Silver Apples C or D/S&D

i just realized that two of my fave Silver Apples songs are on Contact (You and I, I Have Known Love). I also saw Simeon perform about 10 years ago at Big Ears and it was FANTASTIC. I probably mentioned it on here 10 years ago it was so good. I love the unhinged quality of the songs, like they are about to go off the rails at any minute but the melodies just rein it right back in. Love!

"Ruby", when I heard it on a bootleg reissue of the albums circa 1995/6 got me into checking out bluegrass!

was just thinking about that silver apples show/big ears 2015 (?) a couple days ago, LL! can't believe how time flies

never listened to contact, remedying that now

don't sleep on The Garden, that assembled archival album that's half what the proposed 3rd Apples album would've been and half Simeon playing over old tapes of Danny Taylor. I've probably said it before but it's like proto-Zolo in spots, really drives home how odd these folks were. hard to believe Taylor's drumming hasn't been sampled constantly, could've changed entire genres if only people knew about this stuff

if nothing else you gotta hear their cover of Mustang Sally, hard to tell if they like the song or are making fun of it