From ANDRAS JONES: The great multi-instrumentalist PROBYN GREGORY joins us for a Pop Oracle session that is one of the best we’ve done. The guy plays synchronicity just as well as he plays any other instrument. Not only do we get some intimate insights into the coming together of The Wondermints with Brian Wilson, we also get into a discussion about dragons. What do dragons and the foundations of California pop have in common? Well, you’ll have to listen to find out but I promise you, “It’s no drag”.
Probyn’s answer, randomly chosen by the R8B App, is from one of our favorites, CHRIS “SANDMAN” SAND. At first Probyn thinks the song was written by Johnny Cash, then I correct him and tell him it’s actually a Woody Guthrie song. Further research proves us both wrong as Wikipedia tells us the song is an old traditional number originally collected by Frank Lee Drennen’s hero, Carl Sandburg, in 1927 for his “American Songbag”.
