Week of September 23, 2007
Personnel:
Lester Brown Jr. - Drums
Wayne Erwin - Guitar
Michael Racoon - Piano, Organ
Album:
Rockin Foo (Hobbit HB 5001) 1969
CD: Second Harvest 404
45:
Rochester River/Stranger In The Attic (Hobbit 42001) 1969
A Californian hippie rock trio, Rockin Foo released their album on the
same label as Sapphire Thinkers. Housed in a rather intriguing sleeve
with a black and white front cover with the ying/yang symbol and a seagull and a
back cover with a Chinese ideogram, the album was produced by Les Brown, their
drummer.
Clearly a minor group, their songs combined pseudo poetic lyrics with second
rate melodies. Only some instrumental parts (organ and guitar) are of interest.
All the songs were written by Wayne Erwin, save "Old Friends" co-written by
Erwin and M.Clark. The overall result sounds a bit like a lightweight version of
Morning.
Les Brown also produced Plain Jane on the same label.
It's not clear whether a further album, Rockin Foo (Uni Records 73115)
1971, is by the same act.
(Stephane Rebeschini)
Taken from: Fuzz, Acid & Flowers - American Garage, Psychedelic & Hippie Rock 1964-1975