Headstone Circus - Headstone Circus

The group was meant to have a psychedelic rock imprint, but the addition of
singer/songwriter Glenn Faria diverted that original intention toward something much
closer to Crosby, Stills & Nash, Neil Young or Buffalo Springfield.

Upon listening to these tracks released almost 40 years after the fact, it is obvious that
the group was doing some things right.

Faria has a warm and soulful voice, the multi-part vocal harmonies (the main CS&N tie-in)
are beautiful and most of the melodies exert an immediate appeal.

The first eight tracks make up what would have been Headstone Circus' album proper; they
are well recorded but the tapes clearly suffered from old age (distortion, slight drops, a
grainy feel). The last four tracks are demo recordings.

"On Halloween night we went to an old cemetery, dropped acid, and spent a very strange
night among the tombstones. The tombstones appeared to be melting and taking on animal
shapes. Some of us saw spirits, and I'm not sure what I saw, but it was disturbing.
Afterwards, we referred to that night as the "Headstone Circus". It seemed appropriate to
call ourselves "Headstone Circus" as a band so we did". Enjoy this amazing westcoat album
which was recorded in Washington D.C."