There was a definite smirk at work in the recording sessions for The Coolies 'Dig..?' LP in '86.You can still hear it rising off the grooves of the album as the band plays different styles of pop music while roaming from one lovingly tweaked Simon & Garfunkel cover tune to the next.
(Well, okay there was one Paul Anka song on there, too. I guess that keeps it from being a 'concept' album.)
Band lineup:
Clay Harper, vocals
Rob Gal, guitar
Jeb Baldwin, bass
Teddy Murray, guitar
Billy Burton, drums
John Cerreta, keyboard on 'I Am A Rock'
The band was from Atlanta, Georgia. By the '90's, vocalist Clay Harper had formed his band The Ottoman Empire from the ashes of The Coolies, and would go onto fruitful solo albums. Collaborations with other artists would also lead to his musical role often shifting more to the production end.
From The Coolies LP, 'Dig..?' (Db Records, 1986), Listen to:
I Am A Rock
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Mrs. Robinson
The Only Living Boy In New York
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