My brother, Rich and I knew Gary, Glen and the band in Mammoth Lakes, California. I was night manager at Mom's, the club where they played. Got to know them pretty well. !968 - 69. There was an earlier album from them, 'Carp - The Dreaded Trash Fish.' I wish I still had my copy.

Can you provide more details about the earlier album you mentioned? Label, year, catalog number, etc. Thanks

Gary Busey's rock band. It is better than I was expecting. A real decent country rock / heavy rock, with piano and some x-tian lyrics and killer lead guitar passages. The songwriting is a tad better than some albums of the same ilk, and occasionally the band really rocks out in their own fashion. The back cover does state that it isn't the typical 60s type rock album (mentioning Jefferson Airplane by name!). Recommnded to Poco, Flying Burrito Bros, New Riders of the Purple Sage affecionados...

Gary Busey was the singer, drummer, songwriter, and leader of Carp. The group sounded very much like The Who if Gary had joined them. It's very strongly performed by the group and tends to go the Xian path on a few track, thanks to Gary's religious lyrics. The album cover is very strange, it looks like the BACK of the album. The song titles are right there facing you. The artwork is also confusing and looks like random cutouts done by a young ROBERT POLLARD (GbV). Somehow and someway, the group didn't stick around long enough to do lp#2. They did get a very positive review in CREEM MAGAZINE but that was just one guy's opinion who got the lp free in the mail. The public didn't buy many copies I guess and the frontman headed to HOLLYWOOD! Switching to guitar and filming THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY! We won't talk about what else happened to this guy, but I HAVE NEVER heard Gary mention this band during ANY interview! SHAME ON YOU GARY BUSEY!