Culled from a single decaying cassette tape labeled “July 1978,” these recordings are a window into the
secret musical life of the Dude. Even after becoming one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, Bridges spent all his
free time jamming and recording with a trusted circle of musicians composed of childhood friends, artists,
and assorted L.A. oddballs.
Imagine The Band playing at CBGB with The Exploding Plastic Inevitable. Or Arthur Russell and the
Talking Heads collaborating on a suite of mutant disco. Though Bridges and his friends were brought up
around the movie industry, they decided to create their own private musical universe, where they could
be as weird as they wanted.
Their music opens a portal to a hidden world of outlandish creativity and camaraderie in 1970s
Los Angeles. It’s the missing piece of his musical evolution, revealed here for the first time in all its
joyful abandon.