I felt like a slice of vintage West Coast Acid Rock. Jefferson Airplane fits the bill!
Today’s Music to keep me SssSSsaaaaANNnnnEEeee in Isolation – Captain Beefheart – Strictly Personal
Today’s Music to keep me SSSsSsAAaaaaNNnnnNeeeE in Isolation – Country Joe and the Fish – I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ To Die
Today’s Music to keep me SsSsAaAAaNnnneeee in Isolation – Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band – Safe As Milk
I remember getting this when it first came out and being completely blown away. It still blows my mind. Best band ever – and so brilliant live!
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Today’s Music to keep me SsSSaaAnNNnEEE in Isolation – Country Joe and the Fish – I Feel Like I’m Fixing To Die
1967 was a great year. There was revolution in the air. In the UK it was psychedelia with the likes of the Cream, Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd. The West Coast Acid rock was pouring in from the USA with Captain Beefheart, Doors, Love, Jefferson Airplane and Grateful Dead.
Country Joe and the Fish were one of my favourites. I caught them live a few times back then. This is their second album – an acid rock mastrpiece with some political overtones.
Country Joe & The Fish – “I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ to Die” Full Album – YouTube
Today’s Music to keep me SsSSaaaAnnNNEEee in Isolation – Country Joe and the Fish – Electric Music
An Acid Rock masterpiece from 1967! A totally new sound. That guitar still sounds so distinctive. One of my favourite albums.
Brilliant!!
C̤o̤ṳn̤t̤r̤y̤ ̤J̤o̤e̤ & The Fish – ̤E̤l̤e̤c̤t̤r̤i̤c̤ Music… Full Album HQ 1967 – YouTube
Today’s Music to keep me SAAAAnnnnEEEE in Isolation – Grateful Dead
The Dead seemed to epitomise the whole of that West Coast sixties counterculture. They came out of that San Franciscan scene with their hypnotic brand of acid rock. They were a band who had served their time learning the trade as an R&B unit called the Warlocks and then providing feedback and noise for Ken Kesey’s Acid Tests.
I saw them in San Francisco a few years back – going under the name Furthur (Ken Kesey’s truck’s name). They were still brilliant.
So today I’ll play with the Dead.
Dr John – I walk on Guilded Splinters
Jimi Hendrix – Little Wing
Today’s Music to help keep up my spirits through Isolation! – The Doors!!
I’ve always loved the Doors right since the moment I heard that first album. I worked all Friday night at Lyons bakery in Kingston and met this fellow long-hair there called Mike. He was trying to grow his hair to his feet and so refused to brush it in case it broke the ends off! He introduced me to the Doors first album and eulogised over them.
I did too.
Such a shame that Jim Morrison messed himself up on alcohol! I would have loved that band to be around a lot longer. They were superb live!
My favourite album is Strange Days. I used to play it to death.
I’m going to put it on now and turn the dial to twelve!!