![]() ![]() Referring to the pineal gland – the brain's mood regulator stimulated by psychedelics – the Third Eye had been popularised as a concept by Lobsang Rampa's 1956 book of the same name. This was serious stuff for a folk-rock band previously concerned with lyrics about love. Inspired by a Ravi Shankar album, he dashed down his impressions: "No wings for my flight /I drift through the night /Understanding the secrets of space and time /The third eye." Persuaded by bassist Robbie Ladewig, Clawson took LSD for the first time: the group had already smoked pot but this was something else. The Dovers were from Santa Barbara, California, and had access to hip Los Angeles. The vertical runs and otherworldly sonorities of Ravi Shankar's ragas in particular inspired young musicians seeking to translate the sheer intensity of acid. Music from the Indian subcontinent had been filtering into western pop from mid-1965: the Yardbirds (Heart Full of Soul), the Kinks (See My Friend) and the Beatles (Norwegian Wood). I thought I had something unique."īoth records had a similar starting point. "We'd already worked on the tune," he told Mike Markesich, "a few weeks later I'm in the car and Eight Miles High came on. ![]() You could be forgiven for thinking that it's a Xerox of the Byrds' Eight Miles High but not so, according to the Dovers' guitarist, Bruce Clawson. If they do, we will update this event page and notify all ticket buyers.Released in April 1966, the Dovers' The Third Eye is one of the earliest attempts at reproducing the LSD experience on record.
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