends recorded on reel-to-reel tape between 1972 and 1975, following the 2014 compilation
Ode to a Rainy Day
. Like all of his output from this time, the songs here are a specific brand of Southern soft rock, clearly enamored with
George Harrison
's solo catalog but holding undertones of both psychedelic spaciness and a twang inherent to
's Georgia environments. There's no shortage of highlights on
, covering all the stylistic bases
was exploring at the time. "Ease My Mind" is breezy and wandering in the same way as much of
was, with its hints of melancholy brought to the surface by the low-budget recording quality. Songs like "Lonely Lovers" and the title track are bummer ballads drenched in phaser, fitting in nicely with the stoner loner energy of other unsung psychedelic folk singers of
's time like
Ted Lucas
or
Linda Perhacs
. Other entries are more decidedly country flavored, with "Julie" being a joyful romp of fiddle, brassy acoustic guitars, and banjo while "Sinking Ship" takes more of a
Neil Young
approach to country-folk, sticking to ominous minor key and distant, unsettled emotions. The songs are largely subdued with minimal arrangements, but occasional full band numbers show up, as mellow as the honey-colored opener "Nobody Wants Me" and as rocking as the fun, silly rave-up "Singing in the Shower." The hazy recording quality is part of the charm of these heartfelt songs. The selections are a bit more depressing at times than those on the first volume of archival material, or those that made it on to
, but the overall sense that's conveyed is one of
and friends finding joy, solace, and personal discovery in this sweetly strange music. ~ Fred Thomas
Robert Lester Folsom
independently released his debut album
Music and Dreams
, a homespun collection of proto-yacht rock that was ever so slightly touched by psychedelia.
Folsom
's would-be AM Gold took the same course as so many private press albums of its time; it performed alright regionally but ultimately wasn't enough to pay the bills, and his rock & roll dreams were shelved until collectors and reissue labels started discovering the album 30 years later.
was great on its own, but opened the floodgates for an extensive archive of wonderful home-recorded material
had amassed leading up to his first proper studio album.
Sunshine Only Sometimes
is the second volume of demo-like songs
and friends recorded on reel-to-reel tape between 1972 and 1975, following the 2014 compilation
Ode to a Rainy Day
. Like all of his output from this time, the songs here are a specific brand of Southern soft rock, clearly enamored with
George Harrison
's solo catalog but holding undertones of both psychedelic spaciness and a twang inherent to
's Georgia environments. There's no shortage of highlights on
, covering all the stylistic bases
was exploring at the time. "Ease My Mind" is breezy and wandering in the same way as much of
was, with its hints of melancholy brought to the surface by the low-budget recording quality. Songs like "Lonely Lovers" and the title track are bummer ballads drenched in phaser, fitting in nicely with the stoner loner energy of other unsung psychedelic folk singers of
's time like
Ted Lucas
or
Linda Perhacs
. Other entries are more decidedly country flavored, with "Julie" being a joyful romp of fiddle, brassy acoustic guitars, and banjo while "Sinking Ship" takes more of a
Neil Young
approach to country-folk, sticking to ominous minor key and distant, unsettled emotions. The songs are largely subdued with minimal arrangements, but occasional full band numbers show up, as mellow as the honey-colored opener "Nobody Wants Me" and as rocking as the fun, silly rave-up "Singing in the Shower." The hazy recording quality is part of the charm of these heartfelt songs. The selections are a bit more depressing at times than those on the first volume of archival material, or those that made it on to
, but the overall sense that's conveyed is one of
and friends finding joy, solace, and personal discovery in this sweetly strange music. ~ Fred Thomas
In 1976, Southern singer/songwriter
Robert Lester Folsom
independently released his debut album
Music and Dreams
, a homespun collection of proto-yacht rock that was ever so slightly touched by psychedelia.
Folsom
's would-be AM Gold took the same course as so many private press albums of its time; it performed alright regionally but ultimately wasn't enough to pay the bills, and his rock & roll dreams were shelved until collectors and reissue labels started discovering the album 30 years later.
was great on its own, but opened the floodgates for an extensive archive of wonderful home-recorded material
had amassed leading up to his first proper studio album.
Sunshine Only Sometimes
is the second volume of demo-like songs
and friends recorded on reel-to-reel tape between 1972 and 1975, following the 2014 compilation
Ode to a Rainy Day
. Like all of his output from this time, the songs here are a specific brand of Southern soft rock, clearly enamored with
George Harrison
's solo catalog but holding undertones of both psychedelic spaciness and a twang inherent to
's Georgia environments. There's no shortage of highlights on
, covering all the stylistic bases
was exploring at the time. "Ease My Mind" is breezy and wandering in the same way as much of
was, with its hints of melancholy brought to the surface by the low-budget recording quality. Songs like "Lonely Lovers" and the title track are bummer ballads drenched in phaser, fitting in nicely with the stoner loner energy of other unsung psychedelic folk singers of
's time like
Ted Lucas
or
Linda Perhacs
. Other entries are more decidedly country flavored, with "Julie" being a joyful romp of fiddle, brassy acoustic guitars, and banjo while "Sinking Ship" takes more of a
Neil Young
approach to country-folk, sticking to ominous minor key and distant, unsettled emotions. The songs are largely subdued with minimal arrangements, but occasional full band numbers show up, as mellow as the honey-colored opener "Nobody Wants Me" and as rocking as the fun, silly rave-up "Singing in the Shower." The hazy recording quality is part of the charm of these heartfelt songs. The selections are a bit more depressing at times than those on the first volume of archival material, or those that made it on to
, but the overall sense that's conveyed is one of
and friends finding joy, solace, and personal discovery in this sweetly strange music. ~ Fred Thomas
Robert Lester Folsom
independently released his debut album
Music and Dreams
, a homespun collection of proto-yacht rock that was ever so slightly touched by psychedelia.
Folsom
's would-be AM Gold took the same course as so many private press albums of its time; it performed alright regionally but ultimately wasn't enough to pay the bills, and his rock & roll dreams were shelved until collectors and reissue labels started discovering the album 30 years later.
was great on its own, but opened the floodgates for an extensive archive of wonderful home-recorded material
had amassed leading up to his first proper studio album.
Sunshine Only Sometimes
is the second volume of demo-like songs
and friends recorded on reel-to-reel tape between 1972 and 1975, following the 2014 compilation
Ode to a Rainy Day
. Like all of his output from this time, the songs here are a specific brand of Southern soft rock, clearly enamored with
George Harrison
's solo catalog but holding undertones of both psychedelic spaciness and a twang inherent to
's Georgia environments. There's no shortage of highlights on
, covering all the stylistic bases
was exploring at the time. "Ease My Mind" is breezy and wandering in the same way as much of
was, with its hints of melancholy brought to the surface by the low-budget recording quality. Songs like "Lonely Lovers" and the title track are bummer ballads drenched in phaser, fitting in nicely with the stoner loner energy of other unsung psychedelic folk singers of
's time like
Ted Lucas
or
Linda Perhacs
. Other entries are more decidedly country flavored, with "Julie" being a joyful romp of fiddle, brassy acoustic guitars, and banjo while "Sinking Ship" takes more of a
Neil Young
approach to country-folk, sticking to ominous minor key and distant, unsettled emotions. The songs are largely subdued with minimal arrangements, but occasional full band numbers show up, as mellow as the honey-colored opener "Nobody Wants Me" and as rocking as the fun, silly rave-up "Singing in the Shower." The hazy recording quality is part of the charm of these heartfelt songs. The selections are a bit more depressing at times than those on the first volume of archival material, or those that made it on to
, but the overall sense that's conveyed is one of
and friends finding joy, solace, and personal discovery in this sweetly strange music. ~ Fred Thomas
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