Hauntingly open and moving in a way few folk singers could ever manage, Ode to Quetzsalcoatl is the only solo effort of Dave Bixby, who then joined little-known folk rock band Harbinger for another album. Though the album, lyrically, reflects on his Christian views, the sound is that of a loner, an outsider, of someone damaged through addiction. Trading in the psychedelia of the sixties for an acoustic guitar and a life of strife, Ode to Quetzalcoatl is simultaneously brooding, coherent, and beautiful. This is the re-release through Guerssen Records, which specializes in '60s- and '70s-era psychedelia.

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