French Symbolist Rock! (from Cleveland)
Nevertheless, there it was, land with its noises, its passions,
all its wares and its festivities; it was a dazzling, a magnificent
land full of promises, and from which a mysterious perfume of
musk and roses came drifting out to us, like an amorous whisper,
the myriad music of life.
Charles Baudelaire
"Already!"
from Paris Spleen, 1869.
Download:
"Baudelaire" mp3
by Peter Laughner, 1975.
available on Take the Guitar Player for a Ride
out of print
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3 comments:
forerunner to symbolists sounds cooler.
Pete was not much of a rocker, enthused yes, but live, he was weak. But the legend is bigger than his talent ever was. I saw him perform many times in Cleveland in the 70s. And he sure was no Lester Bangs. Kind of sad, really. RIP Pete...
Pete was a force for getting disparate characters together through music art; he did a spirited "Stop Breakin Down" with the Mr Stress Blues Band at the Brick Cottage on Euclid Ave., a rockingly hilarious version of the 13th Floor Elevators Fire Engine at the Cellar Door. Baudelaire in a blue work shirt playing guitar in Cleveland. Can you dig it?
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