
Jo Jo Gunne Jo Jo Gunne/Bite Down Hard/Jumpin' the Gun/So... Where's the Show?
Personnel: Matt Andes (vocals, guitar); Jay Ferguson (vocals, keyboards); Curly Smith (vocals, drums); Mark Andes (vocals).Liner Note Author: Alan Robinson .Recording information: The Record Plant North, Sausalito, CA.Illustrator: Jimmy Wachtel.Photographers: Lorrie Sullivan; Fred Valentine.Born out of boogie rock, Spirit (leader Jay Ferguson and bassist Mark Andes had split the group), and a double shot of testosterone, Jo Jo Gunne are best remembered for their urgent hit "Run Run Run" and their third effort's politically incorrect album cover (you could tastefully call that woman "Rubenesque" if it wasn't for the pig pictured with her). Still, they deserve to be more than a footnote in American rock, and while this two-disc round-up of their four original albums (that's everything but the reunion, re-recording, and totally fan club worthy Big Chain from 2005) proves the group weren't strong enough to keep up with that hectic, early-'70s release schedule (all of this is from 1972 - 19