Expressway to Your Skull

• Artist: Buddy Miles Express
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• Release Date: 1968
• Genre: Rock

Review

Although Buddy Miles' alchemical fusion of psychedelia, blues, and soul did not truly coalesce until his masterpiece Them Changes, his debut LP, Expressway to Your Skull, remains an inspired and original statement of intent, a record that's both timeless and an unmistakable product of counterculture consciousness. Each of the album's seven songs is a fascinating montage of sounds and styles -- acid-fuzz guitar collides with zig-zagging funk horns, and shrieking keyboards meet juke joint blues riffs head on. Not everything works -- a cover of Sam & Dave's "Wrap It Up" is more leaden than lively, and the instrumental "Funky Mule" feels like filler -- but the remaining material is brilliant, its twists and turns navigated by Miles' deeply soulful vocals and monster drumming. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Train	Buddy Miles, Herbie Rich	Buddy Miles Express	(4:52)
Let Your Love Light Shine	Buddy Miles, Herbie Rich	Buddy Miles Express	(3:25)
Don't Mess With Cupid	Steve Cropper	Buddy Miles Express	(2:36)
Funky Mule		Buddy Miles Express	(4:42)
You're the One (That I Adore)	Deadric Malone	Buddy Miles Express	(6:20)
Wrap It Up	Isaac Hayes, David Porter	Buddy Miles Express	(6:37)
Spot on the Wall	Buddy Miles, Herbie Rich	Buddy Miles Express	(3:29)

Credits

Buddy Miles (Organ), Buddy Miles (Bass), Buddy Miles (Guitar), Buddy Miles (Drums), Buddy Miles (Keyboards), Buddy Miles (Vocals), Buddy Miles (Main Performer), Virgil Gonsalves (Flute), Virgil Gonsalves (Sax (Baritone)), Virgil Gonsalves (Sax (Soprano)), Virgil Gonsalves (Wind), Terry Clements (Saxophone), Marcus Doubleday (Trumpet), Marcus Doubleday (Flugelhorn), Jimi Hendrix (Liner Notes), Bill Levenson (Reissue Supervisor), Jim McCarty (Guitar), Bill McPherson (Flute), Bill McPherson (Sax (Soprano)), Bill McPherson (Sax (Tenor)), Bill McPherson (Wind), Michael O'Bryant (Photography), Lou Reizner (Producer), Billy Rich (Bass), Herbie Rich (Organ), Herbie Rich (Saxophone), Herbie Rich (Sax (Tenor)), Ron Woods (Drums), Bill Rich (Bass), Gary N. Mayo (Mastering), Mathieu Bitton (Reissue Design), Pat Lawrence (Executive Producer), Michele Horie (Production Coordination), Michele Horie (Art Direction)