A Goat of Many Colours: The Incredible String Band
Pete Paphides, Rock's Backpages, October 2008
Forty years ago this month, The Incredible String Band released their benchmark double album Wee Tam & The Big Huge, just one of many milestones in a year that saw them become the counterculture's most unlikely pop stars. They recall the entire adventure to Pete Paphides.
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