Kirpatrick Thomas had toured the world and found himself unhappy and disillusioned when he became enamored with the sound of the western soundtrack themes. Kirpatrick recruited, or was recruited by all the members of the Brian Jonestown Massacre except Anton Newcombe to continue his western theme soundtrack odyssey as Frankie Teardrop Emerson wore a light up sombrero, Jason "Plucky" Anchondo joined from the Warlocks, Dave Koenig (BJM), Diamond Dan Allaire (BJM), and a shitload of others... "I pretty much came to realize that once you are confident and stop caring and drink too much Ancient Age, good things start to happen." With no budget, Kirpatrick recorded all these songs himself on a 4 track cassette recorder, the result was "beautifully terrible". Spindrift went on to tour and play gigs in full cowboy regalia. A treatment was written for the film form and the search for a director was on...
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