Son Of The Kurse Of The Kaftan
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Apparently, Glad weren't too glad about Erik Wangberg's (me neither) production of their lone ABC album. But we needn't share their concerns, as artistically rigorous as they no doubt were. We can now treasure the bells and whistles the band kicked against as being deliriously typical of late 'sixties psych-pop.
Flower Power was starting to wilt by the time of its '68 release - the cover shot, as well as the production, would have been fresh as daisies six months earlier. The album didn't sell, so the band split two ways - Timothy B. Schmit went to Poco, and later The Eagles (me neither), and the remaining Glads incinerated the glad rags and changed their name to Redwing, recording a fine country rock album For Fantasy in '71.
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They cut another five albums before quitting the music business to establish Canada's first kelp processing plant in Banff, where they still live today, selling scrimshaw from a yurt made of dried kelp briquettes. In 1984, they featured in Freshwater Kelp - Canada's Hidden Resource, a National Film Board Of Canada production. Their performance of The Kelp Song won them the coveted National Film Board Of Canada Award For Best Song About Brown Algae that year.
(This post made possible through the financial support of Smart Art's Art Mart, Unguent, WIS. )
Got excited there for a minute when your blog popped up on the sidebar. Misread the title and thought you had posted the soundtrack for "The Sons of Katie Elder" ah well, the search continues. Stay well!
ReplyDeleteGoshdarn this corona virus lockdown! Why else would I be searching for a soundtrack I don't want to hear for someone I never met?
Delete(Anyone out there have this?)
Ah, Redwing. 'Twas only a matter of time before seeing them boys on these here pages. Good record!
ReplyDeleteThey're both good in their way, yet they're the first albums featured here that nobody wants (or conversely, that everyone has).
DeleteOK, I'll bite. May I please have a link?
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I haven't heard either of these -- and I guess I won't as there's no link. What kind of place is this? Do we have to hire Columbo to find the link? Did Timothy B replace Randy Meisner in both of these groups? Too many questions?
ReplyDeleteDid anyone else get that whiff of patchouli when sitarswami showed up?
DeleteMarch greetings Farq, from Corona Country, aka that bit jutting out below France. Redwing, you say? A member of the thrush family, from the genus Turdus. Oh how we laughed, back in those far-off birdwatching days. Those guys on the cover look a lot like some old class-mates of mine, and if I was a betting man, I'd wager the guy on the far right currently takes care of all accountancy activities in the kelp business. Bloke behind him was above average height for his age, played centre forward for the school football team, and had trials at county level, but by the time he turned eighteen, boozin' had already got the better of him.(Profiles of the other two provided on request). This rather long-winded preamble is nothing more than a device to recommend the new album by William Doyle (me neither), called Wildnerness Revisted. It's a wonderful, melodic pop record that's also a swirling homage to suburbia. You might like it.
ReplyDeleteLet me revisit that. It's called Your Wilderness Revisited.
DeleteThanks for the heads-up, Hairnets!
DeleteOkay - I listened to it. I did, honest. Not all the way through. Most of it. Here and there. Enough for me to get a handle on what's going on here. Thanks anyway!
DeleteAs our most gracious host, Mr. Farquhar Throckmorton III, I would appreciate it if you would take pity on us, and provide a link. I thank you in advance for your generosity.
ReplyDeleteDang it, who's that playing on the piano?
ReplyDeleteSayyyy!!!! They're playin' The Kelp Song!!!
Delete"It starts with a great big K
And that's okay with me
In second place is E
As plain as plain can be!
It's followed by an L
An 'ell of a number three
The fourth and last is P!
Put 'em all together
And they spell KELP!
Whatever the weather
It's KELP for you and me!"
ReplyDeleteIncluded in today's Giant Footlocker Of 1000 Civil War Soldiers is Redwing's third album, possibly.
An admirable display of early 70s men's hair stylings
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