Satya Sai Maitreya Kali - Apache

Akashic Records 1972

01. Ice and Snow

02. Black Swan

03. Color Fantasy

04. Voodoo Spell

05. Salesman

06. Music Box

07. Love Is Our Existence

08. One Last Farewell

09. I'm Walkin' Solo

10. Silk and Ivory

11. Swim

12. Revelation

Craig Vincent Smith had a pretty shiny, wholesome entry into the music industry; he even appeared on The Andy Williams show.

By the mid sixties, he was rubbing shoulders with The Beach Boys and The Monkees and his band, The Penny Arkade, were recording in Hollywood. By 1968, Smith was associating with the Manson Family and getting heavily into TM and Eastern philosophy. He quit the band and went travelling.

The next two years saw Smith change his name to Maitreya Kali, travel to Asia, back home and then onto South America. All the while being a heavy user of hashish and LSD. During this time he suffered with severe mental health problems.

Back in America in 1971, he recorded this album and self released it.

Total downer folk with a Neil Young vibe. Reminiscent of Arthur and sits nicely with other loner folk records of the era.