Tuesday, July 13, 2010
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I know anyone following Beck’s record club will have heard of this guy by now. He’s a fascinating figure - was once a drummer in Jefferson Airplane and defected once Grace Slick joined the group. He went on to make his own recordings but later burned out due to mental problems - likely an acid casualty. He was known to start mayhem with a fire axe and spent some time in Bellevue diagnosed as a schizophrenic and that was before he recorded this album “Oar.” This is the only album he made before be died in 1999. The one I’ve posted is one of his most famous….