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Connie Acher, the voice of an angel strumming a sweet guitar. Layers of voice, guitar and percussion enshrouding intelligent lyrics on the nature of life and love. All songs recorded at home to insure supreme bedroom ambiance. Connie Acher's debut was in 1999 when 200 vinyl copies of her LP "Love Sick Lip Service" were released on the Flipped Out Records label based in Albany NY. The following year, she teamed up with Sean Slaney, to produce the LP "Love Pop" by Connie Acher and Jelly, also released on Flipped Out Records. The name Jelly was used, because it referenced a sexual euphemism in music from the twenties and thirties, as in the songs "Hot Jelly Roll Blues", by George Carter, "Selling the Jelly", by Noah Lewis's Jug Band and "He's a Jellyroll Baker" by Lonnie Johnson. Other musicians from the time period even appropriated the word into their own names like Jelly Roll Morton and Jelly Jaw Short. Connie and Sean continued to make music together and in 2002, a third vinyl LP was released on Flipped Out Records, "For the Love of it", by Connie Acher and Blind Drunk John. This time the name Jelly changed to Blind Drunk John to reflect their interests in the pre war blues musicians like Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Blake, Blind Willie McTell, Blind Boy Fuller, Blind Reverend Gary Davis, and Blind Willie Johnson. "For the Love of It" is currently available on CD as well as vinyl. "Connie Acher's first couple of LPs were a bit loose on their moorings. Ms. Acher's mode was definitely folkish, but there was a persistent outsider-flange that made her work redolent of such genuine odd socks as Jandek and Leslie Q. On her third LP, For the Love of It, Connie is joined by Blind Drunk John, and the resulting album is far more trad than anyone might've dared dream. True, a song like "Leaping Frogs" sounds more like an underwater version of "Dock of the Bay" than it does a Bonnie Raitt demo or something, but much of the material here has the same kinda boozy swing that propelled the best Minnesota folk-blues releases of the '60s and '70s. How intentional this might be is purely speculative, but this would be an easy record to recommend to even the stodgiest turd on the block. Its kilter is surely off, and this becomes more apparent the more closely you listen, but the general gestalt is so damn pleasant you're in for a treat no matter how square you happen to be." - Byron Coley Check out the artist's website: http://www.flippedoutrecords.com Track List: 1. Oh My My 2. Happy Harlem 3. Golden Success 4. Satisfied Mind 5. Art School Lover 6. Leaping Frogs 7. Any Age Suggested CDs:Other Genres: |