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References
- ↑ Joe Viglione, Review of Music from Free Creek: The Long Lost Super Session Album, 2003; All Music Guide, as reprinted by www.answers.com.
- ↑ U.S. distributor of Charisma Records as of 1971; see Charisma Records.
- ↑ See Music from Free Creek CD Release Particulars; www.allmusic.com.
- ↑ It is unclear whether Lake Eerie Records is releasing the album with the requisite permissions or clearances. Peter Kaukonen alleges that his own material is being distributed by Lake Eerie Records without his consent and in circumstances where he is receiving no royalties. See The Devil Finds Work For Idle Thoughts (PK Editorials); March 31, 2006; www.peterkaukonen.com.
- ↑ In addition, Moogy Klingman, the executive producer, appears to have manufactured CD copies from the record, which he has made available for sale; www.moogymusic.com. The ownership and location of the master tapes are uncertain.
- ↑ See Details of Track Listing and Personnel by Moogy Klingman who, at the age of nineteen, was the album's executive producer, musical director and a principal co-writer of many of the album songs; www.moogymusic.com.
- 1 2 3 Interview with Moogy Klingman by I.C. Timerow, 2001; www.moogymusic.com; for contractual reasons, neither Eric Clapton nor Jeff Beck appeared under their own names.
- ↑ Associated with Janis Joplin 1968-1969 as the drummer in her Kozmic Blues Band. Left prior to band recording album. See Miguel Terol, Roy Markowitz Info; The Musicians' Olympus.
- ↑ played and recorded in the Buddy Rich Band
- 1 2 3 Members of Canned Heat, recording around the same time as the band's appearance at Woodstock.
- ↑ Richard "Didymus" Washington, a percussionist touring at the time with Dr. John; see Dr. John. Washington later contributed to the Los Angeles sessions of the Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street album, most notably the marimbas on "Sweet Black Angel".
- 1 2 3 Members of the First National Band, with Mike Nesmith.
- 1 2 Later released as a single; see Linda Ronstadt discography
- ↑ Later appearing on Ronstadt's Silk Purse album (1970); also known as "He Dark The Sun".
