Album Notes

THE JBJ BAND/ NO NONSENSE ROCK & ROLL IS A MEMORIAL ALBUM FOR A YOUNG FAMILY OF FOUR WHO WERE KILLED IN A HORRIFIC HEAD-ON COLLISION IN CALIFORNIA ON JULY 5, 2000. THIS CD ALBUM OF PROGRESSSIVE/STRAIGHT AHEAD ROCK & ROLL ORIGINALS HAS ROOTS IN CLASSIC/SOUTHERN/JAZZ/HARD/METAL-ROCK FUSIONS AND PLAYED LOUD ENOUGH WILL PLACE YOU RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ORIGINAL RECORDING SESSIONS, LIVE, KICKING ASS, COOKIN', ALIVE; GRATEFUL TO THE FATHER OF ALL CREATION FOR ALL HIS BLESSINGS.
KEEP THE FAITH
KEEP ON KEEPIN' ON
KEEP ON ROCKIN'
BELIEVE IN YOUR HOPES AND DREAMS,
ONE CAN NEVER , EVER KNOW WHAT TOMORROW MAY BRING.
SUNDAY,AUGUST 7,2005 IN 1965,CYPRIAN JACOBSON JOINED A 6 MAN GROUP NAMED "MIKE & THE MARSEILLES",RE-NAMED "THE KNIGHT BRIDGE PEDLARS"( WHO WERE KNOWN FOR TIGHT BEATLES AND ROLLING STONES COVERS AND SWEET HARMONIES)LATER TO BE KNOWN AS "THE TREE" AND THEN "MELBOURNE". MY MOM AND MIKE'S MOM WOULD DRIVE US TO THE INFAMOUS PANDORA'S BOX IN HOLLYWOOD WHEN WE WERE AGES 14-16.THE JBJ BAND IS THE LATEST RE-INCARNATION OF A BAND THAT PLAYED FOR HIGH SCHOOLS ALL OVER SO. CALIFORNIA FROM 1964 TO 1969, YOUTH GROUPS, PARKS & RECREATIONS, HOUSE BAND AT THE SALTY CELLAR IN HUNTINGTON BEACH(NEXT DOOR TO THE FAMOUS GOLDEN BEAR) TEEN-AGE FAIRS IN HOLLYWOOD, THE KALEIDOSCOPE( LATER TO BECOME THE AQUARIUS THEATER), GAZZARRI'S, THE WHISKEY A-GO-GO,MARINE AND ARMY BASES.WE WERE THE ONLY ROCK BAND ON A JAZZ LINEUP AT THE SHRINE AUDITORIUM IN LOS ANGELES WHICH HEADLINED THE GERALD WILSON BIG BAND. AND WE OPENED FOR THE FABULOUS MR. JIMMY REED MORE THAN ONCE AT THE AIRPLANE CLUB IN SEAL BEACH. OUR EXPERIENCE WAS MUCH MUSIC-LOVING, DIVERSE AND NUMEROUS, AND I, JOSEPH C. BLEA WILL NEVER LET THE MUSIC DIE, AND KEEP IT ROCK STEADY. MY NEXT ALBUM OF BLUES,SKA,REGGAE & ROCK WILL BE "the bomb", AND WILL BE ENTITLED "S'slike, S'supp?"