TCCDM Pulls One Out..."Red Hash" - Gary Higgins (1973 - Rei 2008)
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"Red Hash" - Gary Higgins (1973 - Rei 2008) Gary Higgins's only album... "Red Hash" ...is a highly recommended folk-psych album that rubs shoulders a bit with loner-rock and together creates an aura of self-introspection that drifts and dips like a trail of incense. Restlessness and loneliness are captured in the strangest of ways. Familiar, yet not. Flutes, cellos, and organs lightly drop in and out of songs, without ever taking over. Seasoning the mood. Haunting the rooms. The lysergic vibes that wander around the square are hard to pin down, but when the needle lifts, it feels like we've taken a little trip. Higgins , from the state of Connecticut, produced the album himself and it succeeds on every level Shortly before the album's release, Higgins was arrested for selling or possessing marijuana and was incarcerated for two years. Friends distributed the album for him, less than a thousand got out, but all the necessary promotion needed wa