Jackie Leven

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John St. Field - Control (1971 uk, beautiful acid psych folk rock)

Publication
Plain and Fancy (Blog, therockasteria.blogspot.com)
Author
anonymous (blog “Plain and Fancy”)
Date
15 July 2013
Language
English
Access
Online

Collector's blog post on “Control” with credits (including Joe Kucera, Jesse Ballard, Juliet Lawson) and a long biography apparently taken from official Leven materials: childhood in Fife as an outsider, his mother a blues lover (Lightnin' Hopkins), first appearances at the Elbow Room folk club in Kirkcaldy with encouragement from Archie Fisher and Hamish Imlach, guitarist for Doris Henderson, flight from a gang vendetta, years of wandering (South Bank Centre, County Kerry, Berlin, Madrid), living in squats with mentally ill people. Three short reader comments pay tribute to Leven after his death. Tenor: collector's enthusiasm (“psychedelic underground classic”).

Summary in our own words; for the exact wording see the original.

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