{"product_id":"blind-melon-nico-vinyl","title":"Blind Melon Nico Vinyl","description":"NICO is an Enhanced CD companion to the home video LETTERS FROM A PORCUPINE, and is playable on either a CD-ROM drive or a standard CD player. A portion of the proceeds from both NICO and LETTERS FROM A PORCUPINE go to benefit MAP (the Musicians Assistance Program).\nBlind Melon: Shannon Hoon (vocals, acoustic guitar); Christopher Thorn (acoustic \u0026amp; lap steel guitars, guitar, banjo, Mellotron, bell, tambourine);\nRogers Stevens (acoustic \u0026amp; electric guitars, Hammond B-3 organ, congas, shakers, background vocals); Brad Smith (flute, acoustic bass, bass, dumbek, congas); Glen Graham (Mellotron, drums, hi-hat, congas, dumbek, percussion).\nProducers include: Blind Melon, Mike Napolitano, Mike Kelsey, Andy Wallace.\nEngineers include: Blind Melon, John Burton.\nNamed for the late Shannon Hoon's infant daughter, NICO is a collection of outtakes, previously-unreleased originals and a pair of covers. Blind Melon was regularly pegged as a happy-go-lucky, hippie throwback act, but this collection exposes a band that bristled with creativity. Among the discoveries here that show Blind Melon to be more than a back-up band for the Bee Girl are \"Glitch,\" a hypnotic percussive song that evokes the Master Musicians Of Jajouka.\nBlind Melon's creative spark was surely a restless one. \"Letters From A Porcupine\" is a musical message left by singer Hoon on guitarist Christopher Thorn's answering machine. An impromptu session in Hoon's hotel room toward the end of a 19-month tour produced \"Life Ain't So Shitty.\" The band's version of John Lennon's protest song \"John Sinclair\" shows off a major influence; a Steppenwolf cover (\"The Pusher\") provides some eerie foreshadowing.\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Rock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 06\/01\/2018\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRSD Release Date: n\/a\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Blind Melon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37752639226029,"sku":"6E5VOQ-PI2F-00","price":31.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0518\/8439\/2621\/files\/Monostereo-Blind-Melon-Nico-Vinyl_FcPVk.jpg?v=1742078174","url":"https:\/\/thefinestvibes.com\/products\/blind-melon-nico-vinyl","provider":"The Finest Vibes","version":"1.0","type":"link"}