Just Like a Poem: Richard Brautigan and Mad River
David Biasotti, Richard Brautigan (ed. John F. Barber), McFarland, 2007
THOUGH THEY RECORDED two albums for Capitol Records, Mad River remains one of the least-documented and enigmatic Bay Area bands of the late '60s.
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