Dane Sturgeon, in California, in the year 1967, made a record of
totally american dementia, proudly ignoring almost everything that was
made after 1962 - one of the bizarre artifacts that this era seems to
have produced more often than we imagine (but we are slowly
discovering).
A hybrid of Roy Orbison, Elvis Presley after the army and Byrds if
they were from Texas, "Wild'n'Tender" is an absolutely unique album, in
the private press bizarre records that have been discovered lately,
like Y. Bhekhirst, Jerry Rayson or Mark Melanson - although not so
extreme musically as those. Nothing is unheard here, in fact several
of the melodies are reminding something familiar.
Take a good look of the cover - this well-shaved man with the private investigator's coat and the cowboy hat and this look in his eyes and you'll know a lot about this record: Dane Sturgeon is trying to give us the impression of the title (and the reco
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