The Lemon Fog - The Psychedelic Sound of Summer
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- Опубліковано 4 тра 2015
- The greatest sunshine pop/psych album ever recorded and forgotten! ~ Ryan
Bio:
The Lemon Fog were a Houston-based quintet that had the distinction of being the first rock act signed to Ray McGinnis' Orbit Records label. They started out in the spring of 1963 as the Bar Eights, formed by Fillmore High School classmates Danny Ogg and Terry Horde, with Timmy Thorpe on bass, and Dale VanDeloo on saxophone and vocals. They were a Rip Chords-type surf band, with a few pop-soul numbers mixed into their sets. The group got a few coffee bar gigs and a sock hop or two to play before they broke up when VanDeloo supposedly attacked Ogg with a mike stand during an argument.
Enter Chris Lyons, who was recruiting musicians at Clem's Music in Houston for a new band he was forming. Danny Ogg showed up at the store, and Lyons asked him to join -- Ogg agreed on condition that Timmy Thorpe, who had just gotten laid off from work, play bass. Lyons agreed, and by that weekend, the Pla-Boys, as they were known, were playing their first gig, at St. Regis College for the Arts. It was there that they were seen and heard by Ted Eubanks, an avant-garde composer on Houston's mod scene, who caught The Pla-Boys' act, which consisted mostly of covers of such garage greats as Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs and ? and the Mysterians. Eubanks liked the way they played more than what they played, and immediately approached them after the show. The band liked his suggestions, and he began putting original numbers into the group's sets. He also changed their image from clean-cut, matching suits to psychedelic, including beads. In a matter of weeks in 1965, they went from being the Pla-Boys to The Lemon Fog, who quickly became recognized as one of the more formidable bands in Houston.
The group's lineup soon shifted as Timmy Thorpe was dropped and Danny Ogg moved to bass, with Terry Horde taking over the lead guitar spot. They won a local battle of the bands, and, with help from producer-songrwriter Jimmy Duncan, were approached by Orbit Records with the offer of a recording contract. Only three singles were ever issued on the group by Orbit, although they recorded many hours' worth of demos under Eubanks' direction -- he handled most of the songwriting, alternating with Duncan. The best of these was "The Living Eye Theme," also known as "The Lemon Fog," which reached number eight on the regional and local charts in the Houston area. The group was a major draw there and in the Houston area, and made many television appearances promoting their singles.
Their sound, initially typical garage band-dance material, had advanced by leaps and bounds. Some of their songs resembled the folk-rock of the Byrds or the Beau Brummels, while their playing was closer in spirit to the complexity of Moby Grape, with lots of unexpected twists in the guitar and organ parts, and interesting harmonies. Personality conflicts eventually doomed the band, despite some extraordinary music to their credit. Egos clashed, and the use of drugs hampered the talents of one member, and in 1970, Eubanks was cutting records as a solo artist, which heralded the group's disintegration.
After I stop banging my head against the wall thinking why haven’t heard of this band before, I will be listening to them again and again. Thank you very much for sharing. Another reason why I’m stuck in the sixties and happily can’t get out.
Massively psychedelic ❤❤❤❤
Fabulous. Brings back so many memories. Rog. Pacific sunset records .
A lemon fog descended upon Texas. It was the year of the summer of love.
They were wearing flowers in their hair in Houston. Flower power music. In Britain this would have been mod music.
The greatest sunshine pop / psych album ever recorded and forgotten about ?
RYAN, no argument.
Where have I been !!! Jeez what a brilliant band ...takes me back for sure..
I hang my head in shame ...
Bur better late than never .
So much thanks for sharing 👍❤
Nice!
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!
That solo at the end of day by day is superbly psyched out. Love this album - texas is the state that keeps giving
Love it....Music for lost souls.
Uplifting harmonies, and tunes that take the listener back to the 50s, alongside energetic, jangly pop songs: so it's appropriate I discovered this music on the autumn equinox: the perfect farewell to summer 2020!
I've probably listened 2000 times on the actual 11,5k ❤
Outta sight. Seriously. This goes on my playlist. Good post. Thanks!
Robin Garrison enjoy this for years to come. So good and so obscure: gonna enjoy it on my walk across town thanks to your comment
@@xboyertownx Cannot thank you enough for the fantastic share! Every one I know will wonder how I came across this! It literally popped up on my screen & is one of the best things I've heard in 2020. Please be safe in these weird times.
heard this in a restaurant called ''penny lane''... very beautiful song!!
Totally agree, for such young guys they really pulled off an evolved buffalo Springfield and sunshine pop sound. Amazing.
WOW, how the fuck is this band so unknown ?!
This music is awesome!
u so true my friend
Damn right They should be well known!!
Cool work
...sounds great...thanks for posting...I fell all the way in & played it 3 times in a row...
Charming!
And what a gorgeous, vintage organ sound!
wow. just what i needed
Superb!
5:17
8:48
12:18
15:08
This is better than pop-psych, hits more like a nice psych piece. Who cares what it's classified as, it great!
Thanks very much Bak Ra
enjoyable
Beatle-esque. great song-writing.
great stuff.Does anyone have track listing?Thanks
00:00 Summer
02:42 Echoes of time
05:15 The prisoner
08:46 Day by day
12:18 Yes I cry
15:06 Girl from the wrong side of town
18:15 The living eye theme (the lemon fog)
Thanks very much for the track listing.This group should've been a big hit! Too bad with the junk that passes for music today.some of it anyway!