Heighty Hi: The Best of Lee Michaels - Lee Michaels

Audio Remasterers: Dave Schultz; Bill Inglot.Liner Note Author: Brett Milano.In the late '60s and early '70s, an era of guitar heroes, Lee Michaels stood out as a monster keyboard man, gigging with a souped-up Hammond B-3 organ and an amp setup that would deafen the first five rows in most venues, and just a drummer (the mammoth Barry "Frosty" Smith) to keep him company. Michaels was also a man of many moods as a songwriter, willing to go from prog-anticipating psychedelia and longhaired blues to blue-eyed soul and straightforward hard rock at the snap of a finger. Michaels' cross-genre shape-shifting may be why the man didn't achieve lasting stardom, despite scoring a number six single with 1971's "Do You Know What I Mean" -- he was a tough man to pigeonhole, though he earned a loyal following through touring and underground FM radio play. Between 1968 and 1972, Michaels cut seven albums for A&M Records that represented his best and best-known work, and Heighty Hi: The Best of Lee