The Syndicate of Sound

Produced in San Jose, CA, in 1964, the Syndicate of Audio had been among the top garage rings and forerunners of psychedelic rock and roll, building a national pursuing predicated on one massive 1966 strike, “LITTTLE LADY.” Made up of vocalist/guitarist Don Baskin, guitarist/keyboardist John Sharkey, lead guitarist Jim Sawyers, bassist Bob Gonzalez, and drummer John Duckworth, the predecessors towards the Syndicate of Sound had been groups known as the Pharoahs and Lenny Lee & the Knightmen. After documenting an unsuccessful one for the Scarlet label, on January 9, 1966, Syndicate of Audio recorded “LITTTLE LADY” in a studio room in SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA for Hush Information; it became a local strike in California after San Jose r / c latched about it, attracting the eye of professionals at Bell Details in NY, who afterwards asked the group to record an record. “LITTTLE LADY” begun to break nationally initial in Oklahoma Town, as well as the record inserted Billboard magazine’s Best 40; right before the one broke, first guitarist Larry Ray was pressed from the band, as well as the group employed Jim Sawyers rather. If they flew to NY that summer, it had been with Sawyers, and since Bell Information was stressed to obtain group on the highway, Syndicate of Audio toured continuously for the last mentioned 1 / 2 of 1966, acquiring period off to tape Television shows like American Bandstand and Where in fact the Action Is; Adam Brown, who made an appearance with them using one of it shows, was therefore impressed that he asked them to open up his theater present in SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA. After drummer Duckworth was drafted on the height from the Vietnam issue, the band experienced several other adjustments from its first lineup and documented three singles by the end of 1969, “You’re Lookin’ Great” (a Kinks cover), “Dark brown Paper Handbag,” and “Mexico.” After Baskin transferred to LA in 1970, he and Gonzalez — the only real other remaining first person in the music group — installed an unsuccessful attempt at documenting another record for Capitol Information in 1970, and disbanded.