I had the EP when it came out. I was floored when I heard it... "one guy"???

He's another "sing the telephone book and it would sound awesome".

My opinion is this: he wasn't intending to release the whole thing when he had the tapes rolling, but was capturing his cafe days "in the moment" before he started playing larger venues (although theaters were the norm for him and a few festivals). This was a place he served coffee at AND played his heart out.

It is funny to hear his swipes at the then current "grunge scene" and then going into all these different styles that cover the spectrum of the 20th century, not just in America but internationally. You could tell he was already fighting being pigeonholed, not just in with Nirvana and Pearl Jam but his own father. If you see the music videos it just seemed like one of those mandatory things that he would rather not have done. Jimmy Page and Robert Plant among others became huge fans. One would've hoped he would've done his father's "Song to the Siren" when he recorded this.

I can't believe how much material was recorded, and this is probably 1% of the songs he knew.

I think Mary's (his mom) paced the releases out nicely. This year the limited release movie about Jeff is supposed to be on home video.