OK - let's get SERIOUS with obscure 60's/early 70's bands

[DancingBear]

None of this Amboy Dukes/Swingin' Medallions stuff - that was top 20 stuff back then, and not obscure (to us old geezers, anyway). How about bands who released LP's (sometimes more than 1) that just never made it...

Like:

Gypsy
Gun
Potliquor
Kak

take it away.....

[absyntheNsugar]

1. Hawkwind

Nothing more obscure...and nothing better!

[Baclava]

3. In Seach of Space

I still have it...does that make me a freak?

[DBoon]

192. I have it too!

It was a cult favorite in my high school. Also have their first album (with the leaf-lizard) and "Hall of the Mountain Grill".

[Trajan]

10. Loved Hawkwind ...

So ... sparse and monotonous .... but fascinating stuff ...

I think of 'The Seeds' alot .... recalling how they were considered a 'bad boy' band then ... The song 'Pushin too hard' comes to mind ...

[greendog]

15. I had a couple Hawkwind albums back in the day

"In Search of Space" and "Warriors on the Edge of Time"

[Kat45]

65. Hawkwind: the band that kicked Lemmy out.

[Enraged_Ape]

116. "Needle Gun" is one of the great songs of all time

Glad somebody mentioned Hawkwind. Don't know why these guys weren't more popular. The Blue Oyster Cult borrowed a lot of their schtick and they were huge. :shrug:

[Baclava]

2. John McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra

Just add the bong and candles.....far out, man!

[DancingBear]

7. Saw them at The Boston Tea Party

Great place - used to be near Fenway Park, if I recall.

Two bucks!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

69. Tony Williams Lifetime

A jazz-rock-fusion power group with McLaughlin on guitar, Williams on drums and Larry Young on keyboards that preceded McLaughlin's formation of Mahavishnu. The music was raw and exhuberant. The tune "Emergency" was great.

[boobooday]

4. The Chocolate Watchband

http://www.wgoeshome.com

[madrchsod]

5. how about

"the west coast pop art experimental band"

[robertpaulsen]

6. Great Society

Never had a hit. Had a great female vocalist, though.

[DancingBear]

9. I think she did OK later on

:)

[DBoon]

193. Isn't she doing some animal rights stuff now?

n/t

[randr]

8. pearls before swine

[DancingBear]

18. there ya go

Tom (or Thom) Rapp and the boys...

[Dogmudgeon]

60. Tom Rapp's still at it

Not so much music, but he's a lawyer who still does a ton of pro bono and public advocacy work here in Philly.

He talked the talk, then he walked the walk, with enough time to rock. He should be a better-known hero than he is. But doing good is enough for Tom.

--bkl

[Whitacre D_WI]

11. The Last Heard

(sorry, gotta give Seger some props)

[greendog]

12. The Electric Flag....

...an incredible band but almost completely forgotten.

[DancingBear]

14. not by me - Mike Bloomfield n/t

[ldf]

161. super session

was an excellent lp... bloomfield, stills and kooper.

[robertpaulsen]

19. Any fans of The Trip:

What name was The Electric Flag credited as? I'm racking my brain here. I think it was The American Music Band.

On edit: I'm right.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

68. Love them and Quicksilver Messenger Service!

122. Cippolina and Bloomfield and Gallagher/Taste

Two of the greatest guitarists ever. They do make guitar player polls still though.

plus Rory Gallagher & Taste who gets forgotten in America at least.

[DancingBear]

125. Taste - good job!

Saw them open for Blind Faith - Bridgeport, CT - '69(?)

I can listen to Cippolina play through those "air horn" Fender Reverbs for hours...

[EstimatedProphet]

184. YES! I was going to mention QMS!

[DBoon]

196. Excellent on their first albums

Saw them at a club in around 1975 - sucked unfortunately... Well past their prime

[pscot]

13. The Motels

Had the sexiest girl singer

[Whitacre D_WI]

16. They were, of course, from the '80s....

[BigBigBear]

155. Indeed

Martha Davis was her name, if I recall. More 80's though, I think.

[Whitacre D_WI]

17. I have the legendary "Orgasm" album, by the way.

On beautiful black vinyl.

[RandomKoolzip]

30. John's Children?

Far out. How much it run ya?

[Whitacre D_WI]

35. Re-release.

$10.

[RandomKoolzip]

38. Well, looks like I'm going to have to call your manhood into question

...RE-RELEASE?!? WHAT THE FUCK KIND OF MILQUETOAST RECORD COLLECTOR ARE YOU, YOU TOILET-WATER DRINKIN' MAMA'S BOY?! WHY DID YOU JOIN MY BELOVED CORPS, PRIVATE PYLE?!?!?

No, I kid. That's cool, I've never even see a copy available stateside, either, original or reish.....

[Whitacre D_WI]

39. You're a not-looking-hard-enougher.

[RandomKoolzip]

41. That's what SHE said!

*Ba-Boom!!*

Thank you, you've been a lovely audience! Enjoy Mr. Anka......

[Whitacre D_WI]

46. What's the difference between a golf...

...never mind.

[bowens43]

20. Moby Grape, Atomic Rooster, Vanilla Fudge

[Whitacre D_WI]

21. But none of those are obscure!

Skip Spence = God, there are more Atomic Rooster albums than ANY OTHER BAND in my local used record store, and Vanilla Fudge did a really annoying cover of "The Loco-Motion."

[DancingBear]

24. I have no idea why I know this

but didn't one of the members of Atomic Rooster used to tour with The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown (of "Fire" fame)?

BTW, they are fairly obscure, and Vanilla Fudge did a version of "You Keep Me Hangin' On" that you could trowel cement with...

[Whitacre D_WI]

26. DAMN!

You beat me. It was "You Keep Me Hangin' On" that they did so horribly.

Who made "The Loco-Motion" sound so horrible?

[RandomKoolzip]

27. That was Grand Funk.

[Whitacre D_WI]

31. Ha!

Damn, I can't believe I confused Vanilla Fudge with Grand Funk.

"Mark, Don, and Mel" was a great album.

[Kat45]

66. I loved their version of "You Keep Me Hanging On"

I never cared much for the Supremes. :shrug:

[DBoon]

197. Carl Palmer?

From Emerson Lake and Palmer?

[RandomKoolzip]

22. Simply Saucer....

One of my favorite imaginary genres is the "anomaly" genre: Bands who existed during a certain era and made a little noise, and crawled back into their holes....simply because they sounded like nothing else at the time. Occasionally these kinds of artists became influential. In the late 70's, the Soft Boys were probably the paragons of this genre....although they apppeared congruent to punk rock and shared a taste for dissonance with the punkers, the Soft Boys' psychedelic, whimsical almost-proggy sophistication was basically what neither the punks or the mainstream wanted to hear.

A prime example from the 60's/70's crossover period is Simply Saucer, a band from Hamilton, Ontario, who were kicking out their version of Velvet Underground/ early Floyd/Stooges/ Pere Ubu before there was Ubu for several years before the punk era.....their first session was in 1973, I believe. They never even releaseed more than a couple singles, and the reissue, which first came out in 1990, pads out their material with a couple of amazing, extended "Sister Ray"-like workouts on Science Fiction "heavy metaloid" music.

Here's a few more from the aforementioned era:

Big Star
The Flatlanders
Poobah
Virtually everyone on the ESP label
Michael Yonkers
Silver Apples
Hackamore Brick

I also want to put in a good word for Canadian Rock Critic Martin Poppoff, whose comprehensive, far-more-info-than-you'll-ever-ever-need guides to Heavy Metal of the 70's, 80's, etc. are sitting proudly right now on my book shelf as I write this. If you want to know which Tucky Buzzard album is the one to get, or why Trapeze never broke big, or you just really really need to know EVERYTHING about Granicus, Poppoff is the man.

[Whitacre D_WI]

32. GODZ RULE!

Well, yeah.

[Whitacre D_WI]

33. Not the metal Godz.

Though y'know what? They're not bad!

[RandomKoolzip]

IF you like Biker metal.

And who doesn't these days?

[darkstar]

56. Had a homemade "Godz greatest hits" cassette tape that I wore out

Took stuff from all 3(albums). Was a prized possession w/ "pretty good for a monkey" custom art job by me. Are all three out on CD? I know 3rd Testament is (or was)....

[flamingyouth]

23. If we're sticking to one-name acts, how about Can?

Great German band.

[Whitacre D_WI]

28. Malcolm Mooney or Damo Suzuki?

Which do you prefer?



I actually swim against the current -- my favorite Can album is "Monster Movie," the one they did with Malcolm. "Yoo Doo Right" is one of the greatest 20+ minute songs ever.

[RandomKoolzip]

34. I like to piss off Can freaks by telling them

the only worthwhile material they ever did was their post-Damo faux-disco stuff like "I Need More." (I'm being serious! That an "Future Days" are the best Can albs.)

Can were great and Jaki is one of the best white drummers ever, but I think they've been a little overrated in hindsight.

[Whitacre D_WI]

36. YOO DOO RIGHT!

Ain't no dissin' that song.

[RandomKoolzip]

40. No, of course not!

But "Uphill" is better. (ducking)


No, I love Mooney.....great vocalist, even better crazy black expatriate performance artist hiding from authorities in Munich.

[papau]

25. New York City's "Hot Nuts"

Back in the days when talking "dirty" - albeit only implied dirty or they would get zero airtime - was unusual!

:-)

[DancingBear]

29. I posted this on another thread

Is this the same band as Doug Clark And The Hot Nuts, whose big "hit" was "Baby Let Me Bang Your Box?"

[papau]

74. yep

and "see that girl dress in pink - she's the one that made my finger stink" was a line from the song "Hot Nuts"

14 year old male humor - but I was rather young and weak!

:-)

[greendog]

37. Seatrain....

A rock'n roll band with two former members of Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys.

[RandomKoolzip]

42. They were really interesting...

They had a cool song called "13 Questions" that to my ears kinda sounded like Phish about 20 years too early....

[DancingBear]

44. "13 Questions"

was a staple of underground FM radio, back in the days when it truly was.

[DancingBear]

43. Now we're back on track!

After a short detour into the 80's/90's - which WON'T happen again.... :)

The two Seatrain LP's (Seatrain and Marblehead Messenger) are out as a 2-fer CD.

[RandomKoolzip]

45. And somebody just reissued the first Sons of Champlin record too...

n/t

[DancingBear]

50. They were a great SF band

I think all their LP's got released on CD - I can't remember who released them, but I think it's the same folks who did the (classic) first It's A Beautiful Day album.

[Kat45]

64. I forgot about Seatrain. I liked that band.

[Doc_Technical]

47. Well how about..

..Egg
Lothar and the Hand People
The Collectors
T.I.M.E. (Trust In Men Everywhere)
Hotlegs
People
Sweet Smoke

[RandomKoolzip]

48. Hey, good choices...

and I love your name, referenced as it is to the Firesign Theatre.....

[DancingBear]

49. Ah, Lothar...

Weren't they one of the first (if not the first) to use the Theremin, the precursor to the Moog?

[Spirochete]

51. A couple..

Rare Bird
The Gun

[mac56]

52. The Sutherland Brothers and Quiver:

"I Don't Want To Love You But You Got Me Anyway".
McGuinness Flint: "When I'm Dead And Gone".
Blues Image: "Ride Captain Ride".
Bloodrock: "D.O.A."

edited out "Seatrain".

[darkstar]

62. Yeah! Bloodrock!

DOA was heavy shit. I mean the heaviosity of DOA was indeed absoluteley massive. Wow. DOA. Don't remember a thing about it except that it was heavy (when I was 14). Made my day, mac56. Got some lyrics to along w/ this? On CD?

[mac56]

109. I was also about 14.

"D.O.A." had this real trippy siren sound effect in it. The urban legend around our junior high school was that some guy was driving down the freeway with his radio on, heard that song, abruptly pulled over to the shoulder, hit the embankment, and died.

(The other junior high urban legend that year was that if you played the "Spaceship Earth" album by Sugarloaf at top volume, it would break every window in your house.)

D.O.A. lyrics:

"I...............ree-mem-berrrrrrrrr...........
We were flying lowwwwwwwwww...........
And hit something in the airrrrrrrr............."

[OneBlueSky]

53. Exuma . . .

he's the Obeah Man . . . deal with it . . .

[Lydia Leftcoast]

61. Yes, Exuma and

Joy of Cooking.

[DancingBear]

105. You gotta get down

a little closer to the ground.... :)

[Lydia Leftcoast]

139. I'm gonna move, yeah, I'm gonna move...

:7

[opiate69]

54. Stillwater..

http://www.geocities.com/runningwolfnaked/StillwaterHome.html

Well, ok.. they're late 70s, but my Brother-in-Law led me on a 4 state, 14 month wild goose chase trying to fine this album back in the late 80s...

[tigereye]

55. Can, we have a lot of those

Amon Duul, Matching Mole, Jade Warrior ( have a bunch of those too), Electric Spinach ( that was pretty bad, I thought)

Ahh nothing like the Soft Boys... sigh

[darkstar]

57. About to bring up Amon Duhl (sp)?

I remember a stoner buddy I had that gradually won me over towards an album of theirs, if not all the way to it. Any album names?

That same guy hipped me to lots of folks on this list.

How about Ultimate (?) Spinich? (Is that who you were thinking of tigereye? Sorry if there's two green leafy bands....)

How about Camel? From a Dry Hump. Song "Loose Goose"?

Another, perhaps not so obscure if you're from the midwest: J.D Blackfoot

While we're at it. someone fill me in on Wishbone Ash ()kay not obscure, but obscure enough that I don't know who else to ask but this bunch why I saw them as openers for likes of Foghat, Mountain, Deep Purple etc. in St. Louis as a young'un like 4-5 times.) Where they from? How many records? Any originals or comps on CD you can recommend?

[DancingBear]

107. Wishbone Ash

They were a "two lead guitar" band from England, known for their live performances more so than anything. Try an LP called "Pilgrammage," or find a copy of their signature song "Time Was."

[tigereye]

136. yeah it was Ultimate Spinach

Amon Duul.. it has an umlaut, that's why two u's I think. Don't know where the record is, so I can't look. Have Camel too, loved all those space music bands. Dont' know much asbout Wishbone Ash, sorry.

[Dogmudgeon]

58. New Colony Six

They are mainly known for the weepy-but-beautiful Things I'd Like To Say but recorded several albums of what would later be known as "progressive folk" music.

I think they were together from about 1960 until 1980, or even a little later. Rhino, of course, released a collection of their stuff a few years ago.

--bkl

[Dogmudgeon]

59. The Free Design

How could you forget?

They've made a big comeback -- Kites Are Fun is a major influence on the Eurotrance and "Kindercore" movements. I Found Love was in the soundtrack to a popular chick-flick whose name I have forgotten. But some of us had the songs embedded in our heads when we were kinder ourselves.

Chris Dederich, the founder, is still alive and kickin' as a revered video guru.

--bkl

[Red State Rebel]

63. Slade

Brit band that did the original Come on Feel the Noise that Quiet Riot covered sucessfully, also had Mama we're all crazy now and How Does it Feel....

[Kat45]

67. A friend of mine really loved Slade. n/t

[rooboy]

70. Traffic. n/t

[Kat45]

167. I wouldn't consider Traffic to be obscure n/t

[I AM SPARTACUS]

71. New Riders of the Purple Sage...Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen

[MaineDem]

147. The New Riders...Oh my god!

I had almost forgotten about them. Now I have to go downstairs and dig out the albums. I think I wore out "Powerglide"!

Dim lights, thick smoke, and loud loud music!

Wow, this all reminds me of ski weekends with lots of wine and, ummm, smoking materials.

Those were some of my very best times.

Damn, I loved these guys! :D

[RobinA]

171. Yes...New Riders

Panama Red, Panama Red. Also, I believe, "Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother." "Importin', Exportin' Man"

I have an album by them and it warped. I tried like hell to warp it back, but no luck. I wanted to get the good stuff on tape.

[Whitacre D_WI]

72. The Endless

Out of Springfield, Ohio. My friend's dad's band.

If you remember "Prevailing Darkness" or its flip side (whose name I can't remember), you get a cookie.

[tsakshaug]

73. two more

Blotto

Not so obscure
Flying Burrito Brothers

[Lost4words]

75. Mt. Rushmore. n]t

[DancingBear]

98. Wasn't their (only) LP called "High On Mt. Rushmore" n/t

[Lost4words]

101. I am not sure, I bought LP for "Looking Back"

[Lost4words]

76. Trapeze

[DancingBear]

94. Now we're gettin' somewhere!

"Medusa" is actually out on CD!

Remember another band in the same vein called "Sir Lord Baltimore?"

[Lost4words]

97. I dont but I saw Trapeze several times, a great 3 man band

I have one of their LP somewhere around here.

[Lost4words]

77. BloodwinPig

the other half of what would become Jethro Tull!!! Top that.

[Lost4words]

78. Captain Beyond

[DancingBear]

96. I'm "Sufficiently Breathless" :)

[Lost4words]

99. Thanks Dancingbear, just my timezone thats all (-:

[Lost4words]

100. sort of my 1000s days of yesterday! your good!

[DancingBear]

108. You're not too bad yourself!

:)

This is my time zone as well - I'm having all kinds of fun with this thread.

[Lost4words]

103. a couple former Iorn Butterfly members started CB

[ldf]

162. the first captain beyond album

is incredible.

when it is over you are absolutely exhausted. must have been dancing madly backwards.....

[Lost4words]

79. Automatic Man

[Lost4words]

80. Pentangle

[Lost4words]

81. Savoy Brown,this is too easy!

[Lost4words]

82. Dust

[Lost4words]

83. Whisbone Ash

[Lost4words]

84. Blue Cheer

[Lost4words]

85. Cactus

[Lost4words]

86. West Bruce and Lang

[Lost4words]

87. Elephants Memory

[Lost4words]

88. Burton & Cunico

[Lost4words]

89. Electric Prunes

[Lost4words]

90. Bonzo Dog Band

[Lost4words]

91. Pavlovs Dog

[Lost4words]

92. Borstol Boys

[Lost4words]

93. Uriah Heep, I'll stop here, but I could go on much longer!

[BigBigBear]

153. I was a Pavlov's Dog fan

Good stuff, indeed.

[geniph]

150. Mongoose!

Elephant's Memory actually gets played fairly frequently on XM Radio's Deep Tracks channel.

[ldf]

163. mountain?

[cosmicdot]

134. I collected several Savoy Brown LPs

I liked them

[Lost4words]

95. Move

[jpgray]

182. Hey man, everyone knows the Move, and ELO, and Wizzard. :-) (nt)

[Norbert]

102. The Rugbys, The Cryan Shames

I don't think their "hit" song called "You, I" ever quite made the top 20 on the national charts. Around the Ohio area we got to here a lot of the Rugbys because they were regulars a regional TV show called Upbeat.

"You, I" was really cool song in 1968 with a psychodelic guitar beginning.


Who could forget the Cryan Shames with the Searchers cover of Sugar and Spice and one called It Could Be We're in Love. Good harmonies reminicant of the Association.

[Dees]

176. The Cryan' Shames I believe were from Chicago

with a sound similar to another band from Chicago The Buckinghams. Could be We're in Love is from an album named A crack in Sky I think. Great sound and harmony.

[DancingBear]

104. Tranquility, Sky, Detroit, Nitzinger, Crabby Appleton, Grin

Detroit - Mitch Ryders band, after he left the Detroit Wheels
(the definitive version of the VU's "Rock and Roll")

Sky - part of it later became The Knack

Tranquility - toured the U.S. with Yes, around '72 or so

(thinking of early 70's stuff now - I'll do some late 60's stuff after breakfast!)

BTW - "Shazam" by The Move is a great LP

[Lost4words]

106. Wow the memories! I'll see ya here later also DancingBear!

:hi:

[mac56]

110. Crabby Appleton!

Two albums, and I had them both.

"I think you better go back............."

[DancingBear]

113. I have the first one on CD

The second one ("Rotten To The Core") is gone, though - but it's out on CD as well.

"he's the one you really love.." :)

[cosmicdot]

135. that's the name I was searching for

I believe I bought only the first




are these collector items now?

did they seem to come on the scene just when the Beatles broke up?

[mac56]

111. Starz!

"Rock Six Times"
"Cherry Baby"
"Sing It, Shout It"
"X-Ray Spex"

[Westegg]

142. Cazart!

It must have been 1978: I saw a triple-bill at Pittsburgh's Stanley Theater: Starz, The Pat Travers Band, and UFO.

ROCKIN' good times!!!

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

112. Mother Earth (Tracey Nelson), and Sparks

[Norbert]

117. Tracy Nelson, great singer.

But it's no los-ing you
That's got me down so low

I just can't find,
another man,
to take your place.

What a song!!

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

118. yah

My old vinyl's kinda beat up, but she's still around at tracynelson.com

123. her album Living with the Animals

with Bloomfield on guitar, wow.

I saw Tracy Nelson in 1973. Joan Baez and the Byrds were on the bill too.

Tracy Nelson had such a voice. She blew up a speaker at one point when she was belting out a song during the show.

[DancingBear]

126. Oh, my, yes

I just got motivated to play "Temptation Took Control Of Me And I Fell" at a slightly higher than normal volume.

She is still recording, BTW - working (at times) with Al Kooper.

[Burma Jones]

114. Joe Byrd and the Field Hippies

Released the Classic Album: "The American Metaphysical Circus"

124. argh, you beat me to it!!

grrrrrrrrr

[NashVegas]

115. David Peel & the Lower East Side

Honorable mention: Skip Spence.

[Lost4words]

119. TIME, trust in men everywhere

[DancingBear]

120. But wait! - there's more!

late 60's - Orpheus
Beacon Street Union
Clear Light

early 70's - Stoneground
Ramatam
Heads, Hands & Feet (what a great band!)

[Lost4words]

128. How about Spooky Tooth and Status Quo

[DancingBear]

138. Rats - I was saving Spooky Tooth for later on!

:)

[ldf]

165. clear light!

i had their album. one of the guys on the cover had the coolest long hair, and i REALLY REALLY REALLY wanted to grow my hair out.

[pintobean]

121. Link to a good list (KSHE Klassics)

from the late 60's to the mid 80's. Songs considered classics in St. Louis.
http://rockclassics.tripod.com/klassics.html

If you're looking for hard to find CDs, try here:
http://www.discconnection.com/

[Lost4words]

127. I grew up listening to K S H E memory lane 4 me

went to Parkway High St Louis County!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[Lost4words]

129. Nobody said Rare Bird?

[Lost4words]

130. How about CROW

[Lost4words]

131. or Aorta their hit main vein???? saw them live

[DancingBear]

140. What's not to like about Aorta?

Classic LP cover of the human heart....

Speaking of LP covers, how about "Moms Apple Pie," with the immortal "vagina" slice of pie?

[Burma Jones]

132. Focus

Had that hit Hocus Pocus....then the rest is oblivion

[MiddleRiverRefugee]

133. I got - the Nice.

Interesting cover of 'America' from 'West Side Story' not to mention, of course, Keith Emerson...

[BigBigBear]

137. Man, Flash

Man - Welsh jamband, great stuff. My favorite from them was an album called "Be Good To Yourself At Least Once A Day" (73-75)

Flash - Peter Banks (founding Yes Guitarist) next band - halfway between glam and prog (72)

Also:

Van Der Graaf Generator (70 - ?)

Matching Mole (73 - ?)

Gentle Giant (74-78)

Happy The Man (still around, actually - kind of a Genesis-meets-fusion) (77 - present)

Tonto's Expanding Head Band - Bob Margoulief and Macolm Cecil's dueling moog experiment, pre-ELP or Walter Carlos. Great stuff and EXTREMELY hard to find. My vinyl version has their etched signatures in the center run-out. (1968)

PFM - Italian prog band, outstanding. (74? - ?)

Aphrodite's Child (69 - 72?) - Vangelis' old band, one album of theirs was allegedly banned in Italy for (allegedly) inspiring too many teen suicides.

Nectar (75-80) - Long Island-based prog outfit, very good.


I was a school dj '74-80, and a published music critic '78 - present.

[DBoon]

199. The Man Band!!!

I have "Winos Rhinos and Lunatics" and "Maximum Darkness" the latter had John Cipollina from Quicksilver as a guest. Both on vinyl of course

BTW, Do you mean "Nectar" or "Nektar"?

[DBoon]

200. Trumvirat - speaking of Prog Rock

An ELP look-alike. Saw them live on a bill with Fleetwood Mac and the Jefferson Starship in 1975.

[DancingBear]

141. Cat Mother And The All Night Newsboys, anyone??

[Westegg]

143. The Nazz w/ Rundgren

[JCMach1]

144. The Tingling Mother's Circus

[MaineDem]

145. Matthews Southern Comfort...Orpheus (nt)

>)

[JCMach1]

146. Orphan Egg

http://www.geocities.com/badcatrecords/ORPHANegg.htm

:)

[DancingBear]

148. Kick - to see if this still has life left in it

If it does, I'll start a new thread for those on dial-up - like me.

[GumboYaYa]

149. Chocolate Milk....

bring on da funk.

Actions speak louder than words......

[geniph]

151. How about the Dixie Dregs?

since others have already mentioned Moby Grape and the Ultimate Spinach, and I thought I was the only person in creation who remembered THEM.

[BigBigBear]

152. The Dregs are still around

Morse still assembles and the tours the outfit from time to time.

I just interviewed Jordan Rudess today - keyboardist for Dream Theater, who has played with Steve and has toured with The Dregs. How's that for coincidence?

[BigBigBear]

154. The Strawbs

David Cousins, lead man. "Ghosts" was my favorite album by them.

[Whitacre D_WI]

160. Sandy Denny had a pretty voice.

[BigBigBear]

156. Wet Willie

..didn't get a mention? Hmmm....

[robertpaulsen]

157. Has anyone mentioned H.P. Lovecraft?

They had a couple great albums in 1967 and 1968. Great psychedelic covers and original songs.

[The Magistrate]

158. Holy Modal Rounders. And FUGS!

On edit: Sigh. Once again I have posted on the wrong login. I can't wait till we get two puters. At least this post, unlike the ones about cats, is one with which Hizzoner will wholeheartedly agree. - SheWhoMustBeObeyed

River of shit
River of shit
Flow on, flow on, river of shit

...Who was it that set up this system
This supposedly democratic system
Where we're always voting for the lesser of two evils
Was George Washington the lesser of two evils?
Sometimes I wonder.
Some politicians say we've got to stop violence in this country
While he's spending 15,000 dollars a second snuffing gooks...

Right from my toes
On up to my nose
Flow on, flow on, river of shit

-- from "Wide, Wide River"

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

159. kick

As I accidentally posted under M's login - Fugs! Don't mean to be pushy but I was so pleased when that memory oozed from the shale of my old brain that I just wanted to say it again.

Fugs! :D

[blindpig]

174. you have impeccible taste!

if only I could get my hands on a copy of Tenderness Junction!

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

180. Rhino has reissued their 1st 4 LPs on a CD box set

It's called Electromagnetic Steamboat and sells for around $50. I saw it available on Amazon along with a new CD - they're still performing! Tenderness Junction is kicking around collectible record sites. Someday when I'm flush again maybe I'll pick up some of the Fugs' old vinyl along with those Bonzo Dog LPs I've only enjoyed through the generosity of friends.

[DancingBear]

178. "Down in the locker room just we boys,

Beatin' down the locker room with all that noise,
Sayin' do you like boobs a lot"

:)

Ah, the HMR's!

[ldf]

164. the MOVE

and my partner just walked in and asked if anyone had mentioned Peppermint Rainbow...

[ldf]

166. spirit

with fresh garbage?

great thread!

[pfitz59]

168. Kingfish. Hot Tuna.

Captain Beefheart.

[bobthedrummer]

172. Spirit!

I saw them in Milwaukee a long time ago-what a great band.

Speaking of Milwaukee, there is Short Stuff, The Shag, and The Ox all 1960's bands, also Clockwork Orange-the tragic Milwaukee band that I was part of.

[Richardo]

169. Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks

I've got "Strike it Rich" on the CD right NOW!

[Richardo]

170. ...and Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen

...sort of a prequel to Asleep at the Wheel :thumbsup:

[opiate69]

173. Bloodwyn Pig

Any band with former Tull members is ok in my book

[greendog]

175. Incredible String Band

More than 20 albums....no hits. Played at Woodstock....but were cut from the film.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

179. I didn't know that. I love ISB

"Horseman's Beautiful Daughter" is probably my favorite ISB LP, and "Wee Tam." Would you say they were more or less obscure than Fairport Convention, at least in the States?

[greendog]

188. I'd guess ISB was more obscure than Fairport....

Most of my friends thought of ISB as an "acquired taste". Fairport, with Sandy Denny's wonderful voice was a lot easier to get into.

My favorite ISB tune is "Big Ted" from "Changing Horses".

[Dees]

177. Obscure is it...well Ok

A few regional bands out of Springfield, Missouri.

Louie and the Seven Days
The Jaguars
Granny's Bathwater
Benny Mayhan and the Distortions

[ornotna]

181. Frigid Pink

Did a hell of a fine version of "House of the Rising Sun"

[BlueStateGirl]

187. Before my time, but my dad listened to it all the time. I still

remember the album covr. Bright pink... I loved it.

[Redleg]

183. The Move

From Birmingham, England. Three of its members formed the Electric Light Orchestra. The Move had a handful of hit songs on the British charts.

[robertpaulsen]

185. Giving this thread a good healthy kick!

I'll start it off with a band I mentioned on my other thread, Canterbury Fair.

[robertpaulsen]

186. Kennelmus

[robertpaulsen]

189. The Monks

[Lost4words]

190. Questionmark and the mysterians, "96 Tears"

Can you say ziggy stooge

[Lost4words]

191. the Stooges " I wanna be your Dog"

[DBoon]

194. Bubble Puppy

Hot Smoke and Sassafras..

A garage band from Texas

[DBoon]

195. Sweetwater

"What's Wrong" and "Motherless Child"

LA-based band, opened at the Woodstock festival (1969), were on a track for better things until an unfortunate auto accident left the female lead unable to sing.

[DBoon]

198. Thunderclap Newman

"Somethings in the Air"