Tracks : 1. Nam Myo Renge Kyo (2:35) 2. Velvet Sunsets (2:34) 3. Prelude (2:04) 4. Catatonic Variations (1:56) 5. Times Like This (1:57) 6. Gentle Thursday (3:46) 7. Winds Have Changed (2:11) 8. Cage (5:08) 9. Sun Never Shines (4:00) 10. Day Of Wrath (3:20)
Line-up - Bill "Casey" Cosby / vocals, keyboards - Dave Padwin / guitar - Carolyn Lee / bass, background vocals - Dora Wahl / drums
MUSIC EMPORIUM biography Initially
called The CAGE, this trippy West Coast psych band from the 60’s were
quite sophisticated for their time. They started off in 1968 when
keyboardist Bill Cosby joined forces with guitarist Dave Padwin and two
female musicians, namely bassist Carolyn Lee and drummer Dora Wahl. All
four were either classically trained or seasoned club veterans, Cosby
himself being a UCLA music major. Evolving smack in the middle of the
flower power era, they played their blistering rockers and wispy
melod...
Initially called The
CAGE, this trippy West Coast psych band from the 60’s were quite
sophisticated for their time. They started off in 1968 when keyboardist
Bill Cosby joined forces with guitarist Dave Padwin and two female
musicians, namely bassist Carolyn Lee and drummer Dora Wahl. All four
were either classically trained or seasoned club veterans, Cosby
himself being a UCLA music major. Evolving smack in the middle of the
flower power era, they played their blistering rockers and wispy
melodies quite convincingly, borrowing from jazz, classical music,
avant-garde and rock. On the psychedelic side, they were definitely
more song oriented than, say, early PINK FLOYD; although they did pour
a mean dose of organ on their self-titled LP, released in 1969.
Unfortunately, a year later Cosby got drafted and the band broke up.
Their
album is a fascinating testimony of a different time and place. Highly
organ dominated, it has just about everything one would expect from a
late 60’s album: driving rhythms, heavy guitar riffs, trippy Farfisa
organ and cool, groovy male/female vocals by Cosby and especially Lee
who delivers her druggy, cosmic lyrics with style. Their solos are
concise and they know how to lock into a groove without jamming
aimlessly, as did so many bands of that era. They also know how to
structure songs that best display their strengths although in
retrospect, it is their softer tunes that seem to have aged better,
especially those with a nice gothic/classical feel.
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