Ceyleib People
are arguably one of the more innovative groups of the late 60s. Taking
the loping blues romp of Captain Beefheart and filtering it through
Indian music, the group created a very short album, what would be an EP
now, of two 10-11 minute parts. For 1967, this is definitely hippy
experimental music, hopping from guitar riffs to sitar drones to
mellotron rambling and back without regard for convention. It's almost
as if there was an intent to fuse the influences of Ravi Shankar with
those of the old blues legends, except that rarely is there any true
juxtaposition of both styles, instead one will start out and then give
way to another, segment by segment. It's as if someone gave a studio the
masters for several Ravi Shankar and Captain Beefheart albums, asked
them to splice them together, and then left, only to have the engineer
play a joke by adding parts of Days of Future Passed in as well.
Overall, it's a pretty successful experiment especially considering its
age. Line-up / Musicians Lybuk Hyd/guitar,sitar Michael Sean Deasy/drums,vocals Joseph Osborn/bass Larry Knechtel/bass,keyboards Discography Tanyet 1967
1.Aton I A.Leyshem B.Zendan C.Cyyladd Beyta D.Becal E.Ddom F.Toadda BB 2.Aton II A.Dyl B.Ralin C.Tygstl D.Pendyl E.Jacayl F.Menyatt Dyl Com
