Whistler Chaucer Detroit and Greenhill - Ready To Move

With influence from celtic hymns and the anthemic Byrds song "Change is Now," this song by late 60s Texas group Whistler, Chaucer, Detroit and Greenhill (or soon to become "Space Opera") really strikes a chord. Produced by T-Bone Burnett, this group sadly never quite got its due.

I encourage you to buy the album here:
http://www.amazon.com/Unwritten-Works-Geoffrey-Etc/dp/B001ZFAZCM/ref=sr_1_1?i...

It is full of standout tracks that leave me wondering why my generation can't make music half this good.
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The picture in the video and the information on the song located below are taken from: http://www.rockandreprise.net/spaceopera2.html
This multi-part series describes the interesting history of the group Space Opera, which was a band that featured several members of WCDG.
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Ready To Move (songwriter: David Bullock)
David Bullock: Lead vocal, electric 12-string
John Carrick: Backing vocal
Scott Fraser: Drums, lead guitar
Philip White: Bass, backing vocal

When I wrote this, Bullock said, I consciously used a few notes from the hymn, 'Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing'. If you know the hymn, you can hear it in there. One of the words we always used to describe The Byrds' music was 'churchy'. Listen to '5D' and you can hear its majestic, stoic quality. On 'Ready To Move', I was thinking of 'Change Is now' as a model and I think we came close to the spirit in the recording. It has kind of a Celtic, droning feel and is probably the heaviest song on the album. That, by the way, is the last song we recorded for the album and we were pleased to end it that way.

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I mean this video as a tribute to my favorite group. If any friend, relative, member of the group, copyright holder etc, wish for me to modify or take it down, I will do so.

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• whistler
• chaucer
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• greenhill
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• folk
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• folkrock
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• psych
• psychedelic
• 1960s
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• 1968

[wilsonarmstrong]

looking for the great track "Live 'ntil I die' . superb blues track from 1970.

[ljhamm]

Really good ,thanks ljhamm

[shuffleslunuffle]

got the vinyl SO album somewhere

and was looking for their "My telephone Artist" tune...love the tube...well the I/net in general...

till it closes in and becomes our life, of course!

enjoy the journey of discovery...

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