Strange psychedelic rock music with folky-ethno leanings provides some nice dreamscape listening. Autosalvage is said to have been "discovered" in 1967 by Frank Zappa, who mentored the band and may have had some influence in the production of the band's only album.
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Most of the cuts from the album can be found on YouTube and are worth exploring if you enjoy psychedelic music. The album holds up well for me, but it is definitely the sound of a great era in music.
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Great post Arlee, I love all music and will certainly look this one up when there is enough time in the day.........after the challenge.
Yvonne.
Though Psychedelic rock was not my brand of music, I appreciate that music gives expression to an era for each generation.
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I'll give it a try - I like a lot of psychedelic rock. Always great to discover new music (even if it's "old").
I have to admit I'm not a huge fan of the psychedelic rock style despite being a big Pink Floyd fan and I would certainly liken this song to "See Emily Play" so the sound is very distinctive of its time I think. Nice start to your challenge, I look forward to more.
Dale
I love the videos that go with this type of music :)
Universal Gibberish
I don't know them! Which surprises me. But then... I can't know everything. :)
I'm a lover of all music.
T
Psychedelic Rock, definitely a 'blast from the past'.
New to me but thanks! I blogged today about a dream, too!
Psychedelic music still remains one of my favorite genres--it is so eclectic in sound and fascinating in subject matter.
Lee
I've never heard of it. I spent the 70's listening to a lot of Queen. And the 80's listening to 70's rock.
Hmmm... BOIDMAN, you've found yet another band I don't think I ever even heard of. (Both times you've drawn from the Psychedelic bin.)
Can't say I particularly liked this one - a bit too "high-end" and jangly Byrds-like for my tastes - and yet again I think I can say there seems to be a bit of Traffic influence in there, but this time early Traffic, as opposed to later Traffic (like I thought I heard in Federal Duck).
Anyway... anytime someone can come up with two bands from the Classic Rock Era that I haven't even heard of, that's someone with some deep Rock knowledge.
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I LOVE this song. I like listening to it when I'm driving. Great post and happy A-Z challenge!
Never heard this song till now, & absolutely love it! Makes me think of The Grateful Dead a bit, & maybe a more disorganized Beatles, lol. Big surprise was that my musically elitist snob husband had never heard of the bad, so you scored me a BIG win! Thanks for sharing --- will be following your AtoZ & am hoping for more music to come. :)
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Definitely not anything I would have found on my own - thanks, its an interesting listen. Interested to see whats next.
Visiting from the linky.
I'd not heard of the group either - think I can cope with the music but the video might be a little too much ;o)
Good luck with the rest of the challenge.
Psychedelic isn't exactly my favorite genre, but I love those album covers.
To those who liked this I'm happy to have introduced what I think is pretty fascinating music. And to those who didn't care for it much listen to it a bunch more times and it will probably grow on you.
Lee
something new for me - I'll be back.
Hey Arlee,
I've never heard of autosalvage so i was very interested to read about it in your post. :)
Great start to the A-Z!
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This reminded me of the music I listened to when I was growing up, right at bedtime and through the night. I think because of that it has always been soothing to me. Great post!
Interesting group - I love the name. I never knew of them until now.
Paula -- When I read about the group in Roxon's Rock Encyclopedia I started keeping my eye out for the album since the description seemed to fit my taste--and it did.
Thanks to all for your comments.
Lee
I was the lead guitar player in Autosalvage, and have mostly been a guitar maker ever since. We had good times, but were on the wrong coast.
Rick Turner
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Rick --- It's a real honor to hear from you. I wish the Autosalvage legacy could have lasted longer, but at least you're there in rock history. It was one of the greatest times of musical innovation.
Thanks for commenting.
Lee
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