The Wackers: Wackering Heights (1971)

Ah, yes, the Wackers--and, c'mon, really, the Wackers???--fit neatly into my obsession with largely forgotten early 70s pastoral Americana. The first of 3 albums (4 if you count the late 60s release by the band Roxy, mostly the same guys), Wackering Heights is a lovely blend of harmonized folk/country-rock reminiscent of CSN and the Byrds with touches of British pub rock (early Brinsely Schwarz, Help Yourself). (See also Starry Eyed & Laughing.) Despite the band's glammy look on the cover (and, ...