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Santa Claus Rooftop Junkie
''Santa Claus Rooftop Junkie'' is the fourth studio album by David Peel and The Lower East Side, released in 1974 through Orange Records Ltd. Track listing Personnel * Michael Angelo – guitar, backing vocals * Les Fradkin – bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, backing vocals *Andy "Coke" Friedman – drums, percussion * David Peel – lead vocals, guitar, art direction *Mark Shatasky – backing vocals *Ron Skoler – backing vocals *Paul Thornton – guitar, percussion, backing vocals *A. J. Weberman Alan Jules Weberman (born May 26, 1945) is an American writer, political activist, gadfly, and inventor of the terms "garbology" and "Dylanology". He is best known for his controversial opinions on, and personal interactions with, the musician B ... – backing vocals, narrator *Grimes - trumpet ;Technical *Tom Doyle - recording and mixing engineer References {{Authority control 1974 albums David Peel (musician) albums [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Peel (musician)
David Peel (born David Michael Rosario; August 3, 1942 – April 6, 2017) was a New York City–based musician who first recorded in the late 1960s with Harold Black, Billy Joe White, George Cori and Larry Adam performing as David Peel and The Lower East Side Band. His raw, acoustic "street rock" with lyrics about marijuana and "bad cops" appealed mostly to hippies and the disenfranchised. Biography Peel was born in Manhattan to Puerto Rican parents, Angel Perez, who worked in a restaurant, and Esther Rosario, a homemaker. He was raised in Brooklyn and served two years in the United States Army, and was stationed in Alaska. Peel took his stage name from a 1967 hoax that claimed that banana peels were psychoactive. In 1968, Peel was contracted by Elektra Records when he was first discovered and recorded two "envelope pushers" for the label. His album ''Have a Marijuana'' peaked at No. 186 on the ''Billboard'' chart. Peel was rediscovered by John Lennon in 1971 as the early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |