- Format: CD
- Label: Radioactive
- Genre: Psychedelic
' I am a child of Woodstock nation, I've come a long way from my home....'
So sings the one and only Cosmic Michael, on this the opening track of his second album released by the Bliss
label in 1970. An album now high on serious psych collector wants lists too...
Cosmic Michael? Well, some regard him as a 'Godhead', the ultimate spiritual hippy, with songs of love, freedom
& peace, all delivered with just piano, vocals and, kazoo(?)...Atrue guru...
But, what of the music? I guess these days you'd call it loner psych, but back then the term 'freak rock'might have
been applied to such a release...
After his eponymous, and equally enigmatic debut album released a year earlier, he'd witnessed the Wo o d s t o c k
festival, absorbed the vibe, and relocated to Los Angeles where he then recorded After a While, seemingly quite
q u i c k l y...'I've seen The Who, and Ten Years A f t e r, Jefferson Airplane they nearly blew my mind....'
The nine tracks on After a While are stoned 60's DIYrock 'n'roll. You can call it lo-fi or home made, but the
message remains...Cosmic Michael preaches love and freedom...Amean boogie-woogie player too...
'I am a child of Woodstock nation, a simple song is all I carry. . . . '
The songs run one after the other, as if part of one spontaneous recording, the moment one ends, he's into the next,
and so on...There's an urgency to get his message across...He's a man on a mission that's for sure...
People, will you now lend an ear?
After a While is of its time, a snapshot of innocence when it was believed music could change the world... A n d
maybe it will yet...
' Brother, help your sister, in times of trouble, she needs a friend...till the wasted people of the Woodstock nation,
gonna rise again...'
You've been warned....
Track Listing
1. Woodstock Generation
2. She's My Girl
3. Feel Free
4. Rock Me
5. After A While
6. Shake It Loose
7. Fine Spaces Of Time
8. Let Me Be
9. Truckin'
