Your Hand-Painted Garden Has Every Color There

Phil Cordell - "Red Lady" (1969)


Phil Cordell was in a band in the mid '60s called The Prophets (different from Thee Prophets), who reputedly had a record recorded with Joe Meek, but that record is still shelved. In between his time with Prophets and his new incarnation in the early 70s as Springwater and the regrettably-named Dan the Banjo Man (a record that features no banjo, by the way), Cordell recorded this incredibly melodic little track called "Red Lady." The plaintive melody on this thing puts it above so much of the mid-paced psych throwaways. Also loving the sitar-esque slide giving it the drift-away flavor. (mmm...drift away flavor). That heavy little drumbeat packed underneath all the hiss makes this even greater. Would love to hear how a pristine version of this track would sound.


Red Lady