No one knew quite what to make of this L.A. band in the mid-'60s, who unbelievably included
Ry Cooder,
Taj Mahal,
Kevin Kelley (later in
the Byrds), and even
Ed Cassidy (briefly) in the same lineup. They only managed one single on
Columbia before breaking up in 1966, but they also got to lay down an album's worth of unreleased material, which was finally issued over 25 years later. Their languid, bluesy, folksy sort of sound anticipated future recordings by outfits like
Moby Grape,
Buffalo Springfield,
the Grateful Dead, and even the country-rock
Byrds. ~ Richie Unterberger