The prolific career of Soft Machine drummer and Canterbury Scene stalwart Robert Wyatt could have come to an end following an accident that left him paralyzed and in a wheelchair; inebriated at a party, Wyatt fell from a 4th floor window, leaving him without the use of his legs and in a state of depression. One year later, the mad genius reinvented himself with "Rock Bottom", a genre-defying album that moves away from the boisterous art-rock and jazz fusion of Soft Machine for what is ultimately the pinnacle of an already fantastic discography. "Little Red Riding Hood Hit the Road" is an intimate and tragic track, with droning trumpets, gorgeous and revealing vocals, and most impressively, a percussive performance by Wyatt that is done entirely without the use of his feet.
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