Gordon Alexander

Gordon Alexander put out an obscure singer/songwriter album mixing slightly trippy lyrical sensibilities with more pop-friendly arrangements in 1968. Gordon Alexander was a singer from California who released an album called Gordon's Buster which features the song "A Bunch of Us Were Sitting Around a Candle in San Francisco Getting Stoned and I Hope You're There Next Time." Gordon Alexander offering songs that reflected the beatific side of the hippie experience on Gordon's Buster...

Gordon Alexander offering songs that reflected the beatific side of the hippie experience on Gordon's Buster, yet in a mild, faintly sunshine-pop-influenced style that steered it well clear of the weirdest things coming out of California at the time. There's a sense of the playful psych-pop of, say, Sagittarius or Chris Lucey/Bobby Jameson, yet Alexander seems earthier and a little more connected to some genuinely stoned whimsy. Gratuitous washes of echo and distorted guitar come into the mix at times, yet sometimes it sounds like he's trying to do a psychedelic take on Glen Campbell. In all it's an eclectic period curiosity with some interesting baroque touches.