Issue 411 April 26,1996
Vol.22 No.9

Andy Cahan
Snarfel: 30 Years of Andy Cahan
Hamana (12247)

As the title suggests, this anthologizes California keyboardist
Cahan via 25 selec-tions dating all the way back to 1965.
Presented in reverse chronological order, they give the listener a
sense of what it means to be a veteran singer-songwriter swimming
against the commercial tide in the trendy '90s. He has an excellent
voice, and his songwriting, arranging and playing skills are
well honed.

This is a curious set. Cahan was doing poppy
psychedelia ("She's Gone Away", "I've Been A Thinking")
back in the mid and late '60s. By the late seventies
he had more of an offbeat Todd Rundgren
pop style ("The Sky is Falling", "Hell Of A Day");
a trio of mid '80s cuts finds him flirting with
new wave keyboard flourishes. It should be noted
that several tracks feature ex-Mothers
Of Invention Bunk Gardner on sax, bassoon
or recorder; Jimmy Carl Black pops up on drums on one number.

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