Bubble Puppy

Though typically overshadowed by International Artists labelmates the 13th Floor Elevators, Bubble Puppy enjoyed arguably the best commercial success of all Tx psychedelic bands, scoring a high 20 pop hit with “Hot Smoke & Sasafrass.” The root base of the group rest within the Corpus Christi-based Poor Seed products, a trio composed of singer/guitarist Fishing rod Prince, bassist Roy Cox, and drummer Clayton Pulley (afterwards changed by David Fore); using the 1967 addition of guitarist Todd Potter, the foursome transformed their name to Willowdale Handcar, finally buying Bubble Pup a year afterwards. Their organic, garage-psych sound shortly arrived the group a cope with the famed Tx label International Performers, which released Bubble Puppy’s debut LP, A Gathering of Guarantees, in 1969; regardless of the runaway achievement of “Warm Smoke cigarettes & Sasafrass,” following singles including “EASILY Had grounds,” “Times of Our Period,” and “What Perform YOU OBSERVE?” stiffed, prompting the quartet to improve its name to Demian. A self-titled work adopted in 1971 on ABC/Dunhill, however when the solitary “Encounter the Masses” garnered small attention, the music group dissolved. In 1977 Prince and Potter teamed beneath the name Sirius, recruiting bassist George Rarey and drummer Tag Evans to record 1979’s Sirius Increasing; in 1987, the initial Bubble Pup lineup reunited, sketching influence from your latter-day Tx rock and roll of ZZ Best for their return LP, Wheels Proceed Round. Cox consequently fronted the BluesKnights.