MELTON, LEVY & THE DEY BROS.
''MELTON, LEVY & THE DEY BROS.''
1972
38:43
1 - Ooh, Ooh, Ooh/Rick Dey/2:25
2 - She Dances Through/Barry Melton/3:43
3 - Closer/Barry Melton/3:31
4 - Been So Fine/Jay Levy/3:30
5 - Sweeter The Peaches/Rick Dey/2:40
6 - S.O.S./Barry Melton, Rick Dey/3:44
7 - Highway 1/Blair Hardman/3:04
8 - Hold On To The Good Times/Barry Melton/3:00
9 - Play Little Children/Jay Levy, Tony Dey, Barry Melton/3:07
10 - Be With The One/Jay Levy/2:46
11 - Newsboy/Arranged By Barry Melton/2:30
12 - Taxpayer's Lament/Barry Melton/3:34
13 - Bye Bye Sequence/Rick Dey/0:38
Barry Melton/Vocals, Guitar, Trombone
Jay Levy/Vocals, Keyboards
Rick Dey/Vocals, Bass
Tony Dey/Vocals, Drums
Additional Personnel:
Mike Bloomfield/Guitar, Slide Guitar
Bruce Brymer/Drums, Vocals
Carol Davis/Horns
King Errison/Congas
Rick Jagger/Percussion
Ginette Melton/Vocals
Friends Of The Band/Chorus
REVIEW
by Richie Unterberger Melton, Levy & the Dey Bros.' sole album has a bit of a comedown-from-the-reckless-heights-of-Haight Ashbury vibe, but is a reasonably accomplished and pleasing record, if an unassuming one. It's got the characteristic San Francisco Bay Area blend of blues, country, rock, and good counterculture cheer, with a more laid-back, soul-influenced approach than Barry Melton had taken with his first band, Country Joe & the Fish. Everyone from the quartet contributes original material, with Melton, Rick Dey, and Jay Levy taking roughly equal shares of the writing credits. Some of the more keyboard-oriented tracks sound a little like Paul McCartney's early solo work, as unlikely as that comparison might seem; check the chorus of Jay Levy's "Been So Fine" for an illustration. It's easy to imagine this as suitable rustic rock to play on your escape from the big bad city of San Francisco to a more laid-back locale with similar progressive hippie ethos, but more space and less angst, even if that journey would probably go no further than Marin County. A little bit of Melton's more radical past sneaks through on "Taxpayer's Lament," with its opening bursts of reverb guitar and anguished anti-war lyrics, in a vocal that falls between John Fogerty and Burton Cummings.
BIOGRAPHY
by Richie Unterberger
Melton, Levy & the Dey Bros., with a name more suited for business cards than a rock band, comprised young veterans of the '60s California rock scene. Barry Melton, by far the most recognizable name in the quartet, had been in Country Joe & the Fish. Bassist/vocalist Rick Dey had been in the Wilde Knights and the Vejtables, and had co-written Paul Revere & the Raiders' "Just Like Me." Singer/drummer Tony Dey had been in the Daily Flash, and Jay Levy sang (as did everyone in the band) and played keyboards. Their sole, self-titled album came out on Columbia in 1972, co-produced by Michael Bloomfield (who also plays some guitar). It's a modest yet likable set of just-post-acid San Francisco Bay Area rock, intermingling plenty of blues, soul, and country influences.
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''MELTON, LEVY & THE DEY BROS.''
1972
38:43
1 - Ooh, Ooh, Ooh/Rick Dey/2:25
2 - She Dances Through/Barry Melton/3:43
3 - Closer/Barry Melton/3:31
4 - Been So Fine/Jay Levy/3:30
5 - Sweeter The Peaches/Rick Dey/2:40
6 - S.O.S./Barry Melton, Rick Dey/3:44
7 - Highway 1/Blair Hardman/3:04
8 - Hold On To The Good Times/Barry Melton/3:00
9 - Play Little Children/Jay Levy, Tony Dey, Barry Melton/3:07
10 - Be With The One/Jay Levy/2:46
11 - Newsboy/Arranged By Barry Melton/2:30
12 - Taxpayer's Lament/Barry Melton/3:34
13 - Bye Bye Sequence/Rick Dey/0:38
Barry Melton/Vocals, Guitar, Trombone
Jay Levy/Vocals, Keyboards
Rick Dey/Vocals, Bass
Tony Dey/Vocals, Drums
Additional Personnel:
Mike Bloomfield/Guitar, Slide Guitar
Bruce Brymer/Drums, Vocals
Carol Davis/Horns
King Errison/Congas
Rick Jagger/Percussion
Ginette Melton/Vocals
Friends Of The Band/Chorus
REVIEW
by Richie Unterberger Melton, Levy & the Dey Bros.' sole album has a bit of a comedown-from-the-reckless-heights-of-Haight Ashbury vibe, but is a reasonably accomplished and pleasing record, if an unassuming one. It's got the characteristic San Francisco Bay Area blend of blues, country, rock, and good counterculture cheer, with a more laid-back, soul-influenced approach than Barry Melton had taken with his first band, Country Joe & the Fish. Everyone from the quartet contributes original material, with Melton, Rick Dey, and Jay Levy taking roughly equal shares of the writing credits. Some of the more keyboard-oriented tracks sound a little like Paul McCartney's early solo work, as unlikely as that comparison might seem; check the chorus of Jay Levy's "Been So Fine" for an illustration. It's easy to imagine this as suitable rustic rock to play on your escape from the big bad city of San Francisco to a more laid-back locale with similar progressive hippie ethos, but more space and less angst, even if that journey would probably go no further than Marin County. A little bit of Melton's more radical past sneaks through on "Taxpayer's Lament," with its opening bursts of reverb guitar and anguished anti-war lyrics, in a vocal that falls between John Fogerty and Burton Cummings.
BIOGRAPHY
by Richie Unterberger
Melton, Levy & the Dey Bros., with a name more suited for business cards than a rock band, comprised young veterans of the '60s California rock scene. Barry Melton, by far the most recognizable name in the quartet, had been in Country Joe & the Fish. Bassist/vocalist Rick Dey had been in the Wilde Knights and the Vejtables, and had co-written Paul Revere & the Raiders' "Just Like Me." Singer/drummer Tony Dey had been in the Daily Flash, and Jay Levy sang (as did everyone in the band) and played keyboards. Their sole, self-titled album came out on Columbia in 1972, co-produced by Michael Bloomfield (who also plays some guitar). It's a modest yet likable set of just-post-acid San Francisco Bay Area rock, intermingling plenty of blues, soul, and country influences.
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