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An eclectic singer, songwriter, and performer, Lee Michaels produced music that had the physical impact of hard rock and roll, the creative ambition of psychedelia and progressive rock and roll, and the interest and grit of tempo & blues, the last mentioned facet reinforced by Michaels’ vocals, that could golf …

A good though not really first-division surf music group, the Sentinals produced several albums for Del-Fi in 1963-64 and achieved a great deal of regional recognition, although just drummer Johnny Barbata (later on within the Turtles and Jefferson Starship) would continue to name organizations. They created in 1961 within the …