The Way Podcast: 8/2/2012, "Cosmic Americana" A Sampler of Rootsy California Psychedelia

On this week's show I provide a sampler of what I refer to as "Cosmic American Music", a term first coined by the late Gram Parsons in reference to his band the Flying Burrito Brothers. While I think it's a good description of that band, I also think it's a label that fits a lot of other Los Angeles and California based pop/rock acts that successfully merged elements of country, rock 'n roll and psychedelia. I played some of my favorite latter-day Byrds and Moby Grape tracks and also some RARE Curt Boettcher songs that were originally intended for a solo album he would have released on the ill-fated Together Records label, that he and Gary Usher had founded in 1969. The tracks would later end up on the Curt Boettcher compilation "Misty Mirage". To listen to the podcast, click the link below:

The Way: August 2nd, 2012