Instant Fame: Craig Smith (front row, second right) with Andy Williams, the Good Time Singers and the rest of the cast of the Andy Williams Show, March 1965.

Craig Smith (top), and (below) Chris Ducey, Suzannah Jordan and Craig Smith on location in New York City. Digital images courtesy of UCLA Television & Film Archive

The Happenets, a TV pilot by Herb Brodkin’s Plautus Productions, starring Craig Smith, Chris Ducey and Suzannah Jordan. The show was slated to air in primetime on ABC-TV in the fall of 1966, but was dropped from the schedule.

Chris & Craig: Craig Smith (left) and Chris Ducey, March 10, 1967. (Photo: Henry Diltz)

The Penny Arkade at TTG Studio in Hollywood, October 1967. Left to right: Don Glut Chris Ducey, Craig Smith, Bobby Donaho. (Photo courtesy Chris Ducey)

Michael Nesmith working with the Penny Arkade at TTG Studio, October 1967. (Photos courtesy Chris Ducey)

Craig Smith (right) at Melody dinger’s wedding reception, August 1969. He had recently started going by the name Maitreya Kali. (Photo courtesy Melody dinger)

Sheet music for two of Craig’s most successful compositions: “Holly,” recorded by Andy Williams and Jim Pike of the Lettermen, and “Country Girl,” recorded by Glen Campbell.

Craig Smith ID photo, circa 1970. (Photo courtesy Cheryl Starsong)

Two shots of Craig (Maitreya) taken while he was traveling in Central and South America in late 1970. (Photo courtesy Cheryl Starsong)

Front cover of the Apache LP, credited to Satya Sai Maitreya Kali. Craig had 100-200 copies pressed in early 1972.

One of the inserts included inside some copies of the Apache LP.

Cover of the Inca LP, also pressed in a very limited quantity in 1972. It was combined with Apache to create a double-album set in a gatefold cover.

Rear cover of the Apache LP featuring Maitreya’s cryptic liner notes along with snapshots of his travels and a note from Frank Zappa praising the sang “Voodoo Spell.”

The rear cover of the Ina LP had even more impenetrable notes, as well as quotes about Maitreya from famous acquaintances, including Brian Wilson, Andy Williams, Adam West, Gabor Szabo, and Charles Manson.

Maitreya at the main entrance of the Temple of the Sun in Pachacamac, Peru. This was printed as a large, foldout poster and included with some copies of Apache/lnca.

Craig Smith on The Happeners, 1965, and (inset) a 1973 prison mug shot. Note tattoo of black widow spider on his forehead. Digital images courtesy of UCLA Television & Film Archive

Craig Smith, North Hollywood, September 1, 2010. (Photo: Chris Marsteller)