More like THE JITNEY's
I recently made friends with a legendary record collector/dealer outside of Baltimore, very cool guy with a HUGE extensive personal collection of great old rare psychedelic obscurities. We were talking about bands & music, particularly records made by well-known artists prior to their "breakthrough". I said I had always wondered about the band MILKWOOD, featuring then-future CARS RIK OCASEK , BEN ORR & GREG HAWKES, upon which he searched & found a copy of their only LP on the collecable PARAMOUNT records label from the early 1970s (Home of Karen Dalton & many more from the psych/folk- singer/songwritere genre. I listened to the album (he was gracious enough to lend it to me, along with the MOGAL THRASH album (feat. pre-KING CRIMSON / FAMILY John Wetton), the second BLOSSOM TOES album on a CD & an obscure Memphis TN group called CARGOE on Ardent records, home of the original BIG STAR records). I must admit the Milkwood doesn't do much for me, it's pretty mellow Crosby/Stills/Nash type stuff, minus any real aggression, and the hooks aren't really there, but it's a pleasant enough listen nevertheless. It should be said that the reason this LP escapes detection from most is the correct spelling of the names ( ORZECHOWSKI & OTCASEK) . Anyhow, here's the best track I could pick off the album. Worth a listen, but not worth a hundred bucks.
