5- James Garland Music

These are recordings from various bands in which Jimmy Garland played. I'll be putting them up over time and try to give historic context.

Melody Lake (1975)

The band was still called Erik Lemon
Melody lake performance

                               Jimmy's practice sessions
                                      Practice sessions

Sophisticatos First Album 1991

First Album

Sophisticatos second album (The sheep look up) 1993

The sheep look up

Classical Jimmy

Jimmy did a number of classical works. This is the best of them.
Jimmy's classical music

Message to Ginger 1 (August, 1972)

Message to Ginger 2

Christmas on Pine Street 

Don't know if this was Xmas eve 1972 or 73. Ginger and Jimmy were still living together on Pine Street when it was recorded

1977 audio of Jim, me and Frank at Bertrands Island

this is the tape Jimmy made during the 1971 trip with Frank and Bob

The Nova Scotia tape

Francis Francis don't pull down your pants

Frank Quackenbuch 1968

This is very early Jimmy and Gang at the Parsippani apartment making a tape to send to me in Oregon. I rescued the tape, but lost about six minutes from the original.

1971 Xmas tapes Part 1

1971 Xmas Tapes Part 2

Jamming in Frank's house (1973)
(Jimmy, Richard Haas, me and Frank)The link names are odd  Frank (1).mp3 etc

Frank's house jam


The Miracles (1983)

Jimmy, John and Chip changed the name of the band at some venues such as Rose Buds (the former Red Baron) to make it seem like there was a different band playing each night.

The Miracles 1
The Miracles 2

Rosebuds March 31, 1984

(This comes straight off the mixing board. They called themselves the aliens for this event)

First set
Second Set
Third Set
Fourth Set


Rather than repeat links, you should just change the number on the file in each link -- for instance Winter01.mp3, Winter02 ect


Winter (1979)

John and Jimmy at Suburban Lounge


Sleeper (1978)

Full band sleeper at Red Baron Labor Day 1978

Stolen Rolls (1979)

John, Jimmy and Michael at La Garage in Caldwell



Erik Lemon (1973-74)

Erik Lemon at Red Baron)


Random car recording (1973-74)

How is the other lane?



Upcoming




Pinch


Frank's house

Jamming in Passaic

Inflated lizard tour

Al and Sharon's marriage

Rocky's 50th birthday bash

Reunion (2000)

Picnic concert 2002)

First Grasshopper show

Second Grasshopper show (with John Ritchie)