The Liberty Lads

Funny the way the most improbable elements sometimes gel right into a startlingly coherent entire. Using Dick Dale-inspired surf-rock as their springboard, California’s Liberty Lads paddled out in to the early waves of psychedelia warbling. The producing masterpiece, “AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF Caring” (Dixon 111), was cut at Sacramento press personality’s Expenses Rase’s studio room in 1965. Gladly, this rarer-than-hen’s-teeth documenting was included on the many performers compilation, Nuggets FROM YOUR Golden Condition – The Audio Of Youthful Sacramento (Big Defeat CDWIKD 195). While determining the Liberty Lads’ musical design, Nuggets compiler Alec Palao coined the term mutant browse — a term as apt as any. Certainly, the genre experienced few other professionals. Hailing from Dixon and Liberty Farms, CA, the group presented George Tomelloso (business lead guitar and vocalist/songwriter), Andy Arguello (acoustic guitar), Mike Mendoza (acoustic guitar), Eddie Williams (bass), and John Lujan (drums). By 1966, Williams experienced defected towards the Tears, whose 45 “Weatherman” b/w “Go through ABOUT It” (Scorpio 409) shows up on the many performers compilation, Nuggets FROM YOUR Golden Condition – The Scorpio Information Story (Big Defeat CDWIKD 129).