Wow, trippy! But then, Les Fradkin has always indulged his love of all things psychedelic and 60s-infused, and “I Know You Rider” is him reaching perhaps peak immersion in that sound. And why not? It’s a great sound.
The sound he makes here is a real crash course in what we have lost. It takes The Byrds‘ jangling groove, The Small Faces‘ pop accessibility, Arthur Lee‘s rawer guitars, and even some late Beatles sonic fun, throw in some bluesy harmonica and a tribal drum beat, and you have the perfect mix.
As a result, “I Know You Rider” is slightly dissorientating, rhythmically shamanic, lysergic and trippy, and lyrically reminiscent of the times. All you need to do is light some incense and dance around like a loon to the light of the lava lamps.
They say that if you remember the sixties, you weren’t really there. Well, what we have here is a chance to experience it all again, whether you were too young the first time around, or just too out of it!
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