{"product_id":"blind-melon-nico","title":"Nico","description":"NICO is an Enhanced CD companion to the home video LETTERS FROM A PORCUPINE, and is playable on either a CD-ROM drive or a standard CD player. A portion of the proceeds from both NICO and LETTERS FROM A PORCUPINE go to benefit MAP (the Musicians Assistance Program).\nBlind Melon: Shannon Hoon (vocals, acoustic guitar); Christopher Thorn (acoustic \u0026amp; lap steel guitars, guitar, banjo, Mellotron, bell, tambourine);\nRogers Stevens (acoustic \u0026amp; electric guitars, Hammond B-3 organ, congas, shakers, background vocals); Brad Smith (flute, acoustic bass, bass, dumbek, congas); Glen Graham (Mellotron, drums, hi-hat, congas, dumbek, percussion).\nProducers include: Blind Melon, Mike Napolitano, Mike Kelsey, Andy Wallace.\nEngineers include: Blind Melon, John Burton.\nNamed for the late Shannon Hoon's infant daughter, NICO is a collection of outtakes, previously-unreleased originals and a pair of covers. Blind Melon was regularly pegged as a happy-go-lucky, hippie throwback act, but this collection exposes a band that bristled with creativity. Among the discoveries here that show Blind Melon to be more than a back-up band for the Bee Girl are \"Glitch,\" a hypnotic percussive song that evokes the Master Musicians Of Jajouka.\nBlind Melon's creative spark was surely a restless one. \"Letters From A Porcupine\" is a musical message left by singer Hoon on guitarist Christopher Thorn's answering machine. An impromptu session in Hoon's hotel room toward the end of a 19-month tour produced \"Life Ain't So Shitty.\" The band's version of John Lennon's protest song \"John Sinclair\" shows off a major influence; a Steppenwolf cover (\"The Pusher\") provides some eerie foreshadowing.","brand":"Blind Melon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44599856431337,"sku":"W5FXDW-TNXC-00","price":41.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/3523\/8633\/files\/blind-melon-nico_MRSr7.jpg?v=1759331725","url":"https:\/\/www.vibinvinyl.com\/products\/blind-melon-nico","provider":"Vibin' Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}