Dave Lewis * Little Green Thing stereo remaster 2024

Dave Lewis: The early 60’s music of the Pacific Northwest wasn’t all primal Louie Louie for teen dances. There were jazzy little combos with names like The Mark 4 playing in restaurant/bar lounges, sometimes truck stops bars like the T&R in Corvallis. The clientele were adults or smart teenagers who could sneak in. Groovy dance jazz with a lot of shuffle rhythms for crowd pleasing drinking. Dave Lewis’s trio was one such group who managed a rock crossover in the Seattle recorded David’s Mood in ’63. First as a regional single on Jergen, then picked up by A&M records. For their album they didn’t rerecord their little hit but left it mono and buried it in the Little Green Thing album which is otherwise recorded much better and in stereo. Little Green Thing with its rhythm change (drummer Dickey Enfield ) and finally audible great guitar playing (Joe Johansen), gives a better representation of what the trio was about. The album, Little Green Thing, is a great little gem of a record. Dave Lewis then pushed his luck, probably with pressure from Alpert & Moss (A&M), and tried to go mainstream recording an absolutely horrible followup album. Such is life in the music industry and the weirdness of coming from the Northwest.