Bob Lind "Since There Were Circles" (Capitol Records, 1971) (LP)
(Produced by Doug Weston)
One of the best-known stars of the 1960s folk revival, Colorado songwriter Bob Lind scored an improbable hit with his breezy 1966 folk-pop single, "Elusive Butterfly," which peaked at #5 on the national pop charts. Riding high, he recorded three albums that year, and was naturally among the legions of young artists hailed as "the next Dylan," which doubtless contributed to his immediate flame-out, substance abuse problems, and precipitous disappearance from the spotlight. Like many 'Sixties truthseekers, Bob Lind dropped out and wrestled with his psyche, reemerging in the early 'Seventies with this expansive, exuberant set of brainiac twang. Backing him was a real who's-who of the early country-rock scene, including top flight pickers such as Gene Clark of the Byrds, Doug Dillard, and Bernie Leadon, as well as bassist David Jackson (who backed Clark and Dillard on a string of influential early '70s LPs) and John Buck Wilkins, a showbiz kid who had also "gone country" on his own solo albums around this time. To be sure, this is hardly a straight-up country record, but you can't deny the impressive roster of talent, or its place in the early country-rock mosaic. Fans of spacey post-folkies such as Jeff Buckley, et.al., might dig this one.
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