Houdini Chet Wise The album finds Ayler experimenting

The album finds Ayler experimenting with soul music and digging back into his R&B roots (he started his career playing saxophone with Chicago bluesman

and the Norwegian lap harp known as a cittra

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Recorded as a part of a series of songs for Adult Swim

Houdini Chet Wise The album finds Ayler experimentingSigned to Atlantic Records in the hubbub after Nirvanas Nevermind exploded, the Melvins fifth album Houdini was a conscious attempt by the band to make a record that wouldnt alienate their fans but that the band members themselves would also enjoy. Their best selling release by a country mile, this album crested at number 29 on on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. Houdini would be most folks introduction to the band and songs like Honeybucket received