Just Wanna Rock & Roll

Jose Feliciano - "Just Wanna Rock 'N' Roll" (1975) - RCA

Hola Friends,

Chillin' and grillin' tonight on Vinyl in the Valley.

The coals are poppin', the bugs are bitin' and the Tecate is flowin'.

We're crankin' up some Jose Feliciano on the patio turntable.

Now we love, LOVE, LOVE Feliciano's 1968 record, Feliciano, but on 1975's Just Wanna Rock 'N' Roll, the singer-guitarist takes a stab at a straight-up rock & roll album and, for the most part, it falls pretty short.  We find Feliciano to be at his best with his laid-back approach: finger-picking his acoustic guitar against an easy-listening Latin-tinged rhythm background.  And, of course, his unmistakable English-as-a-second-language vocals.

The album ends on a pretty strong note however with the acoustic instrumental, "Affirmation" followed by the album's closer-- a gorgeous take on The Flying Burrito Brothers' "Flying Burrito # 1 (Not That Kind of Guy)".

RATING: 3.0 I'm Your Toy, Mama, I'm your Little Boy out of 5