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This is one of my most requested, re-recorded, and recycled titles, "She's Not Some Animal" is a Beauty & the Beast story from my "San Francisco canon." The lyrics combine street-wise romanticisms (probably from when I was working as a bicycle messenger in San Francisco) with musical references from Badfinger, The Beach Boys, Elvis Costello, and The Kinks. The definitive version was remixed and issued on GRATEFUL in 2007.

The lyrics came from experiences shared around the late 70s punk-new wave music scene, when young people were reaching back into the Sixties for musical ideas but reaching forward in a strange cocktail of anger, fashion, and optimism. It had to do with people I was meeting and music in vogue then, specifically Elvis Costello and The Kinks. The Badfinger-Beach Boys influences came on later when I overdubbed vocals in a real studio with awesome mics. I sang and played all the parts except for the Linn drums and timbales by Erik Nielsen (Elvin Bishop, Pointer Sisters).

The track went through multiple mixes before I was satisfied with the sound (excepting the speedy demo version made in Florida with drummer Mark Jones, which may be lost in time). This mix was finalized by Rusty Richards, a Grammy-winning engineer who worked with the likes of Brian Wilson and Buddy & Julie Miller. I still wish I’d mixed the vocals louder, but it has stood the test of time as a solid mix and song. Thanks to everyone who keeps requesting it.

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from PICASSO​’​S GLAM BAROQUE PSYCHEDELIC SUNSHINE (A collection of 12 way​-​out pop songs), released January 4, 2017
JJB: bass, effects, guitars, keyboards, percussion, production, & all vocals
Scott Francis: remastering
Erik Nielsen*: Linn drums & timbales
Rusty Richards: main mixing

*former drummer for Elvin Bishop, The Pointer Sisters, and other notables. Erik passed away in 2020.

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Johnny J Blair "Singer at Large" San Francisco, California

"Johnny is a virtuoso"--Brian Wilson
"Pop music with a conscience.”--Goldmine
“the Harry Houdini of rock and roll.”-- Spotlight. Listen to Johnny's fast-paced mix of old school soul, psychedelia, punk/new wave, & classic pop/rock. Singer-songwriter in his own right, he was also a sideman for Davy Jones and The Monkees + performed with David Cassidy, Al Stewart, Buddy & Julie Miller, & others. ... more

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