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Andrew Hill

Andrew Hill (born June 30, 1931 – April 20, 2007) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Hill first recorded as a sideman in 1955, but his reputation was made by his Blue Note recordings as leader from 1963 to 1969, which featured several other important post-bop musicians including Eric Dolphy, Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, and Tony Williams, as well as two of John Gilmore's rare outings away from Sun Ra.

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The Triumphs

The Triumphs, an instrumental precursor group to Booker T & The MGswere assembled in 1961 by producer/songwriter Chips Moman in Memphis TN. He recorded recorded them at Stax headquarters in the old Capitol Theater on McLemore Avenue. They were the first release for the Volt label. and they were also apparently the first inter-racial group in the then segregated city. Joining Moman on guitar duties was Booker T Jones on Hammond organ, Lewie Steinberg on bass and drummer Howard 'Bulldog' Grimes, who later would go on to anchor Hi-Records rhythm section.

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The Other Half

This obscure San Francisco '60s band gained a degree of notoriety in the '80s when their punk-garage single "Mr. Pharmacist" was included on one of Rhino's Nuggets compilations and covered by the Fall. Actually, most of the Other Half's material was far less garage than psychedelic, featuring the sustain-laden guitar of Randy Holden, one of the best Jeff Beck-inspired axemen of the '60s. Boasting a just-out-of-the-garage approach to Haight-Ashbury psychedelia, the group cut a little-heard, fairly strong album, as well as a few rare singles, in 1967 and 1968.

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The Boston Tea Party

The Boston Tea Party is a psychedelic 60's band from Burbank, California that formed in 1963. Originally the band formed as a surf outfit but by the mid-'60s reinvented themselves as a psych band. The group debuted with the 1967 single "Words" b/w "Spinach" released by the small Big Boss label and later on reissued by Gene Autry's Challenge Records. A pair of follow-ups also did little ("Is It Love?" b/w "Don't Leave Me Alone" and "Free Service" b/w "Rose In the Night").

Read more about The Boston Tea Party on Last.fm.

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The Bends

Acoustic/Indie Rock 5 piece from Teesside delivering catchy choruses and uplifting melodies. www.myspace.com/thebendsuk Band Members:
Mark Crosby - Vocals & Rhythm Guitar
Jimmy Fleming - Lead Guitar
Dan Williams - Bass Guitar
Paul Everett - Keyboards & Synths
Craig Dick - Drums & Percussion
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Acoustic/Indie/rock
Hometown:
Stockton on Tees
Record label:
Unsigned

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The Underground

1) Indie rock group local to Cambridge.
Includes the beast that is Mike Denman on lead guitar and the talent of Mr. Pinney on drums. 2) '60s psychedelic rock group who released the album Psychedelic Visions in 1967, featuring covers of Tobacco Road, Shout and Psychotic Reaction.

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