Jesus Is The Bridge

Description

Jesus Is The Bridge is an album by the American folk-rock group Bridge, independently released on Good Records in 1972. Features a cover of Larry Norman‘s “I Wish We’d All Been Ready.” THe album was produced by Bridge and Ralph Mehrens.

Radically cool male/female private press of rugged electric folkrock, basement rock and stirring psych-edged ballads. These four guys and three girls typically build their homemade underground sound around a couple electric guitars, plus organ, bass and drums. «Questions» opens the album with a soft dreamy electric vibe, followed by «Blue’s», a slow lazy blues-rock piece with snaky lead guitar and primitive electric piano. «Look Right Up» is next, a terrific garage-band rocker that begins with raw jamming electric guitars, then slows for a melodic mid-section before exploding into action again. «Show Me What’s Real» is a fine summery plugged-in soft rock tune, while the female-led «I’m On My Way» sports a nice spirited electric folk-rock jangle. «One Way» gently opens side two with lost psychy meltings of organ and electric guitar, followed by the spunky «Call Yourself A Christian» with its ‘96 Tears’-ish organ. Next up are covers of Larry Norman’s «I Wish We’d All Been Ready» and «Once You Understand», the latter heavily embellished with angry generation-gap quarreling. «Bridging The Gap» closes the album on a soft moody melancholy note. Exceptional! From Joplin, Missouri. [Ken Scott, The Archivist, 4th Edition]

LP tracklist:

Side One
A1. “Questions” – 2:45
A2. “Blue’s” – 4:45
A3. “Look Right Up” – 4:10
A4. “Show Me What’s Real” – 2:55
A5. “I’m On My Way” – 3:45

Side Two
B1. “One Way” – 3:05
B2. “Call Yourself A Christian” – 3:00
B3. “Once You Understand” – 5:44
B4. “I Wish We’d All Been Ready” – 4:12
B5. “Bridging The Gap” – 3:25