In-a-Gadda-da-Vida

The Los Angeles music scene was moving quickly during the late 1960’s, and Music Emporium went to see several of the new bands, with Iron Butterfly being a particular favorite and an obvious influence.  Their song set early on included their classic “In-a-Gadda-da-Vida” – the song title is basically a slurred “In the Garden of Eden” – plus two Doors songs, “Light My Fire” and “Back Door Man”.  Music Emporium started out trying to be as loud as possible but were more mellow by the time they hit the studio to record their album.  Unaccountably, Music Emporium played a lot of weddings and bar mitzvahs. 

(October 2013)