G.F. Fitz-Gerald

Although G.f. Fitz-gerald has been making music since the 1960s, he's issued only one album under his own name, 1970's Mouseproof. This was an era when major labels were more apt to green-light ridiculously uncommercial albums than at any time before or since, and Mouseproof certainly holds its own in that category. While many of the elements of the early-'70s rock underground were present -- pastoral folk-rock, jazzy prog rock thrust, electronic experimentation, twisted approaches to song form and composition, and even a bit of country-rock and minimalism -- not many records combined so many such elements together, both within some of the individual tracks and throughout the record. Indeed, the LP leapfrogged among styles so hectically that it might not have sounded like the work of the same artist to many listeners. Especially considering that most of the songs weren't conventionally accessible in the structural and melodic departments as well, it's not a surprise that it's known to few outside of the psychedelic collecting world.

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