Down in the Valley of the Lost Jams, which is just southeast of Jeffersontown, you can still hear the psychedelic freak-outs of Elysian Field echo off the hills.
The Louisville band lasted from 1968 until 1971, emerging as the acid generation peaked with a soundtrack provided by Cream, the Grateful Dead and Jimi Hendrix.
While Elysian Field enjoyed a strong reputation for its hard-charging live shows, little of the band's music was released commercially, and what was released barely reflected the band's garage aesthetic.
"Elysian Field," the latest in the "Louisville Music Series" from Gear Fab Records, is an eye-opener for anyone interested in our city's legacy of original rock and pop.
Elysian Field was the band started by Jim Settle, Marvin Maxwell and Frank Bugbee after they left Soul Inc.
The lineup changed often, and the band never became hugely popular, but these extremely rare recordings prove that the '60s didn't completely bypass Louisville.
Some of these 21 songs are dubious, especially the tripe forced on the band by its record label, and they sometimes jump erratically from country-rock to folk to pop.
But the handful of recordings that Elysian Field did on its own dime reveal an inspired blues-based rock band embracing the era's love of experimentation.
You need to hear it, if only to know it existed.