ROKY ERICKSON with OKKERVIL RIVER True Love Cast Out All Evil
(2010 UK 12-track CD album - Roky Erickson, legendary frontman
with 60's psychedelic pioneers The 13th Floor Elevators, presents his
first album in 15 years, ably supported by the magnificent Okkervil
River. Will Sheff from Okkervil River produced and effectively curated
the album, choosing from over sixty largely unreleased tracks
recorded over Roky's forty year career. Okkervil River provide the
backing on an album that uses archived material recorded on
Dictaphones during Roky's incarceration at the Rusk Maximum
Security Prison For The Criminally Insane. The album deals frankly
and poignantly with themes of loss, mental illness and ultimately
redemption. Roky's vocal performance is mesmerising and is
complimented brilliantly by Okkervil River's musical backing!)
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