Formed in late 66 by Bob Mosley (ex-Misfits) & Peter Lewis (ex-Cornells), they got one of the most loved San Francisco
band when they relocated from San Diego & Los Angeles:
With a Columbia recording contract, they were the first band to get a really great Hyp from the company, but lost them
nearly all fans from the hippies.
First album with great heavy psych tracks like "Hey Grandma" & "Omaha" ;got covered by UK groups like The MOVE &
The MONTANAS too; was by far the best. The original cover was on the index too & got retouched.
The next two albums are also recommended. After "69" they lost direction and spliting & re-united sometimes.
Skip Spence released one very rare album "OAR" (not unlike Syd Barrett in sound) released with Bonus on Sundazed too.
Style: Heavy Psych; Bluesrock; leter Country influence too
see:
Cornells (Surf) ; FRANTICS; Misfits (60s) ; SKIP SPENCE ; Jefferson Airplane; FINE WINE ;
The Leaves ; Turtles ; Mike Bloomfield & Al Kooper; Electric Prunes ; Blackburn & Snow ; Lovecraft ;
Musicians:
Peter Lewis - guitars, vocals; Jerry Miller - guitars, vocals; Skip Spence - guitars, vocals;
Bob Mosley - bass, vocals; Don Stevenson - drums;
1970 : Bob Moore - bass;
1971 : Gordon Stevens - mandolin, dobro, violin;
Guests: Al Kooper - keyboards; Michael Bloomfield - guitar (on Grape Jam)
Tracks:
Never
Boysenberry Jam
Black Currant Jam
Marmalade
The Lake
Extra-Tracks: (prev.unreleased Studio Jams 1968)
Grape Jam #2
Grape Jam #9
Bag's Groove