| Format: | LP |
| Availability: | In stock |
-Previously unreleased music by actor/musician Jeff Bridges, recorded 1977-1978
-Record Store Day Exclusive pressed at RTI on special color vinyl
-Features audio freshly remastered by GRAMMY®-nominated engineer John Baldwin
-Beautifully packaged gatefold LP with 20-page booklet featuring liner notes by Sam Sweet & never-before-seen archival images
-Album artwork by the legendary Lou Beach (Bill Withers, YMO, Blink 182, Weird Al)
-Featuring Burgess Meredith (Rocky, Batman), members of Oingo Boingo, and assorted characters from the West Los Angeles art and music underground
-Released with the full support of Jeff Bridges (The Dude himself!)
“Music is the weed that keeps popping out of the concrete in my life. It just seems to want to come out.” –Jeff Bridges
Culled from a single decaying cassette tape labeled “July 1978,” these recordings are a window into the secret musical life of the Dude. Even after becoming one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, Bridges spent all his free time jamming and recording with a trusted circle of musicians composed of childhood friends, artists, and assorted L.A. oddballs.
Imagine The Band playing at CBGB with The Exploding Plastic Inevitable. Or Arthur Russell and the Talking Heads collaborating on a suite of mutant disco. Though Bridges and his friends were brought up around the movie industry, they decided to create their own private musical universe, where they could be as weird as they wanted.
Their music opens a portal to a hidden world of outlandish creativity and camaraderie in 1970s Los Angeles. It’s the missing piece of his musical evolution, revealed here for the first time in all its joyful abandon.