IF THE JASMINE DON'T GET YOU...THE BAY BREEZE WILL

"Vince Martin first emerged in the late 1950's as a folk-blues singer around Greenwich Village, of the tendency which kind of avoided the academic approach. A friend of commercial Folk-Pop group The Tarriers, he was the lead singer on their 'Cindy Oh, Cindy' 45, a monster hit and one of the first real big successes to emerge from the Folk Boom; Vince lending not only a gritty edge of authenticity, but a note of wistful yearning that no amount of study can bring! In the early 1960's Vince gravitated toward the intense club nights presented by Black activist and Broadside editor Len Chandler. Starting a celebrated partnership with fellow maverick Fred Neil which stretched over live appearances which influenced a generation, David Crosby, Mama Cass, Richie Havens, you name them, and cutting an acclaimed and now-classic album for Elektra in 1969: "If the Jasmine Don't Get You... The Bay Breeze Will". One of the decade's overlooked gems, and a record whose title truly says it all, and whose time has finally come. From the opening cut, 'Snow Shadows', the sound is an airy blend of

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Folk singer.