Hollins And Starr

LP version. "Chicago-based duo Chuck Hollins and Starr only made this one album, released in 1970 on the Ovation label....it has a trace or two of Arthur Lee and Love at their best ('Krishna Dov' would not sound out of place on Forever Changes, for example), with dashes of maybe Terry Callier in some of the jazzier tunes.... At times this album is a gorgeous, ethereal blend of psychedelic folk and offbeat pop; but there are some funk and avant-garde moves too (where did those crazy orchestrations, wild guitar, and breakbeats on the fierce anti-war rave-up 'Hard Headed Woman' come from?), all supported by an odd assortment of instruments, including flute, bells and a generous helping of fuzz guitar. Chicago-based duo Chuck Hollins and David Starr only made this one album, which originally appeared in 1970 on the Ovation label. All we know about them is what the original ads for the album said: 'David Starr learned piano when he was three, began composing when he was four. At twenty-one he was playing flute with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Chuck Hollins picked up a guitar one day and just started playing.... by the time he left Northwestern with his creative writing degree he was turning his poetry into music.'"