Knowing a few people with manic depression (it was the manic upswings that helped get him get killed) and a few more recently with schizophrenia, it's amazing he got anything done.
This was in the early '70s:
Lord of the Rings, Science Fiction, all that swords and fantasy stuff, Conan, anything about cars, stamps, planes, astronomy, cartoons...then came music and I forgot about all that.
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His solo albums rocked me too, especially that first one. Woo-hoo - Donna Lee on the bass! And all that cool stuff he did with harmonics on other tunes too. He really raised the standard for the Jazz bassist who plays electric bass guitar.
Probably the most influential Jazz bassist of his generation, it a great shame he wasn't around for many more years. If only he stayed sober and on his medication.
That was me too.
No wonder we ended up listening to Henry Cow records!
You may have something there. When I think of all the Cow fans I know, I can see a pattern now.
I also got the right field treatment. My brother characterized me as standing there saying "I don't care a row of buttons whether it's fair or foul, nature alone is beautiful."
That's the thing about support groups, we all had the same experience.