The one constant in Poobah, though, is guitarist/singer Jim Gustafson, who has led the band for five decades, directing them through rock music’s many trends, yet holding ground with a classic guitar rock feel.
With Poobah, Gustafson has a great story to tell. A band that might not end up in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but did perform a record 12 times on those sacred grounds in Cleveland. Lately, the band’s leader is quite proud of the latest Poobah accomplishment: the album evolver/revlove, released in 2020.
GOLDMINE: The new album, evolver/ revlove, is quite eclectic as it spans several different music styles. One thing that you have left off this record is politics, which many bands are covering in recent years.
JIM GUSTAFSON: That is true. I’m not into spreading my beliefs or anybody else’s about politics. They got enough of that on Facebook.
GM: Explain the name of the new album and where it came from.
JG: Well, I thought about how my playing as a guitarist had changed from the time I was 13 years old until now and I just thought I had evolved, and that’s where the “evolver” part came from. Then I noticed that there were other things called evolver, so a friend of mine who works in film said, “Why don’t you just call it revlove?” which is evolver backwards. I said, “Well, that’s a great idea.” So, I just put them together and used my idea — and his — and switched it from being evolver to evolver/revlove.
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