It didn't quite work out that way, though, and with the choral part in the can and Stampfel unable to do the lead vocal justice, it apparently became necessary to have Sam Shepard intone the Pledge of Allegiance over the choral background, something he wasn't able to bring off due to an unexpected memory (chemical induced?) lapse.
Half a capsized mind, indeed.
To this day Stampfel is fairly consistently dismissive of the album, but I must admit to having loved every one of its twenty-six and a bit minutes for a good forty years.
Oh, and, given the slightest encouragement I will serenade the neighbourhood with my imitation of The Werewolf, a rendition that has been known (and I have witnesses) to still the drunken carousals of the local Rugby club.
Strange and terrible, indeed.
Now, about those remaining items in the Rounders’ back catalogue. We’ll be needing to replace some of this vinyl...
Links:
Liner Notes For The Holy Modal Rounders' The Holy Modal Rounders Eat The Moray Eels, On The Water Label by Richie Unterberger