Garage/Soul '66

This time we have quite a selection of material. We start with Glennis Annette and the Confederates from Texas, circa 1968.

We follow them with one of the finest bands out of Virginia to almost make the big time (in my opinion) -- the Bosom Blues Band. Their acid-tinged tune "Hippie Queen" is pure psych. Hard to believe it's actually a group of teenagers! (and if you're fans of this track, we have it not only that track on the CD Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 1, but the Bosom Blues Band's entire album reissued on vinyl).

The amazing Elsie Strong steps into the Soul Spotlight, with her song "This is the Last Time." And we round things out with a song that was climbing up the charts, until a radio DJ listened to the lyrics closely and banned it from the air. The Esquires perform their ill-fated track, "Sadie's Ways."

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #032 Sadie's Ways and the Hippie Queen;

 - The Radio Star

Glennis Annette and the Confederates - You Better Find Your Way

Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 4

The Bosom Blues Band

Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 1

Elsie Strong - This is the Last Time

Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 2

The Esquires - Sadie's Ways

Lost Souls, Vol. 2 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock n' Roll from Arkansas

A mixed bag of tunes this time around. We start with East Coast favorites the Swinging Machine, and a great song from 1967, "Look Out!"

Then we follow Virginia artist Dean Kohler on his continuing adventures. We've already featured his previous group the Satellites, and we pick up the story after Kohler was drafted in 1965. It spelled the end of the Satellites, but not Kohler's musical career. On the transport to Vietnam, he formed a new group, the Electrical Banana, and even managed to record a few songs in Hanoi while on tour! You'll hear one of them in this podcast.

And we check out Raw Soul from 1972. Dorsey shows up to blow sax on the record, keeping the energy level high (before the lead singer kicks him off). We finish with the Electric Sunshine, a remarkable band of nine-year-olds from Jonesboro, Arkansas.

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #031 Electric Sunshine and the Electrical BananaThe Radio Star

The Swinging Machine - Look Out

Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 4

The Electrical Banana - She's Gone

Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 1

Raw Soul w/Dorsey - Leave My Beat Alone

Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 3

Electric Sunshine - Stop!!

Lost Souls, Vol. 1 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock n' Roll from Arkansas

We have a couple of mystery bands on the show this time. They came, they recorded, they disappeared. We don't know who the members of the Perpetuated Spirits of Turpentine were, or who was in Shades, Ltd. But we do have two great songs from these bands that we share with you this time.

The Smacks return with another rocking cut from their 1966 45rpm. Lenis Guess is back in the Soul Spotlight with his very first recording from 1964, "For All You've Been."

The backup group the Idets (who sang with Ida Sands) step into the Soul Spotlight for a particularly funky version of "Doggie in the Window." And we end the show with the Modds from Missouri with a fuzzed out number, "Leave My House."

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #030 Fragile Fruit and the Perpetuated Spirits of Turpentine

The Radio Star

The Satellites - I'm a Double Naught Spy

Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 1

Shades, Ltd. - Fragile Fruit

Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 2 

The Idets - Doggie in the Window

Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 2

The Modds - Leave My House

Lost Souls, Vol. 1 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock n' Roll from Arkansas

A mixed bag on this edition of the podcast. We start with the Perpetuated Spirits of Turpentine. The title of their song is almost as long as the group name -- "The Girl With The Sandy Blonde Hair." Far out!

The Smacks were big in the Washington, DC area, and for good reason. One of the two friends that started the group lived in Virginia, the other in Maryland. Their song Reckless Ways is a corker from 1966. Our Soul Spotlight shines Prince George, a regional heavyweight from the Portsmouth, Virginia area. And we finish with the another psychedelic gem from Arkansas, "Colour of My Days" by the Mystic Illusion.

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #028 Mystic Illusion and the Wrong Crowd

The Radio Star

This program we play:

The Perpetuated Spirits of Turpentine - The Girl With the Sandy Blonde Hair

Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. Fore

The Smacks - Restless Ways

Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 2 

Prince George - Wrong Crowd

Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 2 

Mystic Illusion - Colour of My Dayes

Lost Souls, Vol. 1 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock n' Roll from Arkansas