Hoyt Axton - My Griffin Is Gone (12 tracks) +Album Reviews

Buried Treasure

Cole | CA. | 08/21/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I recently took all my old records out of the garage. It had been at least 20 years since I'd played them. So many of them were dated and laughable. When I played "My Griffin is Gone" I immediatly felt that this music was modern and beautiful. I'm a musician, and so many of todays musicians are trying to create a beautiful sound like this alblum. Hoyts' voice, the arrangements, the orchestration, and above all the connected emotional ease of this music is timeless.

People often try to label music, like "phycodelic", or whatever, but good music is just good music, no matter when it was made or where it was made or who made it. Perhaps labeling music and people is a way of not having to listen.

The song "Way before the time of towns" is remarkable lyrically and atmospherically. "Kingswood Manor" is gorgeous. I have never seen this record in stores and it seemed to have vanished. It appears now that its becoming a collectable. Those who have lived with this alblum seem to know its special qualities."

How Did I Miss This One?

J. L. Brown | 06/09/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Have been trying to fill in the gaps of my Hoyt Axton collection, and just came upon this one, which is a great treat - Hoyt at the time he was, in my opinion, doing his best work!"

A lost gem of the sixties

Ammondt Peter | Finland | 12/11/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Almost certainly a masterpiece. All the songs on this one are strong, both for the music and the lyrics, especially "snowblind friend" and "take it easy" and a couple more. It's just plain magic! Listen to this one on a rainy evening in the fall, you either get high from the beautiful tunes and the poetry or get down and kill yourself, one way or the other, it doesn't leave you indifferent.

Certainly worth buying!"

Little Blue Pills, The Bible and Hoyt Axton

Robert Miller | Eastern USA | 01/17/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Two weeks ago I bought this from an Amazon seller. I had first spied this CD in a Collector's Choice catalog which stated that Hoyt recorded this after his experiments with LSD and some personal tragedies. I have been interested in how LSD affected the USA, particularly in the fields of art and music. What I read about this CD piqued my interest & I bought it. I listened to it for 2 weeks straight in my car. I think this is a sleeper - a classic CD that was hardly heard by anyone. It's everyone's loss that this is not better known music. Every track is excellent, but I need to comment on some in particular. The second song Way Before The Time of Towns sounds like music from a soundtrack of a western/cowboy movie, familiar to anyone of my era who grew up watching westerns in the 1960's. Beelzebub's Laughter is what I believe to be an anti-Vietnam War song. It should have been a huge hit on the Top 40 charts. Sunshine Fields of Love is psychedelic music, slow, beautiful flute & guitar, and Hoyt's wonderfully warm voice. It's All Right is my favorite song - listen to this and all of his lyrics to know what a writer he was. Gypsy Will is country blues, druggy, psychedelic and comical insanity. Revelations is lovely, it's really a prayer. Snow Blind Friend is a fantastic anti-drug song, reminds me of Bert Jansch's Needle of Death. Kingswood Manor is another beautiful, slow, psychedelic folk song, gorgeous and dreamy. Finally, the last track Chase down the Sun is very suggestive of Kris Kristofferson. Can anyone tell me if these guys were friends? They seemed to have had a lot in common. Finally, the musicians are worth mentioning. Larry Knechtel played keyboards, and is one of the best studio musicians. Jim Gordon on drums, James Burton on dobro, 2 fine bass players named Chuck Berghofer and Steve Lefever. The whole crew including the musicians I didn't name are awesome. Do yourself a favor and buy this CD - it will be one of the best choices of your life. If I had a cowboy hat, I would tip it to Hoyt Axton. Instead, I will just say God Bless You Hoyt, thank you for your wonderful music and your life."

Music ahead of its time.

Martin Gleaves | Monroe, WA USA | 12/21/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I had the LP of this album, so I wanted it on CD so I could play it on my ipod. My son only remembered Hoyt Axton as the dad on Gremlins, so it was fun to let him hear the man's music, and to be able to share how Hoyt Axton was really one of the first crossover musicians."

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