This song is good-time country rock, with a hat tip to Nashville at its end. It’s joyous with softer intermittencies; the opening lyrics indulge in a bit of word-play whose point is ‘we don’t care who you are; we’re just glad you’re here.’
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A blog with capsule descriptions of the songs by Jake Holmes that have been judged to be from his most seminal period. There's a lot more to the fellow's repetoire than "Dazed and Confused."
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- Jake Holmes And His Music
- A Note On Psychedelic Music
- THE "ABOVE-GROUND SOUND" OF JAKE HOLMES (1967)
- “Lonely”
- “Did You Know”
- “She Belongs To Me”
- “Too Long”
- “Genuine Imitation Life”
- “Dazed And Confused”
- “Penny’s”
- “Hard To Keep My Mind On You”
- “Wish I Was Anywhere Else”
- “Signs Of Age”
- A LETTER TO KATHERINE DECEMBER (1967)
- “Saturday Night”
- “Late Sleeping Day”
- “Chase Your Eyes”
- “The Diner Song”
- “High-School Hero”
- “Moving Day”
- “Leaves Never Break”
- “It’s Always Somewhere Else”
- “Sleeping Woman”
- “Houston Street”
- “Genuine Imitation Life (Live)”
- “Sleeping Woman (Live)”
- JAKE HOLMES (self-titled - 1969)
- “How Are You”
- “The Very First Time”
- “Emily’s Vacation”
- “There’s A Place”
- “A Little Later”
- “Suitcase Room”
- “Beautiful Girl Goodbye”
- “The 11th Tune”
- “Hello You”
- “Ask Virginia”
- “Always The Same”
- SO CLOSE, SO VERY FAR TO GO (1970)
- HOW MUCH TIME (1972)
- Recent Works By Jake Holmes
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