Chris Cacavas & Junk Yard Love "Good Times" 1992

On his own records, former Green on Red keyboardist Chris Cacavas treads spiky Southwestern guitar-rock turf that should be vaguely familiar to admirers of such combos as Green on Red, the Dream Syndicate and Giant Sand (all of which Cacavas has recorded with).
For most of the time Chris Cacavas was a member of Green on Red, the band was making very American music that was ignored in the U.S.A. and celebrated in Europe. Unfortunately Good Times continued this trend -- it was an excellent album, a hit in Germany and Holland, and almost completely ignored in the U.S.A. The Americana-flavored rock here has echoes of Neil Young's more contemplative work, and Cacavas' plaintive voice is at it's purest. Backing band Junkyard Love was in fine form, too, providing backups as simple as a hushed tambourine for the acoustic "Chain of Roses" or as robust as the complex, bass-heavy roar on "Many Splintered Thing." Good Times should have been a hit for an astonishingly adept band led by a characterful talent. Instead, it was Chris Cacavas' last American release for seven years, as he moved to German and Dutch labels for subsequent albums which had a harder rock edge. - by Richard Foss
musicians:
Bass, Backing Vocals – Mikey Borens / Drums, Tambourine, Backing Vocals – Billy "Blaze" Price / Guitar [Rhythm, Lead & Slide], Backing Vocals – John Thoman / Guitar, Organ, Piano [Wurlitzer], Lead Vocals, Written-by – Chris Cacavas

trax:
01 Just Do Something 02 Saint 03 Good Times 04 Chain Of Roses 05 Did You Hear What She Said? 06 Empty Bottle Trail 07 Trouble Mountain 08 Over You 09 Rocking Chair 10 Many Splintered Thing 11 What Makes A Man