The band's second LP was very strong; this time, most of the tunes are originals, with the exception of a cover of "Bald Headed Lena." Joe Butler and Yanovsky are featured on some lead vocals, and the album includes two more hits, "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice" and "Didn't Want to Have to Do It." [The 2002 reissue includes instrumental versions of "Jug Band Music" and "Fishin' Blues," demo versions of "Daydream" and "Didn't Want to Have to Do It," an alternate version of "Night Owl Blues" and an extra track, "Big Noise From Speonk."]
I absolutely LOVE it when I find a connection / inspiration to music I've known forever to an earlier artist and/or song that I never knew about. Case in point:John Sebastian leads off this great Lovin' Spoonful track with a spoken intro that I've known for 40 years. A few weeks ago a CD that came with the Brit music mag UNCUT was loaded into the iPod changer. "John Lee Hooker" I thought.."THIS...