The list of bands Jack Oblivian (Memphis, Tennessee) has played in or fronted is too long to name. Best known are probably: Oblivians, Compulsive Gamblers, and Tennessee Tearjerkers. But he was also active with Rhythm & Blues veteran André Williams (RIP 2019). With his music, Jack paved the path to success for bands like The White Stripes, The Black Keys or The Black Lips. However, he himself always remained an underdog, either known as a cult figure of genre-bending garage rock, or simply unknown.
Album of the Week: JACK OBLIVIAN AND THE SHEIKS – ‘Lone Ranger of Love’
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Turnstyles- CUT YOU OFF (BLACK AND WYATT RECORDS)
Another two-piece here but this is not Captain and Tenille (or Seals & Crofts)…now, these two gents, Seth Moody (guitar/vocals) and Graham Winchester (drums/vocals) go low, real low and by low I mean they recorded on a 1986 Tascam 488 8-track reel-to-reel in a basement (“on a school night”…ha ha ha).