The Merry-Go-Round

The Merry-Go-Round were formed in LA during the summer time of 1966 when Palace Safeguard drummer Emitt Rhodes remaining that music group and began rehearsing within the Rhodes family garage along with his high-school friend Gary Kato. Following a few weeks with close friends Mike Grain and Doug Harwood on bass and drums, respectively, the duo installed with several L.A. movers: bassist Expenses Rinehart had performed within the Leaves and drummer Joel Larson using the Lawn Origins, and both have been within the short-lived Gene Clark Group in 1966 and later on performed on Clark’s traditional 1967 recording, Gene Clark using the Gosdin Brothers. Rhodes, Kato, Rinehart, and Larson documented demos that captivated label interest and resulted in a cope with A&M. “Live” premiered as an individual in early 1967 and quickly became a big success in L.A., and finally reached amount 63 within the Billboard singles graph. The B-side, “Period Will Present the Wiser,” became relatively well known as well, as Fairport Convention cut a edition on the 1968 debut record. Their next one, the highly organized and orchestrated “You’re an extremely Lovely Girl,” didn’t fare aswell on the graphs, hitting only amount 90 in past due 1967. A&M probably sensed the fact that window of chance was shutting for the group and hastily released The Merry-Go-Round in November of 1967. The record, excellent though it really is, includes the singles, their turn edges, and assorted demos. The record stalled out at amount 190 and Rinehart still left the band immediately after. He was changed by Rick Dey, who was simply with SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA music group the Vejtables as well as the Wilde Knights (the group that slice the first “EXACTLY LIKE Me,” which Dey composed and Paul Revere & the Raiders afterwards acquired a big strike with). The Merry-Go-Round released two singles in 1968, “Pay attention, Pay attention”/”Missing You” and “Highway”/”‘Til your day After,” but neither strike and they quickly discovered that fewer followers were attracted to their displays and offers to try out had been drying up. After programs to release another recording dissipated, Rhodes disbanded the Merry-Go-Round in 1969 and started working on single material. His 1st recording, The American Desire, contained single tracks slice with session music artists and a few studio-sweetened Merry-Go-Round demos. Rhodes continued to release a small number of critically acclaimed single albums, especially the amazing Emitt Rhodes recording from 1970. Gary Kato later on created Bullet and joined up with the group Derek, which experienced a hit using the bubblegum traditional “Cinnamon.” Rick Dey continued to do program function (including a stint doing work for the Monkees), documented an recording in the first ’70s along with his sibling Tony and Barry Melton (of Nation Joe & the Fish popularity), and passed on in 1973. In 2005 reissue label Rev-Ola released Pay attention, Pay attention: The Definitive Collection, which curved up all of the group’s recordings and combined them with Rhodes’ The American Desire.