Jennifer Save Me

Golden Smog's Weird Tales (1998, Rykodisc) is an amazing record, and one of its standout songs is "Jennifer Save Me."  Earlier this year, I interviewed Smog stalwart Kraig Johnson (right in the picture above; fellow Smogger Daniel Murphy is to the left) and asked for his thoughts about the tune that he co-wrote.  "I love that song," he said.  "We don’t play that one enough live.  That was interesting because we were recording the Sound of Lies thing with The Jayhawks, and it was just me and Gary [Louris] in the studio.  And, we started – I was just messing around with some chords . . . and, we didn’t end up doing it for The Jayhawks, but both me and him really liked it, and he’s like – do that for The Smog.  And, I was like, yes, we should."