California Sigh

California Sigh"Drag City presents the first ever vinyl pressing of guitarist Lee Underwood's under sung 1988 acoustic guitar opus, California Sigh. Lee Underwood had been Tim Buckley's stalwart, inspiring, accompanying and being inspired by Buckley as they both navigated a heady set of changes in the late '60s and early '70s. Then, he abruptly stopped working as a professional musician, leaving behind a body of work, that, as noted by Eugene Chadbourne, was the

Released in 1974

Anthony Fantano and more

A fine and disturbing listen

this translates into a sound that feels somehow weighty and ephemeral all at once

finally at home with herself

along with Words from the Exit Wound

A unique Japanese funk masterpiece in which Rinsyoe Kida

or you could look at it as a really precious thing: Today I'm alive and at some point

Live tracks featured on this Silver LP were recorded in Japan

recorded in January 1999 at Ghetto Recorders and Third Man Studios in Detroit

England to a military father and opera-singer mother Bartees had a peripatetic early childhood before eventually settling in Mustang

and the 2019 follow up album Wasteland Baby