The Jimmy C: The Jimmy C - Project E.G.O. (2005) Free Download!

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This is my first proper album. By proper I mean good enough to share with people. I played some of these songs to some friends and they liked it! It's not as complete, competent or accomplished as "Glamour & Fame" but it's still very well liked (though only 50-80 copies were made & given to friends). I was young, not the most accomplished multi-instrumentalist (I'm still not) but for a drummer this is a surprisingly good album of real songs (not just 45 mins of drumming...), sometimes you listen back to stuff you recorded when you were starting out & grimace at the naivety and childish crappiness of it. I can listen to this and actually enjoy it - it's not my best work but it was a good start. Some friends say it's their favorite of all my albums... thanks a bunch! I mean, have you even listened to "Glamour & Fame"????!

Here's a review:
"The Debut album from The Jimmy C. Recorded in 2005 on 4-Track Cassette (using primitive computer software to make "reduction mixes" then back onto the 4-Track), this collection of Guitar Instrumentals with Blusey-Rock/funk/folk/punk/soundtrack tunes presents an eclectic sound of a Band still deciding weather they want to be instrumental or not. It's a few tentative steps forward in song writing for The Jimmy C, breaking away from the safe (mostly instrumental) music of early recordings and heading towards a much more "songy" sound. With 6 instrumentals and 7 and a half vocal tracks (track 12 is only half a song) the emphasis is still firmly on the instrumental side of The Jimmy C. Notable tracks are: "Deep Holy Love" with it's Prince meets Beck in a car accident Jesus-love funk, "Black Suits On The Beach" sounds like 1965 fuzzy Mosrite Ventures and "Gone Are The Days" is a Calexico(ish) look at slightly depressing American Folk music. This experimental debut surprised The Jimmy C more than anyone else and gave them the confidence to finally show other people (and the world) what they could do."

1. Black Suits On The Beach
2. Deep Holy Love
3. Freakout A-Go-Go
4. Sad Instrumental
5. Spooky Blues
6. You're Too Old
7. Movie Theme
8. Hey Hoe Wah
9. Five Days To Live
10. The Man From Devilrock
11. Gone Are The Days
12. Sucks To Be You
13. Footlong
(14. Bonus Track)

Total run time: 41:11