This Week's Podcast Episode instead of doing my usual song arrangement breakdown and history lesson, I"m gonna be talking to an original member of a legendary 60's Psychedelic Rock band, he was the co writer of Incense and Peppermints and he also played keyboards on the track, and his best friend and co writer of the song (who was also a member of Strawberry Alarm Clock) later went on to become an original member of a very well known classic Rock band from the 70's. the interview talks about the brutal realities of the music business and how he was dealt with a shitty hand in terms of getting paid for the number one hit he had with the band and in the interview, he talks about how the band was formed and also how they got their name and who was the DJ that helped make Incense and Peppermints a huge number one hit and he also talked about what inspired him to write the follow up hits to Incense and Peppermints and how and why the band doesn't tour to this day and how they are still able to play some local shows in the Los Angeles Area and his insights on songwriting and being in music in general. Now before you listen to this podcast episode, I would absolutely listen to this band's most well known songs so that way you have a good idea for what I talk about with in in this interview. here are the youtube links to their most well known songs and also, I have officially started my own online merch store for this podcast and in this description I will also post a link to this description of this week's episode. the logo that is attached to my podcast merchandise is the catchphrase I say at the end of every episode ("Keep Things Groovy") in Keep on Trucking Tie Dye Colored Font on a black background with the name of my podcast on the bottom. here are the links to the Strawberry Alarm Clock's songs please listen to them before you listen to this episode:

Incense and Peppermints:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RghL1rViX34

Tomorrow:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ9jyKbsL7A

Sitting With the Guru:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfB70r9DrHE

Here is there link to their Facebook page just in case you wanted to follow them on Social Media:

https://www.facebook.com/thestrawberryalarmclock/

and here's their official website link:

https://strawberryalarmclock.com

and as always you can also follow me on Instagram right here:

https://www.instagram.com/iheartoldies/

and here's where you can check out more of my original music:

http://www.samwilliamsmusic.net

and here is my online Merch store for this podcast, I would appreciate any feedback regarding my store including how does the logo look and how affordable are the merchandise items. if you decide to purchase something from this store, email me at [email protected] and let me know when you do that and send me a picture of your item once you get it in the mail and also in the email tell me how much you love my podcast and one really cool artist that you got turned on to from listening to it and one really cool piece of information that you learned from listening to this podcast. here is the official Redbubble Store link:

https://www.redbubble.com/people/60ssam95/works/36806158-keep-things-groovy?asc=u&ref=recent-owner

If you enjoyed this interview and you learned a lot of cool facts about the Strawberry Alarm Clock that you never knew about them and you got turned on to their music and you've never heard of them or heard their stuff before, please email me at [email protected] also, let me know if you would want me to do more interviews. I plan on doing more in the future includin...