Lightning-Rod Man

Lightning-Rod Man Artist: Lowell George & The Factory
Label: Rhino / Wea
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 081227156329
EAN: 0081227156329
ASIN: B00000336I


Release Date: 1993-11-02

Lightning-Rod Man


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Tracks:

  1. Lightning-Rod Man
  2. Lost
  3. Candy Cane Madness
  4. Slow Down
  5. Smile, Let Your Life Begin
  6. The Loved One
  7. Sleep Tonight
  8. No Place I'd Rather Be
  9. Hey Girl!
  10. Changes
  11. Candy Cane Madness (Live Version)
  12. Crack In Your Door
  13. Teenage Nervous Breakdown
  14. Framed
  15. Juliet

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Sunset Strip lightnin' rod men.......2001-03-27

Folks should know that the first review on the site is off-base and ill-informed. The guy's opinion is fair enough, but comparing The Factory to Little Feat is absurd (it's a total '60s vs. '70s battle, and how you stand will depend on your general feelings about those two decades). The Factory (Lowell George was just a member, the addition of his name in front of the band is revisionist)was a mid-60s Los Angeles band with a great folk-punk rock sound. Don't be spooked by the bad cover art -- this is pure "Nuggets" & "Pebbles"-style jangly garage. The bands they should be compared with are '66-'67 era Sunset Strip acts such as Love, the Sons of Adam, Buffalo Springfield, the Seeds, the Music Machine, the Enemys, the Turtles and, of course, the Mothers. The Factory shared bills with a lot of these groups and compare favorably indeed. "Lightnin' Rod Man," produced by Frank Zappa, as a demo for Original Sound Records, is great '60s punk. Mostly, the Factory had a Byrdsy folk-garage bag and "Lost," "Candy Cane Madness," "Smile, Let Your Life Begin," "No Place I'd Rather Be" and "Slow Down" are excellent examples of this. "Hey Girl!" is a rockin' Arthur Lee & Love pastiche. The band actually played "Lost" and "Candy Cane Madness" on an episode of "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." (The Factory also was on "F-Troop" once.) The Chesterfield Kings, a '60s-influenced '80s band, rewrote "Lost" as "I Cannot Find Her." Some of the later cuts are a little weaker, but the first 10 are amazing so don't be discouraged by the previous review. This album is a lost treasure trove -- regardless of whether you have ever heard of Little Feat or not. Personally, I'd take the Factory over Little Feat any day of the week.

2 out of 5 stars

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