032 - Sadie's Ways and the Hippie Queen

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


The program we play:

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

031 - Electric Sunshine and the Electrical Banana

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 Banana

The Radio Star


This program we play:

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

030 - Fragile Fruit and the Perpetuated Spirits of Turpentine

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


This program we play:

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

029 - Bummed Out For All You've Been

The show starts off with the Satellites, a short-lived band from Norfolk, VA. The draft cut the life of the group short, but not the career of lead guitarist Dean Kohler. He went on to form another group during his tour in Vietnam! (We'll feature some recordings from that group in a future episode).

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."

And we finish up with Blackfoot, which grew out of the Sole Society (who we featured on a previous episode) and their track "Bummed Out."

One thing that may bum you out -- the disc they're featured on, Lost Souls, Vol. 1 - Garage and Psychedelic Rock n' Roll from Arkansas is just about sold out. And it's not likely to be back in print any time soon. If you're digging this music, the time to purchase is now.

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #029 Bummed Out For All You've Been

The Radio Star


This program we play:

The Satellites - When Will You Say
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 1

The Smacks - Nobody Else is Going to Do
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 2 

Lenis Guess - For All You've Been
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 1

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

028 - Mystic Illusion and the Wrong Crowd

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

027 -Now It's Time for the Clown Suit

The Wild Cherries kick things off with their mid-sixties track "I Cried Once," a song about love gone wrong. We continue the theme with the Del-Fi's from Washington, D.C. Their track "Now It's Time" has a different point of view -- the leaver rather than the leavee.

Terry Sinclair returns to the Soul Spotlight with a 1964 song, "Clown Suit." An outstanding low-fi groove going on in the background of this one.

And we close with the Sole Society with their frantic fuzzed out regional classic, "Psychedelic Cycle." Far out!


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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #027 Now It's Time for the Clown Suit

The Radio Star

This program we play:

The Wild Cherries - I Cried Once
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 1

The Del-Fi's - Now It's Time
Aliens, Psychos, and Wild Things, Vol. 3

Terry Sinclair - Clown Suit
Ol' Virginia Soul, Part 1

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

026 - Dead on Arrival: Run Hide Get Away!

We start the podcast Dead on Arrival -- no, I'm not sick again. It's the name of the group. The lead singer and guitarist of this Arkansas-based band was a San Francisco transplant -- and you can hear it in their music!

We also check in with the Kool Kuzzins, two brothers and their cousin, who did some recording for the Spot label in the mid-60's. And we offer up another dose of psychedelica, this time by the Sunn Cycle and the appropriately-named Acid Raga, Part 2.

The Soul Spotlight this time shines on some blue-eyed soul, figuratively and literally. Figuratively, because this mixed race group had some white kids emulating the Righteous Brothers. Literally, because that was the name of the band -- Blue-Eyed Soul!

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Garage/Soul '66 Podcast #026 Dead On Arrival: Run Hide Get Away!

The Radio Star


This program we play:


Dead On Arrival - Run Hide Get Away
Lost Souls, Vol. 1
Psych of the South


Kool Kuzzins - Love Can Be True
Aliens, Psychos and Wild Things, Vol. 2
Arcania International


The Blue-Eyed Soul - Are You Ready for This?
Ol' Virginia Soul, Vol. 2
Arcania International


Sunn Cycle - Acid Raga, Part 2
Aliens, Psychos and Wild Things, Volume Fore
Arcania International