Alexander Skip Spence Oar Vinyl

Alexander lee skip spence april 18 1946 april 16 1999 was a canadian born american singer songwriter and musician.

Alexander skip spence oar vinyl.

Alexander lee skip spence april 18 1946 april 16 1999 was a musician and singer songwriter. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 2000 180 gram vinyl release of oar on discogs. The album was recorded after spence had spent six months in a mental institution following a delusion driven attempt to attack his moby grape band mates with a fire axe after having ingested lsd. Alexander skip spence according to the liner notes in oar recorded the entire album himself in short sessions after checking out of a sanitarium.

From his only solo album oar wikipedia. Sundazed music lp 5030 columbia lp 5030 format. Oar remains as fresh as the moment when it was recorded. When former moby grape guitarist singer alexander skip spence died in april it was another sad footnote in the unfruitful saga of one of rock s most multi talented but terminally inauspicious bands.

Alexander skip spence oar. Vinyl lp album reissue stereo 180 gram country. The canadian born alexander skip spence was the co founder of moby grape and played guitar with them until 1969. Skip had a more than illustrious past that included work with moby grape quicksilver messenger service the jefferson airplane and touched another dozen groups in one manner or another.

Amazon music unlimited prime music cds vinyl download store settings 10 results for cds vinyl. With a story like that it s hard not to get interested in what promises to be a weird inspired outing. In the same year he released his only solo album. Alexander skip spence was another musician besieged by drug use during the psychedelic 60 s but again i m getting ahead of myself.