This was one dollar. There is an autograph on the cover but I am unsure if it from the artist or the owner. In tribute to Hawaii, I started to write this post in all haiku but that got old real quick. Some day but not today, the all haiku post will happen.
Dick Jensen, born in Kalihi, Oahu, HI in 1946 was a “White hot soul” singer who maintained a respectable amount of success not only on the island but on the mainland as well. His stage style was compared to Jackie Wilson and James Brown due to his electric movements on stage He as nicknamed The Giant due to his size. He parlayed this success to TV where he started in bit roles on popular shows of the time. Towards the end of his career, he became a Christian minister. Lou Gehrig’s Disease took his life in 2006. He was 64.
This record was released somewhat mid career I believe in 1975. Apparently he was working on new material when his label dropped him. Therefore, this material was released on his own label, Record Club of Honolulu. Pretty decent album. Does not reflect the high energy of his stage show but it is good musicianship. I was going to write more but I decided to defer to this rather lengthy post from a fellow music blogger. Perhaps this idea of trying to get current on posts has backfired as I am stressing time wise for getting these out.
For a sample, I went with the opening track ” Papa Was A Music Man” as it was the best track on the record.
Satisfactory.