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The Federal Fugitives “Woman of Stone”
I have no leads on the Federal Fugitives. “Woman of Stone” is a good light-psychedelic original by Ledbetter and Stone. Jim Youmans (of the Swingin’ Apollos) did a fine job of production. The musicians...
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Martha’s Laundry at The Balloon Dance, 1031 Kearny
I found a previously unknown poster for Martha’s Laundry on Sunday, September 24, 1967. The venue was The Balloon at 1031 Kearny in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco. The Red Balloon at...
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The Artistics and the Symphonics: Thank You for Choosing Me
Artistics at the GWHS Spring Fling Concert, May 11, 1971, L-R: Joe Moore, Norman Brooks, Clyde McCoy, John Clark, Barry Price, Steve Eckles, Keith Wiley. Think of the Artistics and you’ll probably...
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Little John and the Monks –“Woman Take a Trip” / “All Them Lies”
Little John and the Monks Graves 45 acetate Woman Take a Trip Little John and the Monks came out of Klamath Falls, Oregon. Tom Davis, a singer from Scotland, founded the group as the Nomads and changed...
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The Warlords and Hunger from Newport News, VA
The Warlords, original band, from left: Sam Harrell, Terry Stead, Randy Hill, Roger Smith and Jack Ellis Keyboard player Jack Ellis wrote to me about his three bands: the Warlords, who didn’t record;...
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The Bobbies “(She) Put Me Down” and the In on Sonny Records
The Bobbies came from Florence, Alabama, cutting this one fine single, “(She) Put Me Down” parts 1 and 2 in June, 1966. Members included: Bobby Heathcoat – lead vocals Richard Hahn – organ Glenn Hall –...
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The Fabulous Frauleins on Onyx “Practice of Evil” / “Days Gone By”
It’s very hard to find information on the Fabulous Frauleins. As far as I can tell, they only recorded this one single in 1967, “Practice of Evil” / “Days Gone By”, both interesting originals by...
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Dennie Mosley “Love Me, Love Me, Love Me” out of Columbus Ohio
Dennie Mosley seems to have only cut this one single, the cool rockabilly “Love Me, Love Me, Love Me” backed with the pleading lament, “I Tried”. It’s not really a garage style record, but the late...
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The Shadows of Knight’s original pressings of “Gloria” without Atco
Gold label, no Atco distribution, D-116 AOne of the most famous ‘garage’ singles has to be the Shadows of Knight’s version of “Gloria”. As a national hit distributed by Atlantic Records (Atco), the 45...
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Teachers Pet “Trying to Get Back to You” on B-Rod Records
The obscure group Teachers Pet cut this one single on the equally obscure B-Rod Records. “Trying to Get Back to You” is crude swampy boogie. The A-side was the comparatively sleepy “Say You Love Me”....
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Sleepy Hollow “Feelin’ Glad”– Al Quinlan of Thackeray Rocke
Sleepy Hollow released their only single on ECI (Entertainment Consultants Inc.), probably in 1969. “Feelin’ Glad” / “Missed You So” are originals by Alan Quinlan. Both sides are good rock...
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The American Teens on Swan, from Frederick, Maryland
March 5. 1966. The American Teens, from left, front row: Ronnie Stevens and Gene Ponton; back: Jim Stevens, Bobby Stevens and Bill Koontz. The American Teens came from Frederick, Maryland, about an...
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Baytovens “My House” and Bummers demo on Mojo-Bone Records
Mojo-Bone Records first two releases are back from the plant and ready to order. The Baytovens “My House” / “Luv Look Away” went unreleased until the 2007 CD You Got Yours! (East Bay Garage 1965-1967)...
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Thee Illusion and Brass, Albion, NY, 1965-1971
Thee Illusion at the Erie Canal Fest, August 1967, from left: Alan, Tommy, Jim and Slate Misfits photo with Slate Raymond on guitar and Alan Farnsworth on drums Jim Kriss compiled an amazing history of...
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Morning – The early years, including Wind and Moorpark Intersection
Morning, 1970. Left to right: Terry Johnson, Barry Brown, Jim Hobson, Jay Lewis, Jim Kehn, Bruce Wallace “Unequivocally the best ‘first’ LP I have heard for years, Morning’s music defies description”...
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Morning
When guitarist Jay Donnellan was dismissed from Arthur Lee’s band Love in late 1969, he reverted to his former name, Jay Lewis, and started to put together the group that became Morning with some old...
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Dewey Martin’s New Buffalo Springfield
Photo: Mike Zalk. Left to right: Dave Price, Jim Price, Dewey Martin, Bob Apperson, Gary Rowles and (sitting) Don Poncher Dewey Martin’s post-Buffalo Springfield career has never received the attention...
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The Villagers “Wishes and Memories” / “Cry On” on Kennett Sound
The Villagers included Phil Haskins, Rick Haskins and Charles Petit. They cut their only single in very early 1969 at Kennett Sound, a studio located in a renovated barn just south of the village of...
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Dewey Martin & Medicine Ball
The New Buffalo Springfield, late 1968. Photo: Mike Zalk. Left to right: Dave Price, Jim Price, Dewey Martin, Bob Apperson, Gary Rowles and (sitting) Don Poncher After separating from The New Buffalo...
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The Cleaners from Schenectady & the East Coast Clique
The Cleaners came from Schenectady, New York, releasing two singles in 1966 and 1967. Members included Larry Parks (listed in songwriting credits as Larry Podrazik) and Robert Iovinella (Bob Ives?)....
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