Mystic Jam Rock Unleashed: Mighty Baby’s Self-Titled Psychedelic Debut

EPYSODE 03: "Mighty Baby" by Mighty Baby.

Guest: Mighty Baby's Ian Whiteman.

*This epysode was released in season 1, when the show was titled "Psychedelic Relics".

In this epysode, we hear how the UK mod/soul-inspired band The Action - who were produced by none other than George Martin - morphed into Mighty Baby. Vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Ian Whiteman joins the show to talk about his memories of his days with this fascinating band that is often cited as "England's Grateful Dead" due to the improvisational elements of their live shows, which culminated as the closing act on day one of 1970's famous Isle of Wight festival in front of 600,000 people. "People compared us the Grateful Dead, but not really. We were more structured", Ian said. Ian shares some great stories about his bandmates, the songs and who was influencing them ("The Byrds had a seismic effect"). We do a track analysis, see what the critics had to say and of course we hear from Uncle Herff.

I hope you dig "Mighty Baby" as much as I do.

- Farmer John

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===AIR OARS END O'MISHUNS===

In this epysode I mistakenly credited the artwork for the Mighty Baby LP to guitarist Martin Stone; the design was actually the work of artist Martin Sharp.

===THE MUSIC===

Here's a link to a Spotify playlist for all the tracks featured in this epysode:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/213u6KIfJ8afGIFQ5fXh2S?si=04f3378794fe4f11

 
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