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"Jan
Davis in 1960-62, when I knew him best used to always come
into the studio with a toothpick in his mouth and a lightly
greased jelly roll haircut. He looked like a pool cleaner,
or a roadie. He was a hillbilly surfer dude with an inquiring
mind. He could have been, or was, Lonnie Mack, or perhaps a
more subversive Duane Eddy. He was as good as any of them."
-Kim Fowley 2004
An
unheralded master of cool ‘60s
instrumentals, Jan Davis straddled the worlds of the Ventures,
the Rockin’ Rebels and the Shadows
like a guitar-wielding superhero. Problem was, none of Davis’ eye-popping
singles dented the national sales charts, so we’re here to
right that wrong with 20 of his most powerful tunes!
From the bloodcurdling scream that sucks you into “The Time
Funnel” to the mystical swamp gibberish of “Watusi
Zombie” or
the baying bloodhounds on “ Fugitive,” we think it’s
high time the rest of the world tune in to the sparkling guitar-universe
of Jan Davis!
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