A Dream A While Back

the drag city reissue of gary higgins' 1974 psychfolk classic 'red hash' album was the reissue event of 2005. 'a dream a while back' is a collection of songs recorded around the time preceding 'red hash'. the songs reveal the deep strain in gary's songwriting: bittersweet but playful, pointed but impressionistic, eerie and insistent. vocal-andguitar recordings present the songs humbly, but before long the lyrics and melodic changes are drifting like smoke into the listener's mind, clouding simplicity with paradox while pointing towards inevitable truth. 'a dream a while back' is another powerful entry point into the long and winding history of gary higgins.