Friday, August 12, 2005

Song Of the Day: August 12, 2005


Don Kriss - Vanessa


Carrot Records 45, 1977

Don Kriss of Cleveland, Ohio made three 45s on his own Carrot Records imprint, hung out with the Baloney Heads, and co-wrote "Go Joe Charbeneau," the tribute to the Cleveland Indians' famous flameout. And that's just the stuff we know about.


7 Comments:

Blogger stephen l said...

Reminds me of Ray Davis mixed thru The Rutles but mixed indie style, very nice indeed. Hey Jon, do you have The Legendary Knickers 45?

10:09 AM  
Blogger Jon Harrison said...

Yeah, maybe that'd be a good one to stick up here soon.

Jon

1:20 PM  
Anonymous jeff said...

Hey Jon, have you heard the new dB's single? Doesn't qualify as much more than "cute," but I thought people (also: cats) reading this might be interested.

http://oakroom.blogspot.com/2005/07/new-dbs-song.html

5:21 PM  
Anonymous brandon said...

speaking of Joe Charboneau, let me recommend his completely out-of-control biography, Super Joe: The Life & Legend of Joe Charboneau. it's an amazing read. dude was crazy...

1:16 PM  
Anonymous erik said...

Hey Jon,

First time I stumbled upon your site! Great work! I thought I heard a lot, but here's still so much to discover for me....especially the post-1985 stuff that I'm not very well into. Your previous posts will keep me busy for the next couple of weeks, I guess!

I think I first heard "Vanessa" on one of the CD-R's that I got from you a few years ago.

Thanks!

erik

3:31 AM  
Anonymous Steve T said...

What a lovely, lovely pop song. Very twee, isn't it? Lovely chords and picking.

1:01 AM  
Blogger RonF said...

Great site! Kriss also recorded a song called "Don't Tell Me," a really infectious, Stonesy rocker. I remember writing to him to tell him to tell him how much I liked the song, and he sent me a copy of Vanessa for free. Nice guy.

12:48 PM  

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