Saturday, January 11, 2025

The Swamp Women

Colonel Jubilation B. Johnston and his Mystic Knights Band
and Street Singers Attack The Hits
Columbia, 1966



"enigmatic" credits from the back cover

Nashville, 1966.  After so many recording sessions for the Bob Dylan’s album "Blonde On Blonde » Bob Johnston, the producer and the musicians led by Charlie McCoy needed some relaxation, and also perhaps some kind of revenge.  That’s understantable. That’s why they recorded in the process Moldy Goodies as by Colonel Jubilation B. Johnston and his Mystic Knights Band and Street Singers Attack The Hits

It’s not easy to know exactly who's playing and singing what on the record, there is no detailed credits for each songs.

 

 I've selected from that album three tracks sung by The Swamp Women, Norma Jean Owen's Bang Bang &  How Does That Grab You, Darlin'  and  Arlene Harden (as The Incomparable R. Lean) (Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35)



Ava "Arlene" Harden (born March 1, 1945) is a country music singer. Between 1966 and 1968, she was one-third of The Harden Trio, which comprised her brother, Bobby and sister, Robbie. Arlene recorded for Columbia Records as a solo artist between 1967 and 1973, charting fifteen times on the Hot Country Songs charts. Her most successful release was a cover of Roy Orbison's "Oh, Pretty Woman", titled "Lovin' Man (Oh Pretty Woman)". She later recorded for Capitol and Elektra as Arleen Harden. [Wikipedia

 



Norma Jean Owen (Luscious Norma Jean Owen) was receptionist at the Columbia Records Studios in Nashville. That was the first job right after her graduation in 1965. Later promoted director of A&R Administration à Capitol Records, Nashville, she didn't record anything else (I think)

 


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