Epysode 03: "Mighty Baby", by Mighty Baby

Farmer John Presents "Psychedelic Relics"

Guest: Mighty Baby's Ian Whiteman. In this epysode, we hear how the UK mod/soul-inspired band "The Action" - who were produced by none other than George Martin - morphed into "Mighty Baby". Vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Ian Whiteman joins the show to talk about his memories of his days with this fascinating band that is often cited as "England's Grateful Dead" due to the improvisational elements of their live shows, which culminated as the closing act on day one of 1970's famous Isle of Wight festival in front of 600,000 people. "People compared us the Grateful Dead, but not really. We were more structured", Ian said. Ian shares some great stories about his bandmates, the songs and who was influencing them ("The Byrds had a seismic effect"). We do a track analysis, see what the critics had to say and of course we hear from Uncle Herff. Support the show for as little as $1/month on our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/FarmerJohnMusic

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ERRORS AND OMISSIONS: In this epysode I mistakenly credited the artwork for the Mighty Baby LP to guitarist Martin Stone; the design was actually the work of artist Martin Sharp.

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I hope you dig "Mighty Baby" as much as I do.

-FJ

Here's a Spotify playlist featuring all the tracks used in this epysode:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/213u6KIfJ8afGIFQ5fXh2S?si=04f3378794fe4f11