Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - Life And Death (And Almost Everything Else) (2004)

Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan have been compared to "Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood...on acid," a comparison that has been stickered to the front of the Omni Recording Corporation's 2005 compilation Life and Death (And Almost Everything Else). It's not an inaccurate comparison per se, but it kind of ignores the fact that Nancy & Lee already sounded like they were on acid, particularly on such hazy, narcotic fantasias as "Some Velvet Morning." Jack & Misty sound like they're on acid, but only according to kitsch fanatics who've never tripped and have only drowned themselves in pop culture ephemera: it's like a parody of the '60s of Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, kind of like an Austin Powers movie. It's an oddity, and it's sometimes funny, but it's also silly and trying, wearing out its welcome long before its 29 tracks finish. Contrary to the impression given from the song titles — "The Legendary Chicken Fairy," "If Eggs Had Legs," "I'm Washin' Harry Down the Sink," etc. — this music doesn't feel intentionally humorous, yet it also doesn't quite feel formed; songs bear a germ of an interesting idea, but not much more. So, this winds up being music that camp cultists force themselves to embrace, as it has the appearance of being everything they love, yet they'll find that this is the kind of forgotten pop oddity better to read or hear about than to actually hear. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Tracklist:
1.01 - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - Tennessee Bird Walk (2:52)
1.02 - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - Big Black Bird (Spirit of My Love) (2:38)
1.03 - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - Chapel Hill (2:39)
1.04 - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - The Dum Song (2:24)
1.05 - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - Bethlehem Steel (2:33)
1.06 - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - Poor Jody (2:37)
1.07 - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - Humphrey the Camel (2:59)
1.08 - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - Yellow Bellied Sapsucker (2:37)
1.09 - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - Changin' Times (3:23)
1.10 - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - The Clock of St. James (2:07)
1.11 - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - You've Got Your Troubles (I've Got Mine) (2:44)
1.12 - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - A Place in My Mind (2:26)
1.13 - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - The Autumn Song (On a Yellow Day) (1:55)
1.14 - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - How I Lost 31 Pounds in 17 Days (3:05)
1.15 - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - Somewhere in Virginia in the Rain (2:38)
1.16 - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - The Shadows of the Leaves (2:38)
1.17 - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - There Must Be More to Life (Than Growing Old) (2:33)
1.18 - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - The Legendary Chicken Fairy (2:17)
1.19 - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - Miami Sidewalks (2:32)
1.20 - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - Fire Hydrant #79 (2:40)
1.21 - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - Don't It Make You Wanta Go Home (2:30)
1.22 - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - If Eggs Had Legs (2:44)
1.23 - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - Second Tuesday in December (2:52)
1.24 - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - A Handful of Dimes (2:08)
1.25 - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - It Seems Like There Ain't No Going Home (2:56)
1.26 - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - I'm Washin' Harry Down the Sink (3:06)
1.27 - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - The Night We Heard the Voice (2:19)
1.28 - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - Lonesome Song (2:24)
1.29 - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - The Sunset Train (2:49)