THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD
1,230) Amory Kane — “Candy Queen”
An American in London gives us some delicious ear candy, from a “brilliant UK Acid/Folk/Psych LP” with “plenty of great tracks ranging from psych/pop to floating acid/pop”, most written by said American and “produced by no other than John Paul Jones” with “the typical heavy guitar of Jimmy Page as well”. (https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/amory-kane-memories-time-unwound-mega-154286151) Of course, “despite being chosen as Melody Maker’s pop LP of the month in January 1969, [the album] was not a commercial success” (https://peel.fandom.com/wiki/Amory_Kane)
As to Amory Kane, the John Peel Wiki tells us:
Jack Daniel Kane Jr. . . . is an American singer-songwriter, mostly known for his work in Britain in the late 1960s. He was born in San Francisco. His father was a military attaché, and as a child he lived in Britain before returning with his family to live in Texas and then back in San Francisco. He became involved in the local music scene in the mid-1960s, as a singer and guitarist, before hitchhiking around Europe and ending up in London. There, he adopted the name Amory Kane (derived from “American”) and played in folk clubs. His self-penned single “Reflections (Of Your Face)”, released by MCA Records in 1968, was covered by artists such as P.J. Proby. Kane worked as a session musician in London, playing on recordings credited to bands such as The Magic Lanterns, and met David Bowie, who performed on stage with him at the Wigmore Hall in 1969. He released two solo albums: Memories of Time Unwound [from which I selected “Candy Queen”], released in 1968 on MCA, which featured then session musicians Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones; and Just to Be There, released in 1970 by CBS . . . . Failing to achieve commercial success in Britain, Kane returned to the U.S. in 1972, and started a new career as a restaurant chef.
Oh, and Kane told Michael Bjorn at Shindig Magazine that he played at Led Zeppelin’s first session as a foursome, backing PJ Proby (see #1,186). (https://reader.exacteditions.com/issues/98063/page/38) Why did he leave SanFran? “The streets were crowded with people hitch-hiking to the city and sleeping on the streets, and there was violence and people dying from overdoses of heroin. I remember being at the airport and hearing ‘Let’s Go To San Francisco’ . . . . I was bucking the tide, leaving.” (https://reader.exacteditions.com/issues/98063/page/38)
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