GREEN ON RED GRAVITY TALKS / W/ CHRIS CACAVAS

The best Green on Red album, and a great example of mid 80’s California western” sound.A blend of psychedelia, 60’s folk, and 70’s country-rock, but with the Velvet’s drone creepingin constantly and with down and out lyrics. Dan Stuart penned lyrics with immediacy whileaspiring to Lou Reed-like poetry. On this record, Stuart’s vocals sound a bit like a more strident,more intense (and less tuneful) Neil Young. Meanwhile, Chris Cacavas provided keyboards thatevoked the best of the psychedelic 1960s. There is a lot of complexity on Gravity Talks” and itbuilds from start to finish, from the ragged and unpolished (but still charming) opener/title trackthrough the reflective Old Chief” and on to the driving and very western 5 Easy Pieces”.This stuff holds up completely.