George Cromarty had already experienced a weird brush with fame before he recorded his debut album in 1973. As co-writer of the song "Plastic Jesus," he and collaborator Ed Rush are probably the only people to be covered by both Paul Newman (in the film Cool Hand Luke) and the Flaming Lips. But Cromarty had left that type of novelty folk song long behind by the time he created . . .
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