FEATURED CD - Bigelf : Cheat the Gallows

[spacefreak]

And both TWR and Mike Gunn were literally "desert rock", weren't they? From Texas?

Yes for Mike Gunn. TWR were from California. Sacramento Valley -roughly a desert environment. Though their sound is "desert" driven.

And Captain Beefheart's "Safe As Milk" is desert rock to my ears as well

[Scrotum Scissor]

TWR were from California. Sacramento Valley -roughly a desert environment. Though their sound is "desert" driven.

Yup, I remember their connection to the Paisley Underground scene in L.A. during the 80s. Of course, a couple of those bands (Lone Ryders and partly the Three O'Clock, as well as some later Rain Parade material) veered towards the Nevada-desert sound as well.

Which I suppose distracts from the typical Texan-desert sound.

[Bytor]

I preferred their Closer To Doom/ Hex era. I did not get too much mileage out of this release and never bothered with their latest.

You made me a cdr of some of their best songs from that era a couple of years ago that I still listen quite often