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Shake Off the Demon, 1971
Written by Mike Brewer and Tom Shipley
I think the first thing the discerning modern listener notices about this album is the mustaches. It was an era when a mustache and a guitar could get you a recording contract. I think I've said that before. It's possible that this song is the quintessential hippie folk-rock zeitgeist. "Natural child / Got to keep hopin’ for one thing / Natural child / The human race." Might you hear this in a drum circle, hippies leaping about? Yes, you might well. A folk rock jam, all positive vibes and congas and jangly violins.