Some real mindbending happened in the later 60s...as some of us remember so well! And that bit about "if you remember the 60s, you weren't there", well, that's not true at all! It's some kind of anti-hippie propaganda.
Here's Quicksilver Messenger Service with a little ditty that was a bit different. Quicksilver was generally considered the 3rd or 4th best band in San Francisco.
This next group, Country Joe and the Fish, put on a great show. I saw them at the Fillmore East twice and they were great fun.
Stevie Winwood, featured on a previous Tuesday in the Spencer Davis Group, became Steve Winwood in his new combo, Traffic.
This is Jorma, isn't it? I can't hear anyone else playing on it. I loved that album, Surrealistic Pillow. It was full of songs, while the live shows were jams.
Too bad the cartoon image of Jim Morrison is what survives. The Doors were the rocking-est of the "psychedelic" bands. At the time I thought they were almost normal, at least compared to the San Francisco groups.
Oh yeah! Moby Grape! Their record company, Columbia, wanted to emulate the Beatle's success as defined by 5 hits in the top 10 at one time, so they released all the songs on this album as singles. The idea flopped but the album holds up really well.
and another by them...
I think I saw this group at Andy Warhol's club in New York, the Electric Circus. This is a shortened version of the tune but we get to see the group in action.
or, for the full flavor, here's a longer (but not the longest!) version...
