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The sticky symbol from the tarheel being practically a franchise within the Carolinas, it comes as no real surprise that two different old-time rings used the name Carolina Tar Heels, this later on version of the group actually forcing the very first someone to change its name to the initial …

The best California-based vocal band of the ’60s, the Mamas & the Papas epitomized the ethos from the mid- to past due-’60s pop culture: live free, play free, and like free. Their music, constructed around glowing harmonies and a good electric folk basis, was gorgeous alone terms, but a significant …

Directly on the tails from the Beau Brummels as well as the Byrds, the Lovin’ Spoonful were one of the primary American groupings to problem the domination from the Uk Invasion bands within the mid-’60s. Between middle-1965 and the finish of 1967, the group was astonishingly effective, issuing one traditional …

Probably the most successful folk-rock duo from the 1960s, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel crafted some memorable hit albums and singles featuring their choirboy harmonies, ringing acoustic and electric guitars, and Simon’s acute, finely wrought songwriting. The set always inhabited the greater polished end from the folk-rock range and was …

The Sopwith Camel gained some passing mentions in rock histories among the first SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA psychedelic era bands to record for any national label; actually, they were the first ever to have a high 40 hit, using the vaudevillian “Hello, Hello” in early 1967. These were not really, …

Shaped in 1967 by former Motions guitarist Robbie van Leeuwen, the Dutch quartet Stunning Blue originally got a lineup of VanLeeuwen on guitar, lead vocalist Fred DeWilde, bass player Klaasje Van der Wal, and drummer Cornelius Van der Beek, and the original configuration from the group got a homeland strike …