021 - Watch out! What have you heard?

The Proverbial Knee-Hi's were kind of a big deal in their native North Carolina, but it wasn't until they moved to New Jersey in 1966 that things really took off. In addition to being the headliners in their own club, the Knee-Hi's also started recording some of their original material. We play one of those tracks, "Watch Out."

In 1963 the Panics were one of many bands imitating the Beatles. Within a year, though, they'd developed more of their own style, which is captured in their 1964 recording of "No More."

Terry Sinclair takes center stage in our Soul Spotlight. A regular on the East Coast music scene, Sinclair was a singer who had a way with a ballad -- as he demonstrates in his song, "What have you heard."

And the mystery band the Mark IV return (we first featured them in our last podcast episode) with their song "Now That I'm Free."

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #021 - Watch out! What have you heard?

The Radio Star

This program we play:

The Proverbial Knee-Hi's - Watch Out
Aliens, Psychos and Wild Things, Volume One 

The Panics - No More
Aliens, Psychos and Wild Things, Volume 2

 Terry Sinclair - What Have You Heard?

Ol' Virginia Soul, Volume 1

The Mark IV - Now That I'm Free

Lost Souls, Volume 1

020 - The Aliens and the Uprisers

Twenty episodes and there's much more to come from the fine compilations put out by the Arcania International and Psych of the South record labels. We start the show the Mark IV, one of many mystery groups that came into a studio in the 1960's, cut a few tracks, then disappeared. Then it's on to East Coast regional favorites the Uprisers, with their song "Let Me Take You Down,"  a tune that actually charted on Richmond, Virginia radio stations.

Sir Guy's back in the Soul Spotlight with a great track, "I Need You Baby."

And we conclude with one of my personal favorites, "Love Somebody" by the Aliens. This Norfolk band sounds more than a little like the Jefferson Airplane, with lead singer Poneil matching Grace Slick in delivery. Neverthless, there's a lot of originality in this track that I think makes it appealing.

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #020 - The Aliens and the Uprisers

  - The Radiostar

This program we play:

The Mark IV - Hi Ho Silver

Lost Souls, Vol. 1

The Uprisers - Let Me Take You Down

Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 2

Sir Guy - I Need You Baby

Ol' Virginia Soul, Encore!

The Aliens - Love Someone

Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 1

019 - Mr. Crying and the Rejects

My voice still isn't full recovered, so it's another "less talk and more music!' episode. And what a line up of music.

The Swinging Machine returns with their plaintive song "Do You Have To Ask." Then it's off to Arkansas for "Mr. Crying" by Dead on Arrival, fronted by San Francisco transplant Hubrel Jones.

Stacy Henry and the Majestics turn in a soul performance of "Through the Lonely Years," and we finish with the Rejects (not the All-American kind) and their 1966 track "Just a Little Bit of You."

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #019 - Mr. Crying and the Rejects

The Radio Star

This program we play:

The Swinging Machine - Do You Really Have To Ask
Aliens, Psychos and Wild Things, Volume One

Dead On Arrival - Mr. Crying
Lost Souls, Volume 1

Stacy Henry and the Majestics - Through the Lonely Years
Ol' Virginia Soul, Volume 1

The Rejects - Just A Little Bit of You
Aliens, Psychos and Wild Things, Volume Three

018 - Your Love is Gone and the Best Man Cried

The Journey Back opens up this podcast episode with their very heavy "Runaway Baby," channeling a little bit of the Animals (in attitude if not actual sound).

Then another mystery group takes the stage -- the Trouble Brothers with "Your Love is Gone," from 1971.

The Soul Spotlight shines on Sebastian and House Rockers. Front man Roger Williams (aka Sebastian) had a long and successful career both with groups and as a solo artist. Here he turns in a heartfelt ballad "The Best Man Cried."

We close with an other mystery group, the IV Pak, with their appropriately named rocker, "Whatzit?"

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #018 - Mr. Crying and the Rejects

The Radio Star

This program we play:
The Journey Back – Runaway Baby

Aliens, Psychos and Wild Things, Volume One

Trouble Bros.  – Your Love is Gone
Lost Souls, Volume 1

Sebastian & the House Rockers – The Best Man Cried
Aliens, Psychos and Wild Things, Volume Three

017 - Underground Purple and the Keeper of Souls

This time around we have some pop, some soul, and then we go psychodelic. The Blues Foundation kick things off with their 1968 track "It's Called Love." Then Sebastian and the House Rockers crank up the soul with "Nobody Can Do the Dog Like I Do." That may be true, but the music just might get you out on the floor to give it a try!

The second half of the podcast it's psychodelic time, beginning with the Result's of Adult's trippy track "Underground Purple." It's heavy, man. Then we finish with the Changing Times from Gate City, Virginia. They may hail from Appalachia, but their music is cosmic. Check out their track "Keeper of Souls."

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #017 - Underground Purple and the Keeper of Souls

The Radio Star

This program we play:

Blues Foundation – It’s Called Love
Lost Souls, Volume 1

Sebastian and the House Rockers – Nobody Can Do the Dog Like I Do
Ol' Virginia Soul, Volume 1

Result’s of Adult’s  - Underground Purple  
Aliens, Psychos and Wild Things, Volume Fore

Changing Times – Keeper of Souls
Aliens, Psychos and Wild Things, Volume Two

016 - Roaches and Group Therapy

In this episode we feature another great track from the Lost Souls, the namesake for Psych of the South's outstanding reissue series.

We also hear from soul artist Bernard Smith with his 1968 song of social commentary, "Man Without a People."

Also on the show is another mystery band (they came, they recorded, they disappeared), the Roaches. And we finish with a family band -- Ray, Debbie and Gayle Daughtrey take center stage as Groop Therapy with their 1967 track "Ronnie, Ronnie."

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Garage/Soul  66 Podcast #016 - Roaches and Groop Therapy

- Radio Star

This program we play:

The Roaches – Someone With a Heart
Aliens, Psychos and Wild Things, Volume 2      


Bernard Smith – Man Without a People
Ol' Virginia Soul, Volume 2

The Lost Souls – Lost Love    
Lost Souls, Volume 1
   

Groop Therapy – Ronnie, Ronnie         

Aliens, Psychos and Wild Things, Volume Foree

015 - Cherry Road and Gooseberry Pie

This episode we feature two more mystery bands from the 1960's -- groups that showed up at a studio, cut some killer tracks, then disappeared into the mists of time. The Plague layed down some pretty heavy sounds on their session for "Cherry Pie." The Red Coats Revue, Inc. turn in a track of vintage East Coast beach soul with "Keep on Tryin'" a song maxed out the meters more than once, as you'll hear.

We also include a song by the Lost Souls, the group that lent their name to the Psych of the South's line of Arkansas garage/psych reissue CD compilations.

And we conclude with unstoppable musical force of Dean Kohler in rare form performing "Gooseberry Pie."

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Garage/Soul  66 Podcast #015 - Cherry Road and Gooseberry Pie

- Radio Star

This program we play:

The Lost Souls - My Girl
Lost  Souls, Vol. 1

The Plague - Cherry Road
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 3

Red Coats Revue, Inc. - Keep On Tryin'
Ol' Virginia Soul, Vol. 1

Dean Kohler - Gooseberry Pie
Ol' Virginia Soul, Vol. 1