Seattle power pop pioneer Jim Basnight led the Moberlys visibly in the late ’70s and nearly out of sight for another decade; the original quartet was over by the time its album of sparkling mid-tempo tunes was assembled and released. In the mid-’90s, while the singer/guitarist was recording and performing solo and with the Rockinghams, Basnight repackaged eight tracks from the Moberlys’ album with six others (ignoring the intervening EP) and issued them as First Album. Not surprisingly, the delightfully surf-boppin’ “Live in the Sun” moves up to lead off the CD, which is a catchy an… read more
Seattle power pop pioneer Jim Basnight led the Moberlys visibly in the late ’70s and nearly out of sight for another decade; the original quartet was over by the time its album of sparkling mid-tempo tunes was assembled and released. In the mid-’90s, while the singer/guitarist was recording a… read more
Seattle power pop pioneer Jim Basnight led the Moberlys visibly in the late ’70s and nearly out of sight for another decade; the original quartet was over by the time its album of sparkling mid-tempo tunes was assembled and released. In the mid-’90s, while the singer/guitarist was recording and performing solo and with the Rockinghams, Basnight repackaged eight t… read more
