Mickey Kalis self-produced this unusual 45 from 1969 with two of his original songs. The A-side is a western-type shuffle with trumpet “2:10 to Yuma”, with backup vocals by Linda Kalis.Much more arresting to my mind is the flip, the tough “Got No Time”, featuring a neatly picked intro, crude-sounding rhythm and long guitar solo. Mickey alternately drawls and shouts out the lyrics:
“Aint got no time for rainbows, ain’t got no time even for love,
Ain’t got no one I can really talk to, ain’t got no one I can try to love!”
The Bakersfield Blues Band may not have existed except as a pickup group for this session. I don’t know who any of the members were.
United Audio was a Youngstown, Ohio vanity label formerly known as WAM, with recordings and pressings paid for by the artist. This record is from August, 1969. It was probably engineered by Gary Rhamy, who bought the United Audio operations in 1971 and changed the name to Peppermint Productions.
Mickey had at least one other 45, “Fortune Lady” / “Florida Cowboy Man” released on the Peppermint label (#1277) in 1982, and produced with Jack Saunders and Art DeBaise and engineered by Larry Repasky.
Sources include: Buckeye Beat.
