The second Content Providers album, largely written during a surge of creative energy while living in the Haight in 2001, reflecting on harder times recently passed and the struggles of others I had known. Recorded throughout 2002 with a cast of 28 singers and players at the Wally Sound in a spirit of “anything goes”, we tried for a wide range of sounds in the spirit of overblown psychedelic albums like Magical Mystery Tour and Their Satanic Majesties Request, which were considered failures in their day but to me were always way more fun than more “respectable” works like Sgt. Pepper, etc. More great Céline Keller art on the cover.
VIEW LYRICS at the links below.
All songs © 2002 J Neo Marvin (BMI) except where noted.
1) FORMERLY BOOMTOWN (J Neo Marvin)
J Neo Marvin: Vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, egg & avocado
Alan Korn: Bass guitar
Tim Ennis: Twinchin drum
Diane Wallis: Violin
Rico Bell: Accordion
Nik Phelps: Trumpet, alto sax and baritone horn
Bill Fitzgerald: Tambouras
Kimberly Theurich, Nancy Clarke, Davis Jones, Jen Faith, Toy: Vocals
Wally Sound: Drums
2) PRIMATE HOUSE (1731 11TH AVE) (J Neo Marvin)
J Neo Marvin: Vocals, guitar, organ, piano, and theremin
Alan Korn: Bass guitar
Harris Taback: Drums
Rico Bell: Accordion
Carrie Bradley: Violins
Jim McLaren: Harmonica
3) DEAR EMMA (J Neo Marvin)
J Neo Marvin: Vocals, guitar, organ, crash cymbals
Alan Korn: Bass guitar
Harris Taback: Drums
Cynthia Wigginton: Violin
Deirdre Fogarty and Jeremy Hanberry: Vocals
4) SLOW DRAIN (Willy Deville)
© 1980 EMI Glenwood Music Inc
J Neo Marvin: Vocals, guitar and piano
Alan Korn: Bass guitar
Tim Ennis: Tom-tom and gongokqui bells
Earl Eckles: Pandiero
Dan Leone: Steel drum
Nik Phelps: Trumpet and alto sax
Jim McLaren: Harmonica
Nancy Clarke, Deirdre Fogarty, Jeremy Hanberry and Davis Jones: Chorus vocals
Kimberly Theurich, Toy, Jen Faith, Rich Hubbard, DJ, JNM: Party out of bounds
(“YYYEEEAAAAHHHH” appears by kind permission of Burke Hilburn)
5) UNFORGIVABLE (J Neo Marvin)
J Neo Marvin: Vocals and guitar
Alan Korn: Bass guitar
Sue Hutchinson: Vibrator guitar, squiggle-writer guitar
Suki O’Kane: Drums, bowed cymbals
Nancy Clarke: Violin and vocals
Davis Jones: Solo vocal
Kimberly Theurich: Wordless vocal
Jen Faith, Toy, Rich Hubbard, KT, DJ, NC, JNM: Final vocals, train whistles, etc.
6) EX-SUPERNOVA (J Neo Marvin)
J Neo Marvin: Vocals, guitar, organ and tambourine
Jill Fido: Bass guitar
Tim Ennis: Dumbek
Franco Reguzzoni: Piano
Carrie Bradley: Violin
Terri Manning: Big slide whistle and vocals
7) ARE YOU A GOOD WITCH OR A BAD WITCH? (J Neo Marvin)
J Neo Marvin: Vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, melodica, piano, coco-uke
Jill Fido: Bass guitar
Tim Ennis: Tar
Diane Wallis: Violin
Bill Fitzgerald: Tambouras
Terri Manning: Bamboo flute, slide whistle, and vocals
Nik Phelps: Soprano sax
8) KITE SONG (Yoko Ono)
© 1973 EMI Blackwood Music Inc./Ono Music
J Neo Marvin: Vocals, guitar, baritone guitars, motor organ, piano
Alan Korn: Bass guitar
Harris Taback: Drums
Nancy Clarke: Violin
Toy: Introduction
Rich Hubbard: Wooden flute
9) STICK FIGURE (J Neo Marvin)
J Neo Marvin: Vocals, electric and acoustic guitars
Alan Korn: Bass guitar
Tim Ennis: Tar
Nik Phelps: French horns
Cynthia Wigginton: Violin
Rico Bell: Accordion
Franco Reguzzoni: Casio “Mellotron”
Terri Manning, Jen Faith: Vocals
10) FISCAL YEAR ZERO (CHARGE OF THE LITE BRIGADE) (J Neo Marvin)
J Neo Marvin: Vocals, guitar, cumbus, second tom-tom
Wally Sound: Yggdrasil bass
Tim Ennis: Nyabinghi dumbeks and tom-tom
Nik Phelps: Soprano sax
Terri Manning: Musical saws
James Oterreau: Piano
Carrie Bradley: Violin
Rico Bell: Accordion
Jen Faith, Toy: Vocals
11) NEW AGE COUPLE GOES DOWN IN FLAMES (J Neo Marvin)
J Neo Marvin: Vocals and guitar
Alan Korn: Bass guitar
Harris Taback: Drums
Franco Reguzzoni: Piano
Carrie Bradley: Violin
Nancy Clarke, Kimberly Theurich, Jen Faith: Vocals
KT, JNM: Kazoos
Davis Jones: “Get it all out!”
12) TAKE ME BY SURPRISE (J Neo Marvin)
J Neo Marvin: Vocals, guitar, theremin, and cumbus
Alan Korn: Bass guitar
Tim Ennis: Tom-tom
Earl Eckles: Pandiero
Franco Reguzzoni: Casio
Cynthia Wigginton: Violin
Rico Bell: Accordion
Terri Manning, Deirdre Fogarty: Vocals