What do we really know about Tolly Burkan?
Pretty much nothing.
Though the back cover of Cosmic Melodrama lays out a bit of his raison detre for us: “Tolly has encircled the globe as a magician, clown and mystic; entertaining and enlightening adults and children in fifty-one nations on five continents. Tolly is also an author. Through print, he has touched the lives of millions. Now, for the first time, Tolly enters the world of music. His unique album is already being heralded as an exciting and refreshing new contribution to an audience always hungry for novelty and innovation. Like the lovable redhead himself, this stereo LP is imaginative, daring, sensitive, inspirational, and often, downright funny.”
Tolly – Lead vocals, acoustic guitar
Marcus Allen (not the running back?) – Vocals
Jon Bernoff – Piano, vibraphone, percussion, kazoo, vocals
Dean Campbell – Vocals
Tony Cantea – Tablas
Rainbow Canyon – Vocals
Shakti Gawain – Vocals
Mithril Kaufman – Vocals
Al Levy – Violin
Deva Lewis – Vocals
Charles Powell – Vocals
Robert Powell – Acoustic guitar, slide guitar, electric bass, percussion, kazoo, vocals
Lenore Schuh – Tamboura, vocals
Marjorie Wolfe – Vocals
Arranged and conducted by Jon Bernoff and Robert Powell. Recorded at Rising Sun Studios, Berkeley, California. Studio engineer: Jon Bernoff. Musical consultation: Marcus Allen, Susan Madley, Sumer Raven. Cover: Little Bear Graphics. Label Design: Nancy Spice. Color Photograph of Tolly by Dean Campbell. Special love and gratitude to Hilda Charlton and Ken Keyes, Jr. for their spiritual guidance and inspiration.
Tolly
Cosmic Melodrama
(World Records, 1979)
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01. Springtime In The Country
02. Whatever You Do Comes Back To You
03. Song Of The Frog Prince (“Certainty Of Change”)
04. Tightrope Walkers
05. Everyone I See Is Me
06. Grandma’s Song
07. All My Dreams Come True
08. In The Forest
09. Cosmic Melodrama
10. Little Zen Koan
11. The Burning Candle
12. I’m Gonna See The Beauty
13. Om For World Peace
