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It was an awesome ride ! A brillant moment that took an obscure garage band to success in the main stream American pop music culture. And as well, the Electric Mass, or Electric Liturgy was a complete success. The 60's spirit of peace, love, brotherhood, and religious freedom was married to Rock and Roll in the church and kept on truckin to national prominence with the Electric Liturgy, thanks to Reverend Paine, Cossie and many others. From the beginning, the Mass had been conceived to uplift the spirit, not for profit, not for sale. And at the end, the Mass had remained uncompromised, uncommercialized. It had always been performed for free. Uncounted thousands had participated in it as a real Mass. So completely removed from commerciallity, Amazingly there had never been any plans to record the Electric Liturgy, neither the audio nor a film. It was an afterthought to record and preserve it rather than let it fade into the oblivion of the era of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison. So many things had changed for the band. The price was paid. Was it time to say goodbye? Leave 'em wanting more? We had our season and it was good. Now as everyone knows, all good things must end. Why we stopped playing as the 60s came to an end is hard to define. We never officially broke up. We simply stopped playing, and stepped back, mysteriously into the mist of time.
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Children The darkness of September may enclose you bring you down like the shadowed weight of the leaves ah, no darlings: we will light your sense and spirit lift you up, safe, into the morning |
