Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers (180g) 180 gram edition

Born in Natick, Massachusetts, singer, songwriter and guitarist **Jonathan Richman** began playing music and writing his own songs in the mid 60s. While in Boston, **Richman** formed the *Modern Lovers*, a proto-punk garage rock band.

In 1975, **Richman** moved to California to record as a solo singer/songwriter. In January 1976, **Richman** put together a new version of the *Modern Lovers*, which included original Modern Lovers drummer, *David Robinson*, along with former *Rubinoos* bassist *Greg 'Curly' Keranen* and *Leroy Radcliffe* on guitar. The albums produced by the new group found **Richman** turning away from electric rock music towards gentler acoustic textures, with a strong rooting in 50s rock and roll.

The album *Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers* was released in May 1976, three months before the earlier *The Modern Lovers sessions* were finally released known as their eponymous self-titled debut studio album.