The Wizards from Kansas

An obscure Country-Psych Rock relic from Kansas. In 1968 four of the five original members of The Wizards From Kansas formed a band called ‘New West’, and began playing in the Lawrence, Kansas area, at clubs and parties. Californian guitarist Robert Manson Crain joined the group soon thereafter, expanding to a quintet.  Reaching on the same esoteric drift as Clear Light or Emitt Rhodes, the band unleashed an even excellent cover of Buffy Sainte-Marie ‘Cod’ine’, more in the vein of Quicksilver M.S.

PERSONNEL:

Robert Joseph Menadier - (bass, vocals)
Marc Evan Caplan - (drums)
John Paul Coffin - (leas guitar)
Robert Manson Crain - (twelve-string guitar)
Harold Earl Pierce - (rhythm guitar)

TRACKS:

A1. High Flying Bird
A2. Hey Mister
A3. 912½ Mass
A4. Cod'ine

B1. Freedom Speech
B2. Flyaway Days
B3. Misty Mountainside
B4. Country Dawn
B5. She Rides With Witches