You Know I Know/Blow Your Life Away (Single)

Jim Basnight

Power Popaholic Productions

The A-side to the newest single from Jim’s album The Early Years with his 70s band the Moberlys, saunters along. It's a love song, and punky, which he and the Moberlys were, and very good punks, at that.

But the B-side is one of his finest songs, and an early indication of how great his music has been. In just six lines, with the key ones being “What can it mean when you're gone?” "Blow Your Life Away singing that song,” and the kicker, “Oh baby, put that gun away,” he makes a powerful anti-suicide, pro-gun control statement. What’s better than that? Nothing, except these two great songs are must-hears.

Andrea Weiss