Dane Sturgeon - Wild ‘n’ Tender
Posted on January 10, 2006 by hcrink
Another private press favorite from my fair state of California. And yet another record that Will Louviere's Show And Tell site put me up on. This is a hard one to classify. It's definitely raw enough to appeal to garage rock enthusiasts, yet it lacks the naive quality of most records of that genre.
I've always thought it sounded a bit like the Seeds backing a Roy Orbison impersonator. The smooth almost crooning vocals are often at odds with the charging overdrive of the music, but it works oh so well! But it's the macabre lyrics that really put it over the top. A Queen Bee lover who mates & kills, a drag racing ghost, a sado-masochistic "whip of love" - these are the subjects at hand here. Awesome, awesome record! And one that will hopefully be reissued some day.
There is also another later pressing with this cover…
Filed under: DIY / Outsider, Pop / Rock
6 Comments to “Dane Sturgeon - Wild ‘n’ Tender”
I love this - it’s my favorite private release…the westcoast/Spanish hombre moves fused w/early fuzzfolkrock & a melancholy, far off romantic sound all add up to a great makeout record.
THERE IS AN ARTIST NAMED DAVID CROSBY ON THIS ALBUM AND HE SINGS ALL THE SONGS ON SIDE TWO. IS THIS THE DAVID CROSBY OF THE BYRDS AND CROSBY STILLS AND NASH FAME?
My dad was Tony Sturdivant and he co-wrote a couple of songs on this album, which I still have. Hurricane was one of my favorites!
IN MEMORY OF
MY DAD
Your baby girl
Where can I obtain a copy?
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First time I heard this record I was blown away. For me it’s an ultimate real people/outsider LP. Dane Sturgeons strange visions backed by a 50’s/early 60’s rockband, trying to be hip. It’s really folkrock in a stonegroove. a must have. The B/W cover is a secondprint. Vinyl is from the same pressing. I played a cover of “Queen bee” in my old band Ghost Rocket. Dane Sturgeon rules.