HINDU LOVE GODS - Hindu Love Gods (1990)
Released in 1990, but actually recorded on a whim by Zevon and the non-Stipe R.E.M. guys during the Sentimental Hygiene sessions. If I'm a little cursory in my exploration of Hindu Love Gods , well, the material kinda demands it. The quip about this record is that they recorded it in less time than it takes to listen to, or something to that effect. So it's entirely possible that I'll spend more time and effort composing this post then went into recording Hindu Love Gods . Not everyone involved even agreed to have the session released to the public before it happened. So... yeah. I'm never tremendously enthusiastic about covers records in which I don't know most of the originals, but let's dig shallowly in. Track One: "Walkin' Blues" [Robert Johnson] It's worth noting that most of these songs are blues standards. My knowledge of the blues is mostly confined to the fact that I lived in Chicago for about ten yea...