In my opinion, Space Opera was easily the most talented rock band to come out of my hometown. If you were in Fort Worth in the 1970’s, you probably know that song or heard them mentioned more than once! I was first aware of them at such a young age that they are a part of some of my very earliest musical memories. Several of my friends’ parents owned their records. I heard my Uncle Raymond wax poetic about them blowing The Byrds off the stage. I witnessed long-haired freaky people who might have been them at Zeke’s Fish and Chips. Did they play at a Trinity Park party that my parents talked about? A teacher mentioned them to me on the night my friends and I performed at the McLean Middle School Talent show; “Someone who played this talent show 10 years ago is now famous!” I heard some guy cover ‘Country Max’ at Mayfest in the early 80’s. The first time I played at The Hop, I looked around the place and imagined them playing there, proud to have finally made it on that stage. I have run into their Epic album from 1972 dozens of times throughout my years of crate digging. I’ve owned it three different times, had it stolen or “borrowed indefinitely” twice, with my pal Dan finally selling me a version that had an address stamped on the label which was one block over from my childhood home. To say that this band has followed me my entire life is pretty apt. They are a MAJOR influence on my musical world and still continue to be that touchstone.

I’m not here to tell you their tale; that’s already been quite compellingly done HERE. And I’m not here to sell product because there are no more reunions coming or new archival releases. They are history and it’s out there to find for yourself. I just think that you, dear readers of this blog, should invest in a copy of any of their albums so that you will understand why I’m so obsessed with them! You can’t stream them anywhere except YouTube videos (see below). Sirius XM Deep Tracks will play them occasionally; I’ve heard ‘Play It Rough’ and ‘Holy River’ on Jim Ladd’s show. But you can find copies of their first album HERE, second album HERE, while “Safe At Home” should be HERE. If you are so inclined, you can find some of David Bullock’s new music in HERE. And then you need to take it all the way back to “Whistler, Chaucer, Detroit and Greenhill” with this album. Trust me, you need this music in your life…