The Nest (Remastered) Jeannie Piersol

• 1 The Nest 02:48
• 2 Joined In Space 03:54
• 3 Gladys 02:23
• 4 Quivering 03:03
• 5 Everyone Needs Some Love 02:04
• 6 Shot Me Through 02:43
• 7 Your Sweet Inner Self 02:35
• 8 Gladys (demo) 02:52
• 9 Mr. Bright Eyes 02:24
• 10 Heading For The Sun 05:06
• 11 With Your Love 02:01
• 12 Light Sinking Down 03:50
• Total Runtime 35:43

Info for The Nest (Remastered)

Jeannie Piersol's hip hybrid of rock, soul and Indian flavors is revealed for the first time in this unprecedented collection that features her sought-after 1968 singles for Chess along with material by The Yellow Brick Road and Hair.

Jeannie Piersol is one of the enigmas of the mid-1960s San Francisco rock scene. Though little known, the distinctive singer emerged from the same community to the south of San Francisco that nurtured the principals of the Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, Big Brother and other enabling constituents of the city's future rock meritocracy.

Close friends with Grace Slick and her brother-in-law Darby Slick, Piersol duetted with Grace in an embryonic line-up of pathfinding early SF outfit The Great! Society, before leaving to front her own band, The Yellow Brick Road, who worked the clubs and ballrooms of the emerging SF circuit, including legendary venue the Matrix.

Upon his return from a sojourn to India to study sarod, Darby Slick transformed the YBR into a multi-racial psychedelic soul outfit know as Hair. This is turn led to Jeannie getting signed as a solo act to Cadet Concept, the hipster imprint of venerable R&B label Chess Records. Slick and Piersol travelled to Chicago in 1968 to record with by the master musicians of Chess, the result a unique hybrid of rock, soul and Indian flavors.

Despite healthy airplay, neither of Jeannie's two singles managed to make any commercial headway and she would soon leave the rock scene behind. Nevertheless, a growing cabale of collectors,deejays and indie rockers have since discovered the delights of tracks like the slow burning, entrancing 'The Nest', the rousing Airplanelike 'Gladys', or the fuzzed-out dancefloor fave 'Your Sweet Inner Self.' Piersol's letter but fascinating 1960s career is anthologized for the first time on High Moon's The Nest, which features her two sought after singles and various other studio outtakes from Chicago and Los Angeles.

Jeannie Piersol

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Jeannie Piersol
With her hip hybrid of rock, soul and Indian flavors, Jeannie Piersol is one of the enigmas of the mid-1960s San Francisco scene. Though little known, the distinctive singer emerged from the same Marin County community that nurtured the principals of the Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, Big Brother and other leading lights of Bay Area’s future rock meritocracy. Close friends with Grace Slick and her brother-in-law Darby Slick, Piersol duetted with Grace in an embryonic line-up early Bay Area outfit The Great! Society before leaving to front her own bands, The Yellow Brick Road and Hair, both of whom worked the clubs and ballrooms of the emerging SF circuit, including such legendary venues as The Matrix.

The Nest gathers together the handful of tracks Piersol recorded during her all-too-brief but blazing career, including a pair of sought-after singles released on Chess Records’ psychedelic Cadet Concept subsidiary, plus studio outtakes, demos, live performances, and material by The Yellow Brick Road and Hair. Highlights include the slow-burning, psychedelically informed 1969 single, “The Nest,” available now at all DSPs and streaming services. An official music video premieres today at the High Moon Records YouTube channel.

This album contains no booklet.