what Frank is listening to #3 – JIM PULTE – Shimmy She Roll, Shimmy She Shake – (UA) – 1972
The first track (the title track) is a pretty good piece of southern "rave up" rock n roll.
In fact most of the album, thus far on my listening, is chug-a-lug, southern, rootsy rock like Creedence (yes I know they were from San Francisco) with less "sing-along-ability" and mixed with a 50s retro feel (sort of like Daddy Cool without all the novelty and gimmicks) … maybe this is not surprising as Pulte was in a 60s rockabilly band called The Disciples apparently.
aah ..the first side is all up-tempo numbers and the second side is ballads ….
The second side starts off promisingly with a stripped down quirky version of the Johnny Mercer's (he was half Croat American by the way) standard "I Remember You" (yep, the song Frank Ifield had a yodel hit with) and there is a Randy Newman cover also ("You Can Leave Your Hat On") … the original ballads are so-so, the best being "The Best Year since '28"
Also, David Lindley plays on one track … if you don't know who he is you should as he is a bit of a uber legend sessionist … http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lindley_(musician)
I couldn't find out much about Jim Pulte on the usual sites … I had to google him … as it turns out he was the singer-bassist in a band with Moon Martin (the cult favourite of the US new wave) called "Southwind" in the late 60s early 70s …
He's on myspace, has some interesting friends and he's still recording and releasing roots rock… http://www.myspace.com/jimpulte
hmmm … I don't know if I will keep this album or not … it's a sound I don't mind and I wanted to like the album more. It's solid though so I think I will put it into the "maybe" pile and wait to see if I have a hankering to put it on again later.
(originally posted as part of an email group: 10/04/2009)
