Charlie is the 13 yr old sonic guru. The throwback, Black Light Kid.
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Charlie sent a couple reviews of albums he’s been listening to:

Frank Zappa: Hot Rats

One word, Zappa. Zappa = Genius. You can figure this out just by looking at the track names, such as “Willie the Pimp”, “Little Umbrellas”, and the “Gumbo Variations”. The only track with vocals is “Willie the Pimp”, which is sung by Captain Beefheart. The song starts with Sugar Cane Harris sawing away at the violin in a hypnotic rhythm. And this is just one song, the best nine minutes of my day.

Electric Flag: A Long Time Comin’

Electric Flag mixes Hendrix and Motown. Electric Flag’s drummer is Buddy Miles; Yes, Buddy Miles, more popularly known as the drummer for Jimi Hendrix. You can hear the Motown with songs like “Killing Floor”, and “Groovin’ is Easy”. “Killing Floor” has a bass line that will shake your soul, it is sweet. The trumpets chime in to fill the rhythm in the perfect spots. This album is the one album that will forever stay with me, and you need to go out right now and buy it.

I didn’t know much about Electric Flag. Here’s more:

The short-lived but successful, Electric Flag was formed in 1967 by guitarist, Mike Bloomfield after he'd left The Paul Butterfield Blues Band.

The rest of the original group was drummer Buddy Miles, who had done session work with Otis Redding and Wilson Pickett, bassist Harvey Brooks who had been with Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs and Judy Collins. Keyboard player Barry Goldberg had previously played with Steve Miller and Mitch Ryder, Peter Strazza on tenor saxophone had also played for Miller. Trumpeter, Marcus Doubleday had backed The Drifters, Jan and Dean as well as Bobby Vinton. Herbie Rich rounded out the band on baritone sax.

Before even playing any live concerts, the group recorded the soundtrack for the 1967 psychedelic exploitation movie, “The Trip.” Their live debut was at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival.

Their first album, A Long Time Comin’ was released in the spring of 1968.

There was promise on the album, but it had hardly been released before the Flag began to droop. Drugs, egos, and poor management started to take their toll. Goldberg left, followed shortly by Bloomfield. Buddy Miles, however, was determined to keep the band together and recorded a second album titled simply, "The Electric Flag". Despite climbing to number 76, the record failed to cure the internal turmoil that hard drug abuse and stresses had created. They broke up in 1969.

They reunited in a studio project with Mama Cass shortly after, which was completed, then shelved.

Miles went on to form the Buddy Miles Express and later joined Hendrix’s Band of Gypsies, while Gravenites worked briefly for Big Brother and the Holding Company.

Bloomfield, weary of the road, suffering from insomnia, and uncomfortable in the role of guitar God, returned to San Francisco to score movies, produce, and play studio sessions.

By the late seventies Bloomfield's continuing drug and health problems caused erratic behaviour and missed gigs, alienating a number of his old associates. On November 15, 1980, Bloomfield joined Bob Dylan on stage at the Warfield Theater in San Francisco and jammed on "Like A Rolling Stone," the song they had recorded together 15 years earlier.

Sadly, Michael Bloomfield was found dead in his car of a drug overdose in San Francisco, California on February 15, 1981.