> -----Original Message-----
> From: audities-owner@smoe.org [mailto:audities-owner@smoe.org] On Behalf
> Of Josh Chasin

> Can anyone help me think of decent musicians who espouse political
> conservatism?


Has anyone heard Bill Holt's lone "Dreamies" album, originally released in
the early '70s (reissued by Gear Fab in 2000 and, I think, remastered and
reissued by Holt himself more recently)?  It's an amazing lo-fi collage of
acoustic guitar, beautiful Beatles-inspired melodies, haunting vocals, found
sounds, synthesizer bleeps and bits of newscasts, speeches and commercial
jingles of the day.  Sounds entirely like the antecedent of Olivia Tremor
Control's Black Foliage album to me.  Hugely Elephant 6ish.

Anyway, I had the opportunity to interview Bill Holt a few years ago and was
shocked (and stunned) to find out that he was then a Republican candidate
for US Senate in Delaware.  I mean, to Josh's point, how often do the
artists behind trippy psychedelic pop albums end up becoming conservative
politicians?  Holt admitted himself it was quite a dichotomy.

(On the off-chance anyone is interested in reading the full interview, just
email me offlist.)

Amy