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Bobby Volare : Smashed Hits and Golden Chi-Chi's PLUS Sgt.Bobby's Jalapeno Pepper Club Sandwich Band
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He was the 5th Beatle, the 6th Stone, the 7th rat in The Rat Pack, but only Volare created his own genre. He didn't just blaze trails, he was the flamethrower that made a scorched earth of the entertainment world. This double CD documents that achievement
Genre: Pop: Quirky
Release Date: 2005
Smashed Hits and Golden Chi-Chi's PLUS Sgt.Bobby's Jalapeno Pepper Club Sandwich Band Record Label: Tostada Records
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
Pack The Knife 3:19 Album Only
Frisky 3:49 Album Only
So To Hell With You 2:41 Album Only
Brother Beware 2:32 Album Only
Bobby's Mambo 1:58 Album Only
All Right With Me 3:26 Album Only
Highway 99 3:23 Album Only
Girl From Mission Beach 2:31 Album Only
Our Bill Will Come 2:34 Album Only
Unforgivable 3:19 Album Only
That's Life 1:54 Album Only
Return My Blender 2:12 Album Only
Cedar Lanes 3:23 Album Only
Freezno Morning 3:13 Album Only
Carlo Rossi Rose Wine 2:01 Album Only
T.G.I. Friday's 4:55 Album Only
My Car's In Pieces 2:08 Album Only
Blackstone Side Of The Street 3:49 Album Only
By The Time I Get To Fresno 2:24 Album Only
I Left My Heart At Cal State Fresno 9:02 Album Only
Valley Guy 3:24 Album Only
Love Theme from Wizard Of Oz 3:34 Album Only
A Day In Bobby's Life 2:39 Album Only
Foggy Fresno Nights 3:44 Album Only
Nights In Visalia 3:26 Album Only
Can't Stand This Empty Bed 3:38 Album Only
Chowchilla 3:07 Album Only
Coalinga Was Gone 4:00 Album Only
The Wind Cries Bobby 4:17 Album Only
Tons Of Fun 2:53 Album Only
Fresno Woman 6:57 Album Only
Millerton Lake 2:53 Album Only
Lock The Snackbah 4:13 Album Only
Sunflower Seeds For Lunch 2:39 Album Only
Eskimo Pie 6:51 Album Only
Out On The Sidewalk 2:44 Album Only
Kettleman City 2:17 Album Only
August In Fresno 3:29 Album Only
Room Together 5:34 Album Only
The End 0:57 Album Only
The Very End 4:10 Album Only
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Album Notes

WELCOME DEAN AND DON FANS! (WWW.DEANANDDON.COM) HERE IT IS! THE DOUBLE CD YOU'VE WAITED YEARS FOR!

THE COMPLETE BOBBY VOLARE ON TWO FABULOUS CDS!

YES, THE MAN WHO PUT THE GINSENG IN THE G-STRING IS BACK WITH THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION OF HIS HITS.

All the hits are here from his breakthrough album, DEEPLY TOUCHED, through the amazing OUT TO LUNCH, BIG ORANGE, and IN HOT WATER. But THAT IS ONLY THE BEGINNING!!

A L S O INCLUDED IS THE LONG-LOST BOBBY ALBUM, SGT. BOBBY’S JALAPENO PEPPER CLUB SANDWICH, the only rock opera ever created about Fresno, California and the San Joaquin Valley.

T H E N there's the amazing 34 page fully illustrated Bobby Volare booklet with the story behind Bobby's many hit songs... as Bobby himself says in his GROOVOLOGY:

"Bobby Darin used to say, 'I'm going to be bigger than Sinatra.' I told him, 'take it from somebody who IS bigger than Sinatra, it ain't a big deal."

Bobby reached for a cigarette and lit it. Suddenly, he was affecting a Jersey accent.

"Yep, dem was da days, all right. I was knockin' em dead at da Dunes. Da next thing I know, I'm the seventh member of the Rat Pack. It was me, Frank, Sammy, Dino, Desi, Billy, I can't remember who else... Merv maybe. We had a lotta laughs but it didn't last long, Pally. You know why? Because I could sing better than Sinatra, that's why. Listen to ALL RIGHT WITH ME and you'll see what I'm talking about. And Frank didn't dig it. After a few drinks, him and the boys began to play little games like Lets Punch Out Bobby. Next thing I know, people are calling me Ol' Black Eyes."

"I tried putting myself in Frank's shoes but one of them was always in my mouth. Then they started breaking my fingers. It got to the point where I had to make a choice between The Sands or my hands. But I was philosophical about it. I just said to myself, THAT'S LIFE, and wrote a song by that name. Years later, Frank was so hard up for a hit, he recorded it and it shot to number one. Next thing I know he's calling me from his deathbed confessing he'd been jealous of me his whole life because I was so goddamned talented."

"So, anyway, back to 1962. I was the third member of Peter, Paul and Bobby while that whole folk thing was in flower but I was allergic, especially with all those changes blowin' in the wind. So, I put all my fish and chips in one basket he set off for England. One night, me and Marianne Faithful duck into this little club called The Cavern and the next thing I know, I'm the Fifth Beatle. Dream come true, right? Guess again. Pretty soon, Paul was jealous because I was getting all the girls. Then John started making jokes about my hair. I tried to tell them I have Viagric follicles. My hair is always erect and there's no way to get it to relax, I don't care how many beauticians blow on it. But Patti Boyd dug it, I'll tell you that. At least she did before she left me for George, and then for Clapton. What a crazy chick! Then she comes begging me to take her back again! I said I would on one condition-that we ROOM TOGETHER. And that was how that hit was born. Or stolen, because The Beatles ripped if off."

"I did what I could to fit in. I even tried acid. I licked the battery on my car and it burned my tongue like Tabasco. That's how I got the idea for my concept album: "Sergeant Bobby's Jalapeno Pepper Club Sandwich Band." The first song I wrote for it was A DAY IN BOBBY'S LIFE. I'm in the studio laying it out for George Martin when Paul walks up and says, 'Bobby, we're going in another direction, old chap. I'm afraid you're out.' I didn't even have time to grab my shoes! So, here I am, crossing Abbey Road barefoot and guess who drives up? Mike Jagger. And the next thing I know, I'm the Sixth Stone."

"Everything was going great until, one night, Jagger wants to sleep with me. Who wants to sleep with Mike Jagger? I don't! I told him, "I'm not that kind of guy and even if I was, you'd have to take off those wax lips first. This isn't Halloween, pal! Besides, I was dating Bridget Bardot at the time. She wanted me to go solo because she need my help for her pet cause, the forced neutering of animals. That's when I came up with the album, LET IT BREED. The next thing I know, The Beatles come out with LET IT BE, and the Stones come out with LET IT BLEED. Coincidence? My ass. If I ever sued all the people that have ripped me off, I'd be in court more often than Judge Wopner."

"So, I quit the Stones and the next thing I know, Elvis is on the phone. He wants me in Memphis to orchestrate his comeback. Pretty soon we are collaborating on a project I called Psychedelvis. I wrote several new tunes for it, CEDAR LANES, SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL IN DISGUISE, VIVA LOS BANOS and a song about his beloved Fudgecicles called, I SAW YOU CRYING NEAR THE FREEZER. Elvis had hits with all of them and was so grateful he always had a part for me in his movies."

"You might remember me as the twisting teenager in Clambake, for example. That was how I won my Oscar. I was named 1963's "Best Clean-Cut Teenager In A Non-Speaking Role." It was a category they discontinued after my acceptance speech pushed the Oscar telecast clear past The Tonight Show. Maybe that's why I was never on Carson. But I didn't care. By now, I was a legend in country music circles because I'd written MY CARS IN PIECES for Patsy Cline. I mean, in those days, there was no higher honor than to have Patsy record one of your songs. I was so happy about it, I gave her my seat on the plane."

"So, anyway, back to 1969. I'm back at my pad making love to Goldie Hawn when the phone rings. It's Neil Armstrong calling me from the moon. He wants me to come up with lyrics for his first step on the lunar surface. So I came up with the 'one small step' thing. I might have made some money on it if Neil hadn't called me collect. Do you know how much a call from the moon cost in those days? Thousands, man, thousands."

"See, I'm too trusting, that's my problem. I have this recurring dream about getting even with all the people who have stolen my ideas. I walk into this bar where they are all sitting and I say, the next person who steals one of my songs will be deader than this cigarette! Then I bum a light and my cigarette explodes. Then I wake up. My shrink seems to think it means something but I don't see the significance."

For more of the Bobby Story, see www.bobbyvolare.com

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REVIEWS

Bobby V!!!!
author: Monte Smith
I don't remember how long I've been missing this stuff. Thank you CD Baby!!
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YOU MOVE ME BOBBY V
author: Deb
I knew something was missing in my life but I NEVER thought it was Bobbie!! Listened to the sweet crooning of Bobbie V in Tower Records in the early 70's......I realize now that BV is the reason I fell in love with my boss!! Thanks Bobbie. Missed you more than you know...
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Awesome
author: Gregg Palmer
Nothing more to say...Bobby V is the best thing that came out of Fresno!
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LOOK OUT OLE BOBBYS BACK & He is up front about it too!!!
author: DUKE FEIST
Hey...long time since I heard the dolcet tones of Bobby Dean Volare...so many great memories...Aunt Penny, Chuey, Don and Don and Dean and the gang along with Bobby Fresburg Volare...funny stuff great band back up...Remember the days of the time warp with oldies and rarities, Wing Nut, Jeff Riedel and Big Wally. KKDJ softball and listening to see if you guys played Robert Gordon...love hearing all these cuts again...great laffs even if you are not from the Central Valley....the best kept secret in the nation...we keep it hot to keep the spoiled out....and besides everything you need is within 100 miles...Stephanie was the receptionist and now a big TV newscaster...wow....radio is dead without the DEAN AND DON SHOW.
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