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American Avatar

The Lyman Family with Lisa Kindred

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Released: Mar 1969
Label: Rhino/Warner Bros.
The tale behind the making of this record could fill an entire book: Folk singer (Lisa Kindred) records album, Boston-based hippie cult (Mel Lyman Family) steals album, album appears on Warner Bros./Reprise four years later. Setting all that aside, American Avatar is a landmark in avant-garde folk music. The music is dark and disjointed, while the fidelity is more or less proto-lo-fi. Pay special attention to the feminist "James Alley Blues"; Kindred's vocals are slathered in venom and spite and real-world pain.
- Justin Farrar
The Lyman Family with Lisa Kindred - American Avatar 2009-04-01
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    California Water [Take 1]
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    James Alley Blues
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    Good Shepherd
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    Jesus Met The Woman At The Well
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    It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
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    My Love Comes Rolling Down
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    California Water [Take 2]
℗ 1970 Reprise Records, a label of Warner Bros. Records. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.