Tuesday, January 19, 2010

by request: JON & ROBBIN - ELASTIC EVENT




Jon Abnor put out several records on the Abnak label in 1963 and 1964. Although they got a bit of airplay in Dallas, they didn't chart nationally. Meanwhile, he spent his time running the day-to-day operations of his father's record label. In 1965, after an unsuccessful attempt to go to a national audience by releasing a single on Atco, Jon was paired with female vocalist Javonne Braga as the duo Jon & Robin. (Javonne was called Robin because she was a replacement for the first singer, Robin Beavers, who quit before the duo started recording.) As it turned out, the duet proved to be a better arrangement for Jon's success, with several chart records nationally. Their first hit was "Do It Again A Little Bit Slower" [Abnak 119], which reached the national top-20 in late spring, 1967. This and several followup singles were billed as "Jon & Robin & the In Crowd."

More info here http://www.bsnpubs.com/texas/abnak.htmlElastic Event

6 comments:

  1. Nope, this wasen't my thing, i'm not very happy with bubbelgum. Thank you anyway as i love the effort you put into this place Mike.

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  2. do you have wahonka on super k?

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  3. Yes, I have Wahonka lp. I need some time to rip & post it.

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  4. dont go to any trouble, I've heard a couple of tracks. How is it overall? know any other native american rock/prog/psych/folk you could recommend that people might not be up on?

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  5. Thanks for the opportunity to hear the Elastic Event.
    Dan Auerbach does a great version of "I Want Some More"...
    cheers
    chris

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  6. What happened to Javonne Braga?

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