Here you go, a pop quiz. All three of the songs below are of the "nuggets" variety, meaning loosely under the garage band banner. They're not quite the snotty fuzz drenched parent-scaring type, but then a whole bunch of what's considered nuggets or garage are really just bands lacking the budgets or marketing push to become pop stars. Make no mistake, most garage bands didn't choose semi-obscurity.
So here's the deal, the three bands below all contain at least one member who went on to become a rock star. Some of you will know right away, others may not even recognize the names of the musicians. I'm already thinking about which of you regulars will have the answers. I'm sure of at least two. To keep things fair, no research, no Wikipedia or web searches. It's the honor system, as analog as it gets. I'm really curious how many will know the answers off the top of their head. One clue: The future rock stars are all worthy of web crawl. If no one comes up with the answers in the comments, I'll post them in a few days.
The Golliwogs - Fight Fire mp3 at Internet Archive
The Sparrows - Tomorrow Ship mp3 at Internet Archive
The Vagrants - Respect mp3 at Internet Archive
6 comments:
Hey Tom! Pretty sure Golliwogs included at least John Fogerty of CCR... Jury's out on the last two - will listen (without cheating) between lessons at work to see if that rustles up anything in my brain.
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CCR, Steppenwolf, but Vagrants with Otis Redding song - I don´t know
I won't guess on who progressed from those acts to significant record sales. ;=)#
But I will point out this 45-rpm 7-inch deck on what was mostly Lawrence Welk's label by yes - that is him, Sammy Hagar.
[P.S.: I have the Peppermint Trolley Co. LP.]
It is getting a boost now from a mention in "Shindig!" [U.K.] magazine.
Vagrants - Leslie West. A long way from Mississippi Queen.
A little late to the game, but I knew the answers and I think the band was named Sparrow rather than The Sparrows but not sure. All good stuff.
Close your books. Here's the answers:
The Golliwogs are the same four musicians that made up Creedence.
The Sparrows or Sparrow or the Sparrow (Bing Stills: All three show up after a web search) had three future members of Steppenwolf.
The Vagrants featured Leslie West on guitar. He went on to found Mountain two years later.(Richard, can you believe that "Mississippi Queen" was just three years after the Vagrant's "Respect")
Thanks for commenting you guys!!!
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