Jim Sullivan

Vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist Jim Sullivan just released two albums, a single in 1969 another in 1972, but neither marketed well, although his skill was obvious, and it’s easy to assume that he’d have eventually experienced a commercial discovery had he not mysteriously vanished in New Mexico in 1975, a disappearance which has yet to become solved or explained. A fixture over the Western world Coastline and Malibu music picture, Sullivan, a previous high-school quarterback, rubbed shoulder blades using the hip and well-known in the past due ’60s and early ’70s, getting together with stars like Harry Dean Stanton, going for a little bit component in the film Easy Rider, composing songs filled with restless despair that he sang within a wealthy, Fred Neil-like tone of voice, and earning over crowds wherever he performed. His first record, U.F.O., documented with drummer Earl Palmer and all of those other famed Wrecking Staff, and boasting tasteful string preparations by Jimmy Connection, premiered in 1969 and highlighted songs approximately aliens, desert highways, and eager redemption. U.F.O. didn’t generate the interest and product sales it most likely deserved, nevertheless. After another recording in 1972, Sullivan started to believe his profession might stand an improved opportunity in Nashville, and he remaining California to operate a vehicle to Tennessee in March of 1975. He examined right into a Santa Rosa, NM motel on the way and was by no means seen once again — his pickup truck was found vacant outside of city and his acoustic guitar, clothes, and budget were within his motel space. The whole lot eerily echoed a number of the styles Sullivan had handled on his U.F.O. recording six years previous, further giving a distinctive album a straight odder resonance. Light in the Attic Information re-released U.F.O. towards the digital age group this year 2010, providing a dropped folk-rock gem another chance to discover an audience.