Sunshine Possibilities

Famous Jug Band | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 15, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Wooded Hill
• ASIN: B0000256FX
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #330,014 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Can't Stop Thinking About It

2. Nickolson Sq.

3. He Never Came Back

4. A Leaf Must Fall

5. Shaky Train Blues

6. The Only Friend I Own

7. Black Is the Color

8. Saro Jane

9. Train On The Island

10. The Main Thing

11. Breakfast Blues

12. Sunshine Possibilities

13. God Knows [*]

14. Chameleon [*]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An Eccentric Offshoot of Folk, June 10, 2000

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Andrew Shaffer (JAPAN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sunshine Possibilities (Audio CD)

A highly original recording by a very short-lived esoteric folk outfit from the turn of the 1970's. While it should be noted that the ever-enigmatic Clive Palmer, founder member of the Incredible Sring Band, is featured here, complete with two original out-there, but wonderfully crafted tunes, it's the vocals Jill Johnson that stand out the most. Although only 18 at the time of this recording, her voice conveys a passion and wisdom of someone who has lived and died and come back as a spirit, boundless in energy and enthusiasm. The lush acoustic arrangements defy classification, an eclectic blend of so-called early music, ragtime, folk, bluegrass, folk-rock, blues and, yes, jug music. The songs, as a whole, are obscure, moody, somewhat chaotic at times, oddly serene at others, which is great if you're into the mystic, neo-acid folk in the String Band tradition, but off-putting, perhaps, to those seeking a more traditional sound. This is an experimental record in the truest sense.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant clive palmer songs, December 13, 2002

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B. Hill "Achintya" (Bristol, Avon United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sunshine Possibilities (Audio CD)

I first heard Nicholson Sqr and Leave Must Fall when a student in the early 70's. These songs have a naivity and depth of emotion rarely conveyed in song and taught me much about the power of simplicity and craft in songwriting.

I am ordering this album on the back of hearing these two songs again.