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Camper Van Beethoven

Camper Van Beethoven

Initial release : 1986

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This release, the third Camper Van Beethoven album, includes a song called We Saw Jerry's Daughter which refers to the Jerry Garcia's daughter.

Tracks

  • Good Guys and Bad Guys (Krummenacher / Lisher / Lowery / Molla / Pedersen / Segel)
  • Joe Stalin's Cadillac (Krummenacher / Lisher / Lowery / Molla / Pedersen / Segel)
  • Five Sticks (Krummenacher / Lisher / Lowery / Molla / Pedersen / Segel)
  • Lulu Land (MacKinney)
  • Une Fois (Krummenacher / Lisher / Lowery / Molla / Pedersen / Segel)
  • We Saw Jerry's Daughter (Krummenacher / Lisher / Lowery / Molla / Pedersen / Segel)
  • Surprise Truck (Krummenacher / Lisher / Lowery / Molla / Pedersen / Segel)
  • Stairway to Heavan (Sic) (Krummenacher / Lisher / Lowery / Molla / Pedersen / Segel)
  • The History of Utah (Krummenacher / Lisher / Lowery / Molla / Pedersen / Segel)
  • Still Wishing to Course (Krummenacher / Lisher / Lowery / Molla / Pedersen / Segel)
  • We Love You (Krummenacher / Lisher / Lowery / Molla / Pedersen / Segel)
  • Hoe Yourself Down (Krummenacher / Lisher / Lowery / Molla / Pedersen / Segel)
  • Peace & Love (Krummenacher / Lisher / Lowery / Molla / Pedersen / Segel)
  • Folly (Krummenacher / Lisher / Lowery / Molla / Pedersen / Segel)
  • Interstellar Overdrive (Barrett / Mason / Waters / Wright)
  • Shut Us Down (Krummenacher / Lisher / Lowery / Molla / Pedersen / Segel)
Bonus tracks on 2004 CD release;
  • Pope Festival (Krummenacher / Lisher / Lowery / Molla / Pedersen / Segel)
  • Love the Witch (Camper Van Beethoven Version) (Krummenacher / Lisher / Lowery / Molla / Pedersen / Segel)
  • Pictures of Matchstick Men (Rossi)
  • Deux Foises (Krummenacher / Lisher / Lowery / Molla / Pedersen / Segel)
Musicians

Musicians include;

  • Victor Krummenacher - bass, vocals
  • Greg Lisher - guitar
  • David Lowery - vocals
  • Chris Molla - guitar, pedal steel
  • Chris Pedersen - drums
  • Jonathan Segel - violin
Notes

David Lowery has stated in interviews that the song We Saw Jerry's Daughter was written after they did see one of Jerry's daughters in Eugene.

The lyrics of the song are;

We were walkin' down the road at night
And all the brothers and sisters they were goin' nowhere
Peace and love were not around
Trouble and strife were everywhere

We saw Jerry's, we saw Jerry's daughter
We saw Jerry's, we saw Jerry's daughter

No peace and love were all around
And the brother and sister are free to go where they want and be who they want to be
And nobody wears flowers in the hair
Cuz flowers are everywhere
Flowers are everywhere

We saw Jerry's, we saw Jerry's daughter
We saw Jerry's, we saw Jerry's daughter

Related releases

All the tracks on this album were subsequently included on the compilation;

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