St John and the Conqueroo
This group featured star folk singer Powell St. John in his debut with an electric band. The band was organized by Charlie Pritchard who played lead guitar. Pritchard too was making his electric debut, having previously established a reputation as one who had mastered acoustic blues styles. There would be numerous personnel connected with this group over the next two years and they would eventually emerge as the most famous and representative underground musical (longhair) organization to emerge in Austin since the 13th Floor Elevators.
The first big personnel event occurred when St. John departed for San Francisco. The band St. John had fronted shortened its name to The Conqueroo and stayed in town.
One of Austin's best-loved bands of this era they opened their own club, The Vulcan Gas Company in 1967
Personnel:
BOB BROWN Guitar
SUPER SPADE (ED GUINN) Flute, Bass
FAT CHARLIE (PRITCHARD) Lead Guitar
GERRY STORM Drums
01 Passenger
02 Banana and the Cat
03 Words are not as strange
04 1 to 3
05 Walking Blues
06 Midnight hour
07 I've got time
08 Get out of my life woman
09 I think about eat
1 comments:
Bill, hope you enjoy the box set, I,m in Oregon traveling to Astoria, ill be here for a couple weeks, relaxing in the pacific northwest in the woods on the Columbia river, oohhh yea, love it up here, back to posting when i get back, i brought the Tempi show with me, nope, don't remember too much of that show, Thanx again for that one, Roger@solarmusic.
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