Subject: RE: Peter Krug recordings - scorpio ladies & chain
From:
Joe Offer
Date: 11 Nov 09 - 02:36 PM
Oh, that's a shame. I suppose that may be part of why we haven't seen him at Carmp Harmony lately. I hope he's OK.
allmusic.com has a not-too-complimentary biography, but I learned some things I hadn't known about Peter:Biography-by Richie Unterberger
Peter Krug would be totally forgotten today had he not, by circumstance, ended up on the very collectable first release by a major California psychedelic group. In late 1965, Country Joe & the Fish -- still a folk jugband for the most part -- put out their first two tracks, early versions of "I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag" and "Superbird," on a four-song EP accompanying the magazine Rag Baby. Country Joe & the Fish were only on the A-side, however; the B-side was devoted to two solo acoustic performances by Krug, a San Francisco Bay Area folk singer/songwriter. The two songs were mediocre mid-'60s topical folk tunes, not helped by the drab melodies and Krug's unsteady, inexpressive vocals. "Fire in the City" mixes a Dylanesque delivery with a vague lyrical sense of apocalypse, and "Johnny's Gone to the War" was an anti-war statement. Although the original EP release on which these tracks appeared is quite rare, the Krug songs (as well as the Country Joe & the Fish ones) were reissued on Country Joe & the Fish's Collectors Items: The First Three EP's collection.
There's a YouTube Video of "Fire in the City," and Peter's "Migrant Song" was on the Best of Broadside box set. Oh, and it looks like somebody named Marion Brown has recorded three or four Peter Krug songs.
Oh, and there is a group called Motherlode who has recorded "Chainsaw."
Hmmm. I didn't find "Scorpio Ladies, but I did find this:
Scorpio ladies have a reputation of being femme fatales;
Mata Hari is the usual quoted example,
but Princess Grace of Monaco was a Scorpio too.
It would work to the tune of "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys"....
-Joe-
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