![]() 2: Life with the Lions – then again, Indexwent on to do a real song rather than just waving their guitar in front of the amp. “ Feedback” starts off with feedback-drenched guitar echo that is among the best I have heard – certainly better than “ Free Form Guitar” on Chicago’s first album Chicago Transit Authority, or the side-long “ Cambridge 1969” by John Lennon and Yoko Ono that was included on their follow-up to Two Virgins, Unfinished Music No. Their songwriting is also top notch standout tracks include “ John Riley”, “ Fire Eyes”, and “ Shock Wave” (the last two are woven into one song). The vocals are a little muddy and washed out, though they are well sung, particularly on “ Rainy, Starless Night” (“Why must I cry?. The lead guitar really is outstanding and is clarion-clear, especially considering that the songs were recorded “at the Ford Estate” (that’s what it says here) live in the studio with one microphone. ![]() (It reminds me of the old joke: How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Answer: Four calling the tail a leg doesn’t make it one). The copy that I have is an “authorized" release, not a bootleg but of course, we only have their word for that. Index(or the Index) was formed in the tony Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe, Michigan in 1967 by John Ford (lead guitar and lead vocals), Gary Francis(bass and rhythm guitar) and Jim Valice(drummer and background vocals). (Truth be told, I am more of a hoarder than a collector: On my Atlanta record-buying trip in Spring 2010, fully half of the albums that I got were priced at $1). I paid $27 for the record, which is about as much as I have paid for any record for at least five years. This album was advertised as the “Holy Grail” among collectors of psychedelic albums, and it does live up to the hype. Top 20 hit, and was their last release before the departure of Clark, who was the band's principal songwriter at the time.But psychedelic guitar is one of the best things in rock music for my money, and it hardly gets any better than with INDEX. "Eight Miles High" became the Byrds' third and final U.S. The song was also included on the band's third album, Fifth Dimension, which was released on July 18, 1966. "Eight Miles High" reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 24 in the UK Singles Chart. The failure of "Eight Miles High" to reach the Billboard Top 10 is usually attributed to the broadcasting ban, but some commentators have suggested the song's complexity and uncommercial nature were greater factors. The band strenuously denied these allegations at the time, but in later years both Clark and Crosby admitted that the song was at least partly inspired by their own drug use. radio ban shortly after its release, following allegations published in the broadcasting trade journal the Gavin Report regarding perceived drug connotations in its lyrics. Accordingly, critics often cite "Eight Miles High" as being the first bona fide psychedelic rock song, as well as a classic of the counterculture era. Musically influenced by sitar player Ravi Shankar and jazz saxophonist John Coltrane, the song was influential in developing the musical styles of psychedelia and raga rock. It was first released as a single on March 14, 1966. Eight Miles High" is a song by the American rock band the Byrds, written by Gene Clark, Jim McGuinn (a.k.a.
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