Johnny G was another artist that had been around for a number of years and the punk/new wave scene gave him another chance. His first single was released in 1972 and then he released this posting on the classic "Beggars Banquet" label."The Hippys Graveyard" is an amusing, catchy song that should have you bopping around wherever you are playing it, and I guarantee the chorus will get stuck in your head for a few days:
"I don't wanna go to the Hippys Graveyard" "I don't wanna go to the Hippys Grave yaaaaarrrrrrddddd"
The b-side "Mile and Miles" is only here for completists and is some kind of dub song that doesn't work for me.
"Johnny G" did go on to release a couple of albums, which some people did rate at the time. I have never heard any of them, so if anyone out there does have any copies I would be interested.
The albums he released were:
Sharp and Natural G-Beat - 1979
Water Into Wine - 1981
Sand Dance Ska - 1984
A Month Of Sundays - 1994 - A self financed 2-CD a live performance and 21 best of tracks from all his release.
Apart from that I don't know anymore about Johnny G, does anyone know anything else, if so please leave a comment, and even if you don't know anything then leave a comment telling ASFM what you think about "The Hippy Graveyard"
Two etchings on this one, on side a there is "More Noize" and on the b-side "Murded (sic) By Who?"
Ripped from glorious scratched vinyl
