“My parents were living in Bolinos when i was born. this was the early 70’s. there was alot of weaving, ceramics, banjo playing and this kind of thing back then. My mom said the other day she had developed a course, to be taught at the Bolinos community center, ‘Self-Awareness Through Macrame’. i said ‘oh, thats interesting, do you keep in touch with any of the students?’ she said ‘no, no one signed up’. that made me laugh.”
Sonny Smith
Is that how people from Bolinas spell it? Thematically largely inspired by Sonny’s escape from the city and return to the country, Self-Awareness Through Macrame is the latest album by longtime SF band Sonny & the Sunsets on Sonny’s own label Rocks in Your Head Records. It’s pure whimsical country rock, with sweet chords and cathartic chorus on songs like “E.S.P.” sounding plucked straight from the Robbie Robertson songbook. It ain’t derivative though. It’s catchy as heck classic Sonny sung all colorful and knotted into a web of loving self-awareness.
