Phil Dirt - Reverb Central - PO Box 1609, Felton, CA 95018-1609 USA Les Jaguars - Les Jaguars Vol. 2
| Les Jaguars Vol. 2 includes a bunch of cool stuff. These tracks date from 1966. |
Picks: Course au Bonheur, Guitare Cha Cha, Guitare Esquire, Guitare Jet, Guitare Strip, Tourbillon
Track by Track Review
Course au Bonheur Euro Whammy Surf (Instrumental)
Kinda Chuck Berry-ish, kinda mushy. Not really very interesting, and the guitar sound is pretty thin. It's a cover I can't quite place.
Surf (Instrumental)
Damped dragged out chords and a delicate melody that's surfable and moody! "Guitare Cha Cha" is a splendid track, perhaps like a softened Lively Ones or Vibrants. A little reminiscent of the Valiants' "The Valiant." Most enjoyable!
Guitare Esquire Rock (Instrumental)
An inordinately dis-interesting Echoplex jam with thin rockabilly guitar and shallow honk almost horn like wah wah.
Rock (Instrumental)
That long silky pick slide and heavily echoed thoroughly damped guitar like strikes out from a murky backtrack like a bumble bee on the make. Yikes, what a moody song. "Guitare Jet" is ultra primitive and very cool!
Country Rock (Instrumental)
This is an oddly metered tune played in a rock style against a damped second guitar rhythm pattern. A little country, a little rock, a touch of Paul Johnson's eighties sound, and quite intriguing.
Rock (Instrumental)
Monkeying with pickslides up and down the neck to simulate jets, "Supersonic Twist" eventually yields to a riff rocker essentially based on Little Richards' "Lucille." The frantic echoed break sets it apart.