Gordon Alexander put out an obscure singer/songwriter album mixing slightly trippy lyrical sensibilities with more pop-friendly arrangements in 1968. Gordon Alexander was a singer from California who released an album called Gordon's Buster which features the song "A Bunch of Us Were Sitting Around a Candle in San Francisco Getting Stoned and I Hope You're There Next Time."

Gordon Alexander offering songs that reflected the beatific side of the hippie experience on Gordon's Buster, yet in a mild, faintly sunshine-pop-influenced style that steered it well clear of the weirdest things coming out of California at the time. There's a sense of the playful psych-pop of, say, Sagittarius or Chris Lucey/Bobby Jameson, yet Alexander seems earthier and a little more connected to some genuinely stoned whimsy. Gratuitous washes of echo and distorted guitar come into the mix at times, yet sometimes it sounds like he's trying to do a psychedelic take on Glen Campbell. In all it's an eclectic period curiosity with some interesting baroque touches. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.