This is Dave Bixby..ODE TO QUETZALCOATL....Private Pressing D 24 LP 1970
Original 1970 Pressing
Cover: NM to better, with factory shrink, see pics photographer glare in pics
Vinyl: NM to better
Monster Acid, Psych, Loner, Downer, Folk.
Mega rare private press loner outsider folk, the first effort from
Dave Bixby. This is the original press, sold in and around Michigan. This was also linked to the
cult The Group, and released with help from head guru Don Degraff.
Folk/rock songwriter, composer, guitarist and vocalist from Rockford,
Michigan, USA. After being involved in 1960s Michigan folk and
garage-rock bands such as The Shillelaghs and Peter The Prophets,
he started playing acoustic guitar and experimenting with LSD. After a
year of drug abuse he felt broken. Starting a soul-searching, spiritual
journey, he wrote ODE TO QUETZALCOATL and most of the material for his
second album, Harbinger s Second Coming, in just one and a half months.
Shrouded in mystery, the legend of Dave Bixby has grown in the recent
years. 2023 sees the release of an album by Dave Bixby s Harbinger
Orchestra which combines newly recorded cover tributes e.g. by members
of De Portables with 4 new Bixby songs.
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David Bixby s Ode to Quetzalcoatl
is what we would consider a hippie burnout album. Most of this has to
do with this album s backstory. David Bixby lived the hippie lifestyle
before experiencing a bad LSD episode, causing him to fall into a
depression. He then joined a Christian cult, which at the time, helped
him during this difficult time in his life. Much of the lyrical themes
of Ode to Quetzalcoatl reflects on his spiritual journey while
tackling themes related to depression and addiction. Despite it s gloomy
atmosphere, there s still a real beauty to this album. The lyrics are
incredibly honest, introspective and poetic. Of course, religion and
faith in God are found throughout the whole album. This contrasts from
other psychedelic folk from the time, which focused on other forms of
spirituality outside of more western religions. This really goes back to
what is stated earlier about this feeling like a hippie burnout type
of album. While this is David Bixby s first album, surely this was a strong
contrast from the optimistic hippie lifestyle he experienced prior to
recording this.
