Looking over the Blue Cheer wikipedia page, I couldn't believe that singer and bassist Dickie Peterson kept the band going more or less up until his death in 2009. There were something like 28 different members of the band over the years. I thought they only put out two albums in the late 60s and then vanished into history.
Sun Cycle is from their second album, Outsideinside. Lyrically, I have no idea what it's about, some sort of convoluted poetry about the sun, light into darkness and back into light. Honestly, I enjoy the melody of the tune more than the actual words or meaning. I've always enjoyed the chord changes and guitar riffs that take place during the chorus.
The music is a giant pan of psychedelic wah guitar, panning from speaker to speaker. Leigh Stephens kicks out the jams with Hendrix-like aplomb.
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