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If You Wanna Laugh, You Gotta Cry Sometimes: Archives Vol. 3, 1972-1975 is another magical discovery from Georgia-born singer-songwriter Robert Lester Folsom’s oeuvre of soft psychedelia and rural rock n’ roll, written and recorded over 50 years ago yet prophetically resonant today. Born of lost summers, new love (and the breaks that follow), and hippie bluegrass shakes, these spirited takes to 4-track tape open a prismatic window onto a young artist finding their footing, and are testament to why Folsom’s legacy burns bright to this day.
Drawing from the same archive of homespun demos and informal studio sessions rediscovered on the two previous volumes of Folsom’s early musical wizardry from Anthology Recordings, Ode to a Rainy Day and Sunshine Only Sometimes, the songs on If You Wanna Laugh offer candid snapshots of the hazy yet hugely formative years that ushered in the release of Music and Dreams, the revered, privately pressed studio album which serendipitously enjoys its Golden Jubilee this year.
Tracklist
1. Robert Lester Folsom – I Don’t Know
2. Robert Lester Folsom – What Are You Thinking Of?
3. Robert Lester Folsom – Sitting on the Moon
4. Robert Lester Folsom – Mountain Air Rag
5. Robert Lester Folsom – Atlanta LaLa
6. Robert Lester Folsom – It’s Raining Now Outside
7. Robert Lester Folsom – And God Made the Pine Trees, Too
8. Robert Lester Folsom – One More Song
9. Robert Lester Folsom – Burnt Carmine
10. Robert Lester Folsom – Gene Autry
11. Robert Lester Folsom – This Blue Eyed Boy
12. Robert Lester Folsom – Little Ditty
13. Robert Lester Folsom – I Want to Tell You
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