ode to quetzalcoatl

• Original artwork in hard cardboard sleeve
• Restored and remastered in 24-bit domain at Grammy Award-winning Osiris Studio
• Insert with detailed liner notes plus rare pictures and lyrics
• Extra insert with the map/story of Quetzalcoatl by Dave Bixby

Since its late-’90s rediscovery, Dave Bixby’s fabled 1969 private-press LP has been hailed by serious collectors as the crown jewel of the loner/downer folk canon—often trading hands for around $2,000. First reissued by us in 2009, it now returns in a newly upgraded edition with fresh source material, remastered audio, and added extras.

After stints in Michigan ’60s folk and garage outfits like The Shillelaghs and Peter & The Prophets, Bixby switched to acoustic guitar and began experimenting with LSD. A year of heavy use left him shattered; seeking meaning, he embarked on a spiritual quest and, in just six weeks, wrote “Ode to Quetzalcoatl” along with much of the follow-up, Harbinger’s “Second Coming.”

With help from fellow musician Brian MacInness—who contributes additional guitar—Bixby recorded “Quetzalcoatl” on an echo-drenched four-track in a small apartment living room. The result is stark and intimate: mostly acoustic guitars with occasional harmonica and flute, framing Bixby’s haunted vocals, spiritual lyricism, and finely honed songwriting.

The opener, the chilling “Drug Song,” sets the tone for a suite of equally tormented pieces, including “666,” “Lonely Faces,” “Open Doors,” and “Secret Forest.”

TRACK LISTING

• Drug Song
• Free Indeed
• I Have Seen Him
• Mother
• Morning Sun
• Prayer
• Lonely Faces
• Open Doors
• 666
• Waiting for The Rains
• Secret Forest
• Peace