Chris Cacavas & The Junkyard Love "Chris Cacavas And The Junkyard Love" 1988

He also proved that no matter how good this material was, nobody paid attention but a small cult of fans, most of whom were in Europe.
CHRIS CACAVAS was born in Tucson, Arizona in May of 1961. By the time he was ten he was already discovering the strong emotional impact music can have as he sat, with brown vinyl Radio Shack headphones on, listening to the Beatles "She's Leaving Home" and feeling his eyes fill with tears. Maybe it was that this song told the story of the real life event of his older sister leaving home and being in and out of "halfway" houses or maybe it was just the overwhelming beauty of the song itself.
In the late 70s/early 80s he became sort of fame with the the band Green On Red featuring Dan Stuart, Jack Waterson and Van Christian. Cacavas played on the first 5 records and toured in the States and in Europe where they performed a now (cult) famous live performance on the German television show Rockpalast. After the epic GOR record The Killer Inside Me and the stressful European tour that followed Dan re-formed the band with only himself and Chuck Prophet remaining as original members. This gave Chris the opportunity to begin his solo career and he made his first record (Chris Cacavas & Junkyard Love) with Steve Wynn at the producer helm and Pat Thomas, of Heyday Records fame, waiting in the eaves to release it. Shortly thereafter his first and second release (Good Times) were licensed to the German label Normal Records. For his third solo effort he signed directly to Normal and that began a relationship that lasted for ten years and six records (Pale, Blonde, Hell, Dwarf Star, New Improved Pain, Anonymous, Bumbling Home From The Star, and Kneel).

The Junk Yard:
Chris Cacavas (v,g,p,org), John Thoman (g), Mark Walton (b), Keith Mitchell (d), Guests: Tom Stevens (b,bv), Robert Lloyd (mandolin,p), Johnette Napolitano (bv), Haskell Joseph (viola), Produced by Steve Wynn

trax:
1. Driving Misery 2. Truth 3. Wrecking Yard 4. Didn't Mean That 5. Angel On A Mattress Spring 6. Load Off Me 7. Blue River 8. Honeymoon 9. Four Corners USA 10. Jukebox Lullabye