Aquarium Drunkard Presents: PERRO (Planet Earth Rock & Roll Orchestra)
PERRO (Planet Earth Rock & Roll Orchestra)
Over the past decade, by my (rough) count, I have encountered at least three varying collections grouped under the catchall titles: the PERRO Tapes, the PERRO Sessions and the ’71 David Crosby Sessions. Each with a slightly different track count and running order. In short, PERRO (Planet Earth Rock & Roll Orchestra) was the name given to a loose camaraderie of Bay area players and their simpatico southern California brethren, including, but not limited to, members of CSNY, the Dead, Jefferson Airplane and beyond. And for our purposes here (regarding the sessions leading up to Crosby’s 1971 LP If I Could Only Remember My Name), Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Greg Rolie and Mike Shrieve.
While never commercially released, a number of the PERRO tracks would later appear (re-recorded) on various studio efforts by the principles involved, namely the said David Crosby LP. This week's playlist highlights that album and the surrounding tracks that would later appear on other records, in various formats, by the players involved, as well as aesthetically simpatico tracks recorded around the same time.
ABOUT AQUARIUM DRUNKARD
Based in Los Angeles, Justin Gage is the founder of the long-running, eclectic music blog Aquarium Drunkard. In addition to the blog you can catch his weekly radio show, Fridays, on SIRIUS XMU satellite radio -- noon-2pm EST.
Gage is also the founder of Autumn Tone Records and works as a music consultant and supervisor.
