Norman Greenbaum - Petaluma (1972, Edsel Records 1997)⭐

Artist: Norman Greenbaum
Title: Petaluma
Year Of Release: 1972/2002
Label: Reprise Records
Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Folk Rock, Country
Quality: FLAC (tracks+scans)
Total Time: 25:30

Tracklist:
01. Grade A Barn
02. 5 Pennies
03. Dairy Queen
04. Campin'
05. Petaluma
06. Country Lad
07. The Day The Well Went Dry
08.. New Dead Shrimp Blues
09. Crazy Over You
10. Japanese Silky

Best-known for his 1970 hit "Spirit in the Sky," singer/songwriter Norman Greenbaum was born November 20, 1942, in Malden, MA. He began his musical career while a student at Boston University, playing area coffeehouses before relocating to the West Coast during the mid-'60s and forming a kind of psychedelic jug band dubbed Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band. After issuing the 1966 single "The Eggplant That Ate Chicago," which fell just shy of reaching the Top 50, the group disbanded, and Greenbaum subsequently formed a series of short-lived acts before finally returning to his solo career in 1968. A year later he issued his debut LP, Spirit in the Sky, releasing several unsuccessful singles before reaching the Top Three with the smash title track, which sold some two million copies. It proved to be Greenbaum's only hit, however, as follow-ups like 1970's "Canned Ham" and the next year's "California Earthquake" tanked; after the release of 1972's Petaluma, he retreated from music to focus on his California dairy farm, but returned to show business during the mid-'80s in a managerial capacity, also promoting a number of concerts