facedownowls

p.s. Check out the following links for a.) a brief mention of Fat Water (near the top of the page), and b.) a relatively detailed blurb about The One Eyed Jacks. The first link seems to have a lot of info about other bands from the same time and place, and there are probably lots of people to e-mail at that site who might be able to help. http://www.hollywoodhangover.com/champaign%20page%202.htm http://www.benmclane.com/OneEyed.htm The name Bill Fiorio might also be of interest. -fdo

Hello, again, [i just typed this response in its entirety, only to have my computer choke and erase the entire thing. So...here we go again...] I found the album. Alas, there are no liner notes inside. There is, however, some useful information on the back cover. My copy is a Canadian printing, MGM SE 4660. Track listing: Side One: I Can Be Happy (2:51) Joshua (4:19) Amalynda Guinevere (2:04) Gimme Your Sweet (2:20) Guitar Store Song (1:00) Only For The Moment (3:19) Side Two: It's Not The Same (3:11) Wayback (1:32) Waiting For Mary (4:10) Mistress De Charmaign (3:07) Santa Anna Speed Queen (2:07) Gotta Get Together (3:20) The album art, I must admit, I always found to be pretty clever. On the back cover, we see what looks like an old medicine cabinet holding 11 bottles, all of which look like those travelling medicine show "miracle cures". We have "Father John's Medicine", "Dr. Hand's Colic Mixture For Wind Colic and Sour Stomach". "Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root", "Chamberlain's Colic Relief for Flatulence or Wind Colic", and, of course, "Fat Water --Original Essence of Rock & Roll: An Elixir Beneficial To The Mind and a guaranteed euphoric to the Heart." It appears that Fat Water can also "keep the spirits high. It gives happiness to young women, and pleasure to young men." If only it cured wind colic... There are three "antique" Fat Water bottles on the shelf on the back cover. One of them holds the track listing on its label, one is the large bottle pictured on the front cover being held by (I presume) Vicki, and the last has some technical information about the project. It reads as follows: "FW [just a logo at the top] FAT WATER LANCE, guitar, vocals VICKI, vocals BORIS, bass, vocals PETE, drums, vocals EV, keyboards Produced by STEVE SPERRY for the Dick Marx Production Group, Inc. Recorded at 8-Track Recording Company in Chicago. Engineer BILL BRADLEY, all tracks except side 2, tracks 4 and 6, which were engineered by STU WALDER. Recording & mixing by BILL BRADLEY. Cover art and photography by HOWARD R COHEN Spiritual guidance, Dick Jahn" Unfortunately, that's it for the info. The record itself is in pretty good shape, but the jacket has seen better days. I'm very interested in any information found on this record, as it's been somewhat of a mystery to me for quite a long time. Please let me know if I can be of any more assistance. Good luck. facedownowls

Hello, I actually have this album! I suppose someone in my family picked it up years ago, and now it's in my basement with a bunch of other records from the era. It just occurred to me to try and find something out about it online, and it's very surprising to see such a recent posting about Fat Water. This is probably the most press they've had in about 30 years (not to disrespect the band)! Maybe I'll dig it out and give it another listen. I wonder what became of these guys? Take care.