Last surviving member of Iron Butterfly died Friday

[Canoe52]

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Source: deadline.com

Doug Ingle, the original lead singer of the rock band Iron Butterfly, has died. He was 78.

Ingle was the last surviving member of Iron Butterfly’s original lineup, which was formed in San Diego, California, in 1966. The band is best known for its 1968 hit “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida,” which Ingle co-authored.

Ingle would go on to co-author other hits for the band like “Soul Experience,” In the Time of Our Lives,” and “Easy Rider.”



Read more: https://deadline.com/2024/05/doug-ingle-dead-lead-singer-iron-butterfly-1235941415/

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I played that album more times than I can count,

Hopefully he’s rocking-on someplace nice.

[The Grand Illuminist]

1. I thought he was missing.

nt

[MarineCombatEngineer]

5. No, it was Philip Taylor Kramer.

Here's the account of what happened to him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Taylor_Kramer

[Hotler]

7. That's weird. And then again not. How many times have we've seen this ending?

I would never kill myself, he would never kill himself, if they rule it suicide don't believe them, I'm being followed and watched. Ends up dead in a ditch or multiple shots to the back of the head.
Thanks for sharing.

[JohnnyRingo]

11. I forgot about that! Thanx for posting it!

I live very near Liberty, a suburb of Youngstown, where he was born. The story name checks Jim Traficant, who also hails from Youngstown.
I too am not so sure he killed himself.

[Aussie105]

2. I'm going to play "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" real loud in my car -

just to bring back those days.

Days of hippies, drugs, free sex! (As if - I was at Uni and well behaved.)

The title was meant to be 'In the garden of Eden', but you know, it was those days when no one spoke clearly. Or sang clearly.

[3Hotdogs]

4. Damn. How I wanted some'a that free sex. Problem was,

the ladies on 7th. Avenue wanted to charge.

[Doc Sportello]

6. He recorded it after passing out

Several stories but the one most often heard was that he drank a bunch of wine, passed out, then woke up in the middle of the night with this song in his head. He recorded it on an 8 track, then when he played it for bandmates - because he was still drunk - "in the garden of Eden" became "In-a-gadda-da-vida" and they went with it.

[rpannier]

3. I. Ron Butterfly has passed?

I loved his hymn

[Hotler]

8. So did I, still have the album. And I have some Captian Beyond also.

[JohnnyRingo]

9. Captain Beyond was underground even back then.

I might have bought it just for that album cover, but loved (most of) the album.

[JohnnyRingo]

10. Doug Ingle is the only name I recall from the band.

RIP Iron Butterfly, RIP.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

13. Him and Ron Bushy, the drummer is all I remember n/t

[Martin68]

12. I still remember finding out that the real lyrics and title were "In the Garden of Eden," but they sounded like

“In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida”. It was the ideal long jam to play air instruments to when I was in college.

[Canoe52]

14. Don't feel bad, I, seriously, just found out this morning!

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