Incredible String Band ~ Cousin Caterpillar

[doorman292]

i climbed up to the top of my friend's huge magnolia tree and sang this album at the top of my lungs ;}

[Waitandsee79]

Oh yes thanks I'm so happy to listen again this psychedelic song ! It remember so much my childhood, when my father passed it in the car ! Let's go travelling !

[saoirseterri]

@PietPassword I saw them live all those years ago I wasn't that impressed while my girl friend of the time and a few friends thought they were the businness.

Now they were all smashed while I was sobber as a judge whether that had something to do with it?

[vickylovescustard]

this reminds me of my dad :) played this at his funeral it make me think of happy time x

[jaslinc1]

A rose for you. This song always gets me up and singing (over forty?years!)

[Sunshyne1967]

Du-da-dedu-da-dedu-da-dedu-da-­dedu-da-dedu-dahhhh.

[hugemangus]

This one takes me back to the "60s !!! But, I have been launched off into the search for British Isles fiddle tunes add pipe tunes. I play them on mandolin. I really hadn't kept up with Incredible String Band since maybe 1969, but I do have a book of fiddle tunes edited by Robin Williamson, so in that way I have kept in touch !!!

[HolyMotherofGrid]

O YEAH!!! I missed this in its' day - my loss!! SO good to catch some of this fine music 40 years after wards :-=).

[ronnieboydsmith]

My friend gave me this album for my 18th birthday in 1990. She gave me the original she bought when younger and it first came out. It has been and always will be one of my favourites. I thank her so much for introducing me to such a beautiful band.

[Bobobirdiebuddy1]

I bought "Layers of the Onion" when it came out in 1967 and was hooked. I got to see them a couple of times - once at the Troubadour in LA and then in San Francisco. Hard to believe it was all 40 years ago. They were part of that interesting bunch of Elektra artists of that time - Tim Buckley, Earth Opera, Clear Light and the very talented Judy Collins. What times, what times...

[robinhbay70]

I love this and I have always loved what it does!

[jillinny]

thank you for uploading this song! I love this band and want to collect some (alot) of their music if I can find it. It's been so long and I don't have the albums anymore that I had back then.

[Starmandala]

Such tender cellular memories of gentle soulular awakening and blossoming. Thanks, Mike and Robin. You are indeed Winged Beings - spotted the avian names immediately, i.e., Heron and Robin :-)

[Psykelic68]

Those were the days !

Really a magic decade.

Everyone was positve, creative and loving. Now we just have the memories

[sharonpayne28]

sharonpayne28 pan3405 not talented you need a hearing aid

[sharonpayne28]

pan3405 what planet did you land from.Not talented are you deaf.

[floydyopz]

Because you enjoy this song, you may also like The Caterpillar - A Visionary Ghetto Tabloid - then again, you might not....... were they on Chrysalis Records?

[sharonpayne28]

the dog on the cover of hangmans daughter belonged to a friend of a friend.Robin is playing in wales in august cant wait .Saw him in dumfries in 85.edinburgh edinburgh

[bomberbadj]

@sharonpayne28 The dog on the cover was Robin's dog. Its name was Leaf.

[jeffas100]

the incredible string band where the greatest thing to happen to and i cant forget them every day since i first heard them in brighton 40 years ago they have haunted me

[Pan3405]

they weren't very talented

[jeffas100]

wonderful then as now ..they are the table cloth and also the table ..

[FreeJigsawEarth]

i did know they were at woodstock, and i do believe they refused to play in the rain.

kinda lame of them,

but that has nothing to do with the fact that they were incredible (stringband) musicians.

[bomberbadj]

@FreeJigsawEarth with all the instruments they had, I can't blame them for not wanting to play in the rain.

[Psykelic68]

This is one of my top ten ISB songs.

[WOLFROY47]

dont you all live your life like catapilllars ?think about it home.school,adolesence,job,mar­iage, we are all on lifes long journey emerging and changing as we go,and hopefuly growing wings when we find our dreams coming true ?

[pitatepat]

In Cambuslang we did

[WOLFROY47]

sorry you lost me ? what is cumbuslang ? im an old hippy and i havent herd that term ?

[Celynalba]

Ahem , Cambuslang is a place. It is in west-central Scotland. It's possible that it is not quite so much fun as you might think it is.. :)

[epicmoviproductions]

hey do you think you could upload No sleep blues by them because i cant seem to find that song anywhere now.

[Ewertonconde]

I love this group!!!!

Dear cousin caterpillar!!!!!!!

[Atetrakz]

such an awesome song. It just has me in a happy trance.

also great defense on the description, got it all covered

[NoRosesForMe]

Thanks so much. ...hehe! Yea I try to use the Fair Use Notice so YT wont TAKE MORE from me! Grrrr......but yea it is such a happy song.

[lauristonplaceeh3]

@Atetrakz

"My cousin, as you see,

Takes each change so easily.

Oh, happy we!

Could we take each change so easily!"

Great lines.

If you like this, you might enjoy The Human Beast version of ISB's "Maybe Someday", from 1970.

Just YouTube or Google it on Sunbeam Records.

[10leggo]

Please upload October song if you have it

[NoRosesForMe]

I'll try to do that for ya. I'll see if I can find it...I may have it ....I dont remember hehe!

Thanks! Best to ya.

[NoRosesForMe]

Hello again Leggo....i looked - I dont have that song but ill get it. Stay tuned. =))))

[Ewertonconde]

YES!!!!!!!!!!

[inzen1909]

@10leggo yer me too,,when i was born i had no head my eye was single and my boady was fill with light,and the light within me greets to meet me and i was one,one light one light light that is one though the lamps be meny from an INHERITOR PRASE JAH

[REBrandenburg]

Some of us in 70-71 were dropping acid and putting Robin and Mike on the record players.

C'mon do your thing... do da...

[sixtiessyl]

ah, love this wonderful bouncy little song :) isb rule!

[ANE32]

Oh wow,this is so good!

[NoRosesForMe]

Thanks ANE! They were a mysterious little band. Very good musicians.

[giantplanet]

Thanks another great band I`d forgotton,it doesn`t really matter that most music nowadays is utter shite as we have hidden gems like this.

[NoRosesForMe]

Hehe! Yes very true. I listen to very little new stuff. Very little.

Thanks a lot! =)

[captainblowhard]

thanks for posting this, dude! i've been looking for tunes of this album(The Big Huge) on youtube. Hard to find. Thanks again!!!!!!

[NoRosesForMe]

Youre very welcome...dude. (im a chick btw haha!)

Their stuff is hard to find anywhere I guess.Thanks for listening! =)

[alargedog]

great band and song, like ur fair notice note #####

[NoRosesForMe]

Thanks Dog! Hehe! yea I thought the 'notice' would keep YT off my back. But I didnt get any messages about this vid thank goodness.

[WolfArden44]

How cool is that? I didn't know they preformed at Woodstock,yeah and I saw that film many times.lol.Very cool Jenny :-}}}}

[NoRosesForMe]

Thanks Arden! Yea they certainly were at Woodstock. You can see bits of that here on YT. They were an interesting little band.

[irishthankgod]

serious Woodstock!!! ah i love all that old stuff too, great

[NoRosesForMe]

Hehe! Yep! Woodstock. A few of those clips are here on YT too! Glad you like it. Thanks!

[1IrishDannyBoy]

REMARKABLE!!10*

[NoRosesForMe]

Thank you so much 'Danny'! =D