Henry Kaiser, Steve Kimock, Harvey Mandel, Freddy Roulette - The Psychedelic Guitar Circus (1994)

Tracklist

01. On Broadway
02. She Caught the Katy
03. Skil Trik
04. Mizrab-India
05. Jumpin' at Shadows
06. West Coast Salegy
07. The Wayback Machine
08. Bues for Sun Ra-Interstellar Overdrive
09. Up from the Skies
10. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
11. The Serpent
12. Sandy the Pelican
13. Teardrop


These four guitar players brought their own considerable talents and different styles together for a fairly relaxed set of originals and covers. Backed by a rhythm section of bass player Bobby Vega, drummer John Hanes, and keyboardist Bob Bralove (a Grateful Dead associate), the four guitarists step forward by turn on various tracks, and also pass the baton around the circle within given selections.

This is, in a manner, a symposium on just what constitutes psychedelic guitar playing. There's everything from Kaiser's upper-register guitar synthesizer torrents to Mandel's and Roulette's blues-based excursions. A common ground throughout is found in modal structures, as their open-ended possibilities having long been a foundation for psychedelic players the world over. Freddie Roulette sings on a number of the songs, but for the most part this is an instrumental celebration of the electric guitar.

Electric Guitar – Harvey Mandel, Henry Kaiser, Steve Kimock
Lap Steel Guitar, Vocals – Freddie Roulette
Bass – Bobby Vega
Drums – John Hanes
Keyboards – Bob Bralove

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