Michael, thanks for the warm welcome. Neat to hear of your influences we have in common. I was lucky enough to hear the Sun Ra' "Arkestra" here at the annual Richmond Folk Festival a couple of years back, which Sanders sometimes associates with. I have good memories of listening to Sanders and Alice Coltrane on some Impulse label cuts that I revisit from time to time like "The Creator Has a Master Plan" and Alice's version of "A Love Supreme".

I see what you are saying about the descending sixth. Maybe it would grow on me with repetition! Sometimes I think a lot of stuff that we hear over and over become ingrained even though they may not seem intuitive at first. I never understood how the Landini Cadence was such a common device in Medieval music, but it must have sounded right to their ears. And I could definitely hear the descending 6th with a Yoakam yodel/ twang effect. Anyway, thanks for the insight.