Sweetarts

Austin, Texas garage area combo the Sweetarts formed in 1965, reuniting bassist Ernie Gammage and drummer Dwight Dow after their cooperation in the frat rock and roll action the Fabulous Chevelles. The group’s preliminary incarnation elevated eyebrows for including two African-American associates, keyboardist Erbie Bowser, and a now-forgotten guitarist — multiracial garage area bands had been a rare item, to say minimal, and acquired musical differences not really prompted this lineup to dissolve, the Sweetarts could possess made history. Rather, Gammage transferred to guitar to create room for brand-new bassist Pat Whitefield, with vocalist/percussionist Mike Galbraith and keyboardist Tom Truck Zandt (a faraway cousin of Tx music star Townes Truck Zandt) rounding out the revamped roster. The Sweetarts quickly gained a fan pursuing on the School of Tx fraternity circuit, and in 1966 they agreed upon using the Dallas label Vandan Information to concern their debut one “So OFTEN.” The one was an area radio preferred, and after earning an area battle-of-the-bands competition, these were the initial band agreed upon to the fledgling Sonobeat Information, founded by KAZZ place manager Costs Josey, as well as the label that afterwards launched the profession of blues-rocker Johnny Wintertime. The Sweetarts’ Sonobeat debut, the psych-punk cult traditional “AN IMAGE of Me,” made an appearance in 1967, and was their last public one — four music recorded in middle-1968 in the studio room of International Performers owner Walt Andrus hardly ever saw commercial discharge. The Sweetarts disbanded the next calendar year, with Gammage, Dow, Truck Zandt, and Whitefield carrying on on beneath the name Fast Natural cotton.