Dude, Check This Out: Earthless

This is what I was looking for in 1968. Hard psychedelia lives. Earthless, from San Diego.

Here's a taste from their 2013 release "From the Ages." You don't have to drop anything; just drop everything and let it take you away.

Rest in Peace, Joe Cocker

Joe Cocker died Monday at age 70 in Colorado where he had retired to grow a garden, hike, and fly fish. Rest in peace, Joe.

Dude, Check This Out: King Crimson

Sometimes this 21st Century schizoid man needs to go see the Crimson King.

In the Court of the Crimson King. October, 1969.

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Happy Birthday, George Harrison

Today is the birthday of George Harrison. He was born in 1943, and died too soon in 2001.

It goes without saying that he was a major part of the soundtrack of my generation. But more than that, he became a courageous advocate for the best that humanity can be. I admired him as a gentle prophet. And I miss his incisive voice.

So Happy Birthday, George, and thanks for the light. It's still shining.

Dude, Check This Out: Blind Faith

Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker shortly after the breakup of Cream. Steve Winwood shortly after the breakup of the Spencer Davis Group. Add Rick Grech from Family. And, for a brief shining moment in 1969, the apex of British Blues Rock.

This was the American version of the album cover. The controversial British album cover was banned here.

To see the banned cover, click HERE.

But it's the music. Make sure you listen to "Had To Cry Today," "Can't Find My Way Home," and "Presence of the Lord."

Dude, Check This Out: Iceland, the Sugarcubes, and Bjork

Iceland is an amazing place with amazing fishing.

Fly Fishing in Iceland from TT FlyFishing on Vimeo.

And Iceland is the birthplace of Bjork, and Bjork is an amazing person and amazing singer.

She started out with the Sugarcubes in the late Eighties and early Nineties. They were a pretty amazing band in their own right, considering they were and remain today the biggest rock band ever to come out of Iceland.

Here's a sample of their music and of Bjork's amazing work with them, first a demo of Lou Reed's Sweet Jane, and then a song from their 1989 album "Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week!"

Then here is my favorite of Bjork's songs, beginning with the original and including three of the many remixes that have been done. In my humble opinion, an amazing song by an amazing artist.

Dude, Check This Out: Wooden Shjips

Does this San Francisco band play experimental rock, minimalist rock, drone rock, space rock, or psychedelic rock? The answer is yes.

Just yesterday they released their latest, "Back to Land." Sample below.

Wooden Shjips - Back To Land from Thrill Jockey Records on Vimeo.

From their website:

Music Journalist Ben Ratliff reviews Back to Land in the New York Times Playlist this Sunday. You can read the review here!

“Back to Land is also centered and relaxed and open, almost pastoral. It’s music conceived for interior spaces but influenced by open-air ones.” – New York Times

And, for good measure, here's all of their 2011 release, "West."