LOOK AT MY GLASSES. look at them.
Roosevelt Miller
“Golden Bells”
Polbeson #WLPS 501
Blinded By the Light
The Uplifters, “Guided By the Footprints”, 1985, ECP # 2097
The other day I found The Uplifters & the Polston Family side by side at a thrift store and assumed at first it was the same visually challenged group…. but it was not. A dig through the BizarreRecords archive turned up a few other groups from the time when giant glasses went hand in hand with giant hair.
The Polston Family, “Featuring ‘Well Glory’ and ‘The Singing Family’”, Alpha #7908-4
The Merits, “A Brand New Touch”, Rainbow #2506
The Roy Knight Singers, “Little David”, 1985, Supreme #SS 33042
Judy Hagan, “For Those Tears I Died”, Benson Sound
“Pop” goes daddy’s arteries
“Pop” and the Wills Family
“Now I Have Everything
Skylite #LPS 6074
Yakity Slacks
Mr. Gospel Sax
(Riginald LaFaye)
“Just A Closer Walk With Thee”
Wine Skin # 259-23
Uh oh… Better get Maaco.
Tommy Ellison
“Let This Be a Lesson To You (Drunk Driver)”
1985, Atlanta International Record Co., #AIR-10086
Jonah, the Whale, and some Dirty Hippies
Bob Curlee & Ken Flowers
“Jonah & the Whale”
1970, Jonah Records
“JONAH AND THE WHALE washed up on the Panama City Beach in June of 1970 — and another miracle took place. Armed with nothing but faith and a guitar — the cast set up a stage across from the Miracle Strip Amusement Park and presented the happy-go-lucky musical five nights a week.”
Check his site for the full musical
