This artifact of the '60s
folk revival
(and the band's second album for
Vanguard
) is no less entertaining for its historical significance. In fact, it's aged better than most
folk
and
rock
albums of the era. Kazoos are funny that way. So are songs by the band's inspirational elders:
Memphis Jug Band
,
Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers
, and
Blind Boy Fuller
. The song by the band's contemporary,
Spider John Koerner
of the
folk-blues
trio
Koerner, Ray & Glover
, is pretty humorous, too. Whatever hipster coffeehouse audiences thought of
Geoff Muldaur
singing
Chuck Berry
, here's betting they eventually wrote it off as just another joke. This import CD comes in a tiny cardboard reproduction of the LP's original jacket, but no additional tunes or new notes have been included. No kidding. ~ Brian Beatty