Map of Texas bands of the ’60s
Click a marker to see all the bands from that city or town on this site. I will be adding many more over the next few weeks. I’ve covered more bands from Texas than any other state, so I’m...
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The First State Bank
Here is a very early photo of the First State Bank, a band that would last into the 70s and record three highly-regarded hard rock singles. The article comes from the April 27, 1969 Gladewater Mirror....
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Omnibus “Take Your Only Chance” from Lancaster, PA
Omnibus came from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The psychedelic styling on the B-side, “Take Your Only Chance” led me to think this single was from about 1970, but it seems to come a few years later, 1973...
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The Fugitives on Alamo Audio, San Antonio TX
The Fugitives are a San Antonio band that recorded two singles. Their first, I believe, is “Louie Go Home” backed with an original by Fugitives guitarist David Fisher, “You Know She’s a Woman”,...
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The Steps Beyond “Go on Your Way, Girl”
The Steps Beyond came from Rosebud, Texas, a small town east of Temple. The group cut one signle on Mark VII D-1021 in late 1967 or early 1968. Their version of “Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying” has...
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The Tempests on Dominion “Midnight” and “Count Down”
The Tempests cut two great original instrumentals for the Dominion Records label of Salem, Virginia, just outside Roanoke. Dewey Anderson wrote “Midnight” and Anderson – Gordon wrote “Count Down”....
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Paul Allen “Cash for Your Trash”
Here’s a great rocker from Paul Allen, an unknown singer who may have been from western Arkansas. “Cash for Your Trash” sounds a bit unhinged, in a good way, and the guitar break is top-notch. The flip...
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The Shandells “Caroline” and “Mary, Mary”
The Shandells, from left: Sean Ryan, Joe Stanley, Tom Nyquist, and Tom Blomquist The Shandells came from Mount Prospect and Arlington Heights, Illinois, adjacent suburbs about 20 miles northwest of...
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The Nomads on Kelly DiCianni’s Kel label
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern, March 25, 1966 The Nomads came from Oshkosh, Wisconsin and cut only this one single, “You Come Around” / “Don’t Come Runnin to Me”. This is the first release on Kelly...
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Jim Weatherly “I’m Gonna Make It”
Cash Box March 5, 1965I have to thank Lee Bryant for tipping me on to Jim Weatherly’s stomping single, “I’m Gonna Make It” on 20th Century Fox 565. J.D. Lobue and Leland Russell wrote “I’m Gonna Make...
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The Fabulous Chevelles “I Want a Girl for My Birthday”
The Fabulous Chevelles cut this one record in the spring of 1965. The singer on “I Want a Girl for My Birthday” asks for a girl who “is on the ball” and “on the square”; he’s even willing to let his...
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The Lorey’s of Sparta, Ohio
The Lorey’s (or Lorries) came from Sparta, Ohio, a small town northeast of Columbus. Original members included: Ted Fuller – vocals John Boston – lead guitar Murv Mast – rhythm guitar Ernie Duncan –...
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The Venetian Blinds on Grudge
The Venetian Blinds released a great double-sided single in August, 1967, “Just Knowin’ You Love Me” and “Quit Your Belly Achin’ Baby”. Despite a lot of information on the label, the Venetian Blinds...
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The Four of Us “I Don’t Need No One” from Queens, NY
The Four of Us came from Queens, NY, though I’m not sure which neighborhood. “I Don’t Need No One” is good tough garage with sax, written by Joseph Guido, Stephen Guido, and Jose Maldonado, all...
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The Pottery Outfit and Randy Fuller –“Now She’s Gone”
Here’s an odd single by The Pottery Outfit, which seems to be Randy Fuller collaborating with Howard Steele on one side and Johnny Daniel on the other. “Captain Zig-Zag” is an unabashed tribute to...
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The Odyssey “Just to Be” on Yorkshire Records
Here is a truly unknown single by the Odyssey, “Just to Be” b/w “Sunday Time” on Yorkshire Records YO 154. I’m not sure of the pressing date, but Leonard Novarro registered “Sunday Time” with the...
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The Bourbons “Of Old Approximately” from San Antonio
The Bourbons are something of a mystery group. I have never seen a photo of the band and the only member’s name I know is Lee Poundstone, the Lee credited with writing the songs on their only single....
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Butterfly Dreams of the Outer Banks: the Travel Bureau and the Other Place,...
Final poster for The Other Place, featuring the Huckleberry Mudflap Once upon a dream, a sage became a bright butterfly and visited secret places in far-away lands. The dream was so real that, upon...
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The Thingies on Casino and Sonobeat
The Thingies were a peripatetic band, settling and playing shows in a number of locations, and occasionally recording. A full story of the band is on the Cicadelic site. I wanted to include a brief...
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The Penetrators & the Beau-Mondes: Ronnie Leatherman’s bands before the 13th...
Ronnie Leatherman is best known for playing bass on The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators. Before that time, he had at least two other bands, the Penetrators and the Beau-Mondes, formed...
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