Psych Folk Groups - The Incredible String Band, Current 93, the Legendary Pink Dots, the Moldy Peaches, Pearls Before Swine (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: The Incredible String Band, Current 93, the Legendary Pink Dots, the Moldy Peaches, Pearls Before Swine, Bermuda Triangle Band, the Holy Modal Rounders, Comus, Mr. Pine, Clamtones, Mellow Candle, Dr. Strangely Strange, Magic Carpet, Trees, List of Psych Folk Artists, Rome, the Sun Also Rises, Saibou Bungaku. Excerpt: Bermuda Triangle Band Bermuda Triangle Band' s wild psychedelic and delicately nuanced electric autoharp and transcendental vocals grew out of the late '60s folk rock scene. With an independent attitude, eccentric style and highly unusual instrument lineup, the group was unprecedented. Psychedelic rock autoharp was then-unknown, and at the time, there were very few women playing bass guitar . Since the formation of the band in 1967, its only constant members have been Roger Penney and Wendy Penney . History Roger and Wendy The band, originally called ROGER AND WENDY, was formed in the late '60s in Greenwich Village, typically playing in pass-the-basket-for-tips coffeehouses and folk clubs. Performing at first without microphones (as basket houses had no cabaret licenses, thus amplified vocals were illegal), they developed an energized psychedelic folk style with just an electrified autoharp and fast-pulse bass guitar. Their music quickly evolved from traditional ballads to Electric folk, folk rock to psych folk, acid freak folk and rock. Wendy Penney with the Theatre Company of Boston Roger and Wendy took the stage names Roger Becket and Wendy Becket when they had become involved with the Theatre Company of Boston, and then in several off-Broadway plays. They kept these pseudonyms through much of their musical career before returning to their original surname of Penney. This accounts for some of the confusion regarding credit for albums. Wendy is a lifetime me...