Consumer Guide Album

Gene Vincent: Gene Vincent [Kama Sutra, 1970]
Vincent was never a titan--his few moments of rockabilly greatness were hyped-up distillations of slavering lust from a sensitive little guy who was just as comfortable with "Over the Rainbow" in his normal frame of mind. And despite what the '50s revivalists believe, this comeback is a return to form only in the formal sense--simple songs, Tex-Mex backing. Some of it's very sweet--Doug Sahm meets "Over the Rainbow." But even when he slavers he does so quietly. B−