Jehosaphat Blow: the musical equivalent of a house afire

Trashy Tuesday: a new release from Jehosaphat Blow

Jehosaphat Blow is a musician I first encountered a couple years ago, and I was immediately drawn to his raw and downright crazy sound. Or as Jehosaphat himself describes it, “rockin’ rock n roll, garagey-garage with a little soul and punk kind of space caveman thing.” Precisely.

You know, Mojo Nixon has a song about how rock n roll will never die because there will always be some kid on the playground singing like Little Richard and grabbin’ his tallywhacker. Now, I don’t know about the whole tallywhacker thing, but it’s easy to imagine that Jehosaphat Blow was one of those kids on the playground singing like Little Richard while strumming a guitar from Sears and banging on a bucket. Now he’s doing the same thing…only in his living room. Truth be told, he doesn’t really sing like Little Richard. Les Sexareenos is probably a better comparison. Still, you get the idea.

You could pick any song on this album as a good example of the raw energy and sound of this guy, but if you want some rock n roll to shake your soul, check out “Do the Cumquat.”

I don’t know about you, loyal reader, but I love songs that are sheer madness. You know, like “Surfin’ Bird.” Yes, it’s utter nonsense, but it’s catchy as hell. Well, Jehosaphat Blow has a lot of madness in his music, but there may not be a song on this new album with more madness than “Toshi’s Girl.”

Far be it from me to argue with the artist’s description of his own music. Allow me to say this though: this is the musical equivalent of a house on fire. And I don’t know about you, but I think that’s a pretty cool thing. If you like raw howlin’ rock n roll, get this new album from Jehosaphat Blow.

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