Rickenbacker electric 12-string, Danelectro Longhorn Bass, and Moroccan drums.  This piece is most obviously influenced by Hungarian jazz guitarist Gabor Szabo and 12-string guitarist Roger McGuinn of the Byrds.  I used to perform this with the South Jersey rock band Wydsyth, back in 1970.

Attractor

I met free-jazz guitarist Sonny Sharrock in 1967 at the Barn Arts Center, in Delran, New Jersey.  At the time, he was playing with jazz saxophonist Byard Lancaster.  This one is dedicated to Sonny.

Butterfingers

Just a brief vocal sample, looped, stretched, inverted, and transposed.  Everything that sounds like distorted guitar is actually processed vocals.  The rhythm was generated with a frequency modulated oscillator.

ML14SF2

This is the instrumental meltdown at the end of Wydsyth's cover of Eight Miles High, first recorded in 1965 and 1966 by the Byrds.Our cover was recorded by a neighbor in either 1968 or '69 on an inexpensive 2-track recorder--a field recording of a New Jersey garage band.Given the volume we played at, the cheap mics, and the age of the tapes, the sound is understandably raw. I had to bake the tapes to play them back. Wydsyth was Robert "Buzz" Buzynski (vocals), Mike Governa (drums), John Graham (lead guitar), Fred Missimer (rhythm guitar, vocals), Dan Smurlo (organ and accordion), and Mark Wannop (bass).I'm playing a Hagstrom III (my first real guitar) through a 100 watt Silvertone Twin.Fred is playing a Gibson Explorer.


Eight Miles High

A favorite piece by Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1733)

Young Catherine

Hag With the Money

Off-the-cuff jam with myself: classical guitar, 12-string electric, and an oscillating synth bass. You'll only hear the bass if you have speakers that can handle low frequencies.

Oscillator Boogie

My brother Robert (Tomato Sudios, Delran, NJ) of the Haiku Riders plays acoustic guitar, bass, and percussion here.  He also does the vocals and wrote this song.  I'm on electric guitar (Epiphone Sheraton through a Univox Superfuzz into a 1965 Ampeg Jet).  According to Rob, this song is "about car racing.  Black is a small reference to the late Dale Earnhardt, killed during a crash at Daytona Speedway."

On the Black

Introduction to The Kirtan Bandit's set at ChantLanta, 3-9-13, and group Om

Intro and Om

Buddhist Suite, as performed by The Kirtan Bandits at ChantLanta, 3-9-13. The three parts of the suite are Om Gate Gate, Om Ah Hum, and Bodisattva Avalokitashvara.

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