by talkfromtherockroom | Mar 1, 2021 | Now Showing, Reviews
Aired smack dab in the middle of the ‘Summer of Love’ and one week after the Beatles released Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, ‘Moby Grape’ appeared for a live appearance on the Mike Douglas Show. A rare paisley glimpse into arguably one of the tightest and...
by talkfromtherockroom | Oct 15, 2017 | Reviews, Take One
Originally composed as an extended hallucinatory epic and then edited down due to vinyl restrictions to fit on the ‘A’ side of a 7’ singles, The Pretty Things November 1967 single ‘Defecting Grey’ initiated the ‘Pretty’s’ move from revolutionary British R & B to...
by talkfromtherockroom | Mar 20, 2016 | Reviews, Tools of the Trade
While Eric Clapton’s signature guitars and most recognizable instruments are usually thought of as‘Brownie’ or ‘Blackie’ his trusty classic Fender Stratocasters; for an 18 month period from 1966-1968 Clapton disseminated his psychedelic stringed magic through a...
by talkfromtherockroom | Sep 12, 2015 | Take One
Released as a single just as the legendary Summer of Love was dawning,‘Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine’ was the first and only 7’ by lysergic rock pioneers and Berkley based musicians Country Joe and the Fish to chart nationally. Backed with ‘The Masked...
by talkfromtherockroom | Apr 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
Spinning out an imposing psychedelic vibe in the ‘rock room’ today is a somewhat forgotten record in the annals of classic rock. The Pretty Things started out a rough and ready blues band in the mid 60’s and by the 1970 had become a growling multicolored...
