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Pat Kilroy Born Patrick Anthony Kilroy In San Francisco On 5 July 1943 Died 25 December 1967 Was An American Singer-Songwriter Whose 1966 Album On Elektra Records "Light Of Day" Has Been Called The "first Ever Acid Folk Album". Later That Year Kilroy Co-Founded The New Age Who Recorded An Album "All Around" In 1967 That Was Not Released Until 2007. In Early 1964 Kilroy Began Making Appearances On The Bay Area Folk Scene Initially With Debbie Green At Clubs Such As The Cabale Creamery. By The Summer Of 1965 He Susan Graubard And Soon To Be Housemate Bob Amacker Were In Big Sur Hot Springs. In The Fall Amacker Moved To New York City Soon To Be Followed By Kilroy And In January 1966 By Graubard. In New York They Entered The Studio To Begin Recording Kilroy's "Light Of Day" Album With Graubard On Flute And Glockenspiel And Amacker On Tabla. Kilroy And Graubard Then Traveled To Europe And Morocco Before Returning To New York To Complete The Album With Additional Musicians Including Guitarists Stefan Grossman And Marc Silber And Eric Kaz On Harmonica. With A Folk-Blues Base Common To Many Performers Of The Era Just Before The Leap Into Folk-Rock The Album Could Be Said To Lack The Rock Instrumentation And Arrangements That Would Have Made It An Early Folk-Rock Album. Kilroy's Vocals And Material Are Thought By Some To Be Similar To Those On Tim Buckley's Weirder Late-'60s Folk-Rock-Jazz-Psychedelic Albums But Without The Depth And Power Of Buckley's Singing Or Songwriting. Skilled Musicians Stefan Grossman Eric Kaz And Marc Silber Are Among The Accompanists And There's A World Jazz Flavor In The Use Of Conga Tabla Flute And Glockenspiel. Having Returned To Berkeley CA In July 1966 Kilroy And Graubard Were Joined By Jeffrey Stewart Becoming The New Age. The Band Recorded An Album "All Around" In 1967 That Was Not Released Until 2007. read less