#101
March 1985
Jason and the Scorchers
Lost and Found
Genre: Cowpony
5 out of 5
Highlights:
Last Time Around
White Lies
If Money Talks
Lost Highway
Broken Whiskey Glass
Change the Tune
You know what this has me thinking? That there were a few roads out of punk and, looking for a way out and into the mainstream, X would go big cowpunk on Ain’t Love Grand and I can’t help but wonder how many times they heard this Jason and the Scorchers record and thought, “Yes. That’s what we should do. THAT is a big fucking sound.”
And it is.
There’s a reason they are called The Scorchers. They came out of the gate with this one loaded for bear.
I would never in my wildest dreams been listening to this in 85. Even though I loved Beat Farmers, this was too “Americana” for young Allen.
Older Allen?
Easting this with a spoon straight out of the carton, standing over the sink, pouring hershey’s syrup all over it and crumbling up cookies and chocolate bars, while drinking B-52s.
Side One is relentless.
Side Two looks at Side One and says, “Hold my beer.”
I feel like there’s a lot of the future in here, from Mojo Nixon to Drive By Truckers to Reverend Horton Heat to Ryan Adams and others. This is the merging of George Thorogood and John Doe.
And it’s excellent.
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