In the early '70s, there was a subgenre -- still being excavated and discov… Read Full Bio ↴In the early '70s, there was a subgenre -- still being excavated and discovered by collectors -- of privately pressed, or quite limited-edition, singer/songwriter folk albums that sounded like burnt-out leftovers from the hippie era. A percentage of these, in turn, were recorded and released by musicians with fervent if rather inarticulate religious beliefs. Dave Bixby's Ode to Quetzalcoatl is one of these, and though its purpose seems to have been to celebrate his deliverance from evil after embracing Christianity, it nonetheless sounds quite despondent and isolated in its mood. With acoustic guitar usually serving as his only instrumental accompaniment (and a bit of flute and harmonica heard at times), Bixby sings in a moan-lilting, slightly echoing voice whose sad and lonesome feel gives the impression that his demons have by no means been wholly exercised by salvation.

Bixby also released a second album, Second Coming under the name Harbinger, around the same time as Ode to Quetzalcoatl. This album would remain almost unheard until both albums were reissued in 2009 by Guerssen records of Spain.

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The More You Know
Dave Bixby Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'The More You Know' by these artists:

Deals Do... you really wanna know, what I think, about your…
Eaten By Clowns The More You Know So, I’m running round in circles in…
Jon Anderson How do you get even with your sacred senses Ebery time,…
Saint Etienne In my room maybe if I had the nerve Once again…
Within The Grey I just don′t know why You think you have got it…

We have lyrics for these tracks by Dave Bixby:

666 The faith to move a mountain The faith to destroy a…
Drug Song Life used to be good Now look what I've done I've ruined…

Free Indeed Ah look at me The way I used to be Caught up…
I Have Seen Him I have seen him in the wind I've touch the prints…
Morning Sun Sun in the Morning Dave Bixby The sun in the morning Comes …
Mother She sang to me When I was a little boy On bended…
Prayer We will take to the sky Together we'll fly The wind is…

Soft Winds Soft winds blowing My old breezes Whisper to my mind Eating …

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Comments from YouTube:

wolfumz

5y↑25

I'm a former heroin addict in recovery, Ode to Quetzalcoatl and Free At Last was really moving for me when I was in early recovery. I used to sit in my bed, still sick from withdrawal, and listen at full volume on my headphones.

wolfumz

3y↑2

@Daisy Allin welcome to an easier, softer way of life man. I have alot of regrets in my life, but I never regret getting clean. I hope you find whatever it is you're looking for in recovery.

I can remember feeling really raw my first 90 days clean. music would come on the radio and it would bring me to tears, random Katy Perry songs lol. I have really evocative memories listening to Dave Bixby.

Daisy Allin

3y↑1

Crazy how you mention that I’m in early recovery and stumbled upon this album on accident but fell in love with it. 🧺💓

Nathan Howard

6y↑22

I discovered Ode To Quetzalcoatl a few days ago and I'm just enamored with it. It's such a fantastic record.

KJ Paul

same here, drug song hit hard

jwardbass

love ur prof pic 💕

Ramona Abdul

5y↑14

Thanks for organizing this. I am among those who stumbled across the album almost accidentally and captured by it unexpectedly.
I like the performance clip at 15:00. Is there more of that exact recording somewhere?

ShinraXSoldier

10y↑15

The Ode to Quetzalcoatl album is one of my favourite albums of all time.

sponge

4y↑7

20:12 "Are you involved here?" Man ain't that the case. It's very rare for me to find an absolutely fantastic theologically driven song let alone stumble upon a whole album that came out decades ago. Dave has got a God-given gift.

Satellite Sorder

8y↑6

Simplemente hermoso. Excelente trabajo. Gracias por acercarnos un paso más con Dave.

Andrés Jácome

5y↑5

thank you for this doc, there is something truly magical about that record.

A B

4y↑4

really incredible, thanks for making this

Nick Nickson

2y↑1

Thanks for doing this. Dave Bixby is one of my favorite artists of all time.

Sky Rock

2y↑2

I’m not a particularly religious guy but listening to Dave Bixby makes me feel such a way that it inspires me to make religious music, not in the obvious way but in the subtle way Dave did, his song morning sun is just one of the bests songs ever written, plain and simple

Arantxa Pellme

4y↑4

I'm so grateful for this video

Tomás Ricaurte

4y↑7

I love how his voice sound similar to the Dudes voice.

Derrick Hart

4y↑1

He was born in the same year and month as The Dude. December 1949!!!!!!!!

E J

I just fell in love with the album about a month ago.

Cooper Wood

2y↑1

This channel is just so fascinating oh my god

Jonas V

4y↑10

People think that he died from an LSD overdose and liked smoking herbs to Ode, even though the lyrics of the album send a completely different message.
Hell, he even says "And fell out of tune / Oh Jesus tell her I'm not lying any more / And I want to love her again." And 19-21 year old kids think that he went off to find gnomes or died from OD'ing on drugs? I'd assume he just became a normal guy who played guitar

Felix Kalmenson

10y↑2

Beautiful!

First Last

4y↑8

I'm glad to see he's doing okay, watching vapid hipsters squirm over hearing the name of Christ and God never ceases to entertain me. He would be received so well in a church instead of some copy paste art den full of degenerates but then again his music understands their condition better than they do.