The book includes band history, an album by album analysis, plus new interviews with band members including Mike Heron and exclusive images from ISB member Graham Forbes.
Between 1967 and 1971 Rose Simpson lived with the Incredible String Band (Mike Heron, Robin Williamson and Licorice McKechnie), morphing from English student to West Coast hippie and, finally, bassist in leathers.
This investigation re-evaluates the Incredible String Band from their early days in Edinburgh. The solo recordings (after the demise of the Incredible String Band) of both Robin Williamson and Mike Heron are included, track by track.
The book evokes a smoky, unheated eccentric Edinburgh that was a crucible for so much creativity.' Joe Boyd, author of White Bicycles This singular book offers two harmonising memoirs of music making in the 1960s.
"Encyclopaedic in scope, passionate in tone, this book is a minotaur's labyrinth of information about one of the most remarkable groups in 20th century music.