from the LP Banana Moon, Byg Records, 1970The original pothead pixie, gnome-like in appearance and steeped in mystical mushroom madness, Daevid Allen remains a one-of-a-kind entity within the archival halls of rock music freakdom. Along with helping found the seminal jazz-rock band Soft Machine, he helmed the “reigns” of band-happening Gong during their most interesting period (in my humble opinion) of the early ‘70s; on this, his first solo album, he invited a few Gong members to come play with him, along with underground hero and pal Robert Wyatt & Gary Wright from Spooky Tooth. Wyatt’s drumming is absolutely balls out, and so is Allen’s guitar playing---frankly, you will rarely hear him rock harder than he did here on any other recording. Carpe diem is the theme of the day, “…it’s the time of your life, you know, when we gotta choose between yes and no…cats walkin’ in the world you find, feels much better when you’re out of your mind…won’t you help me sing this song, soon we will be gone…” Muito obrigado to C.F. for this one!!
