Jim McCullough

Local nightclub owner Jim McCullough was about to start a new label called Cam Records (with the name apparently taken from spelling his nickname backwards).  Under his direction, the Klubs cut several tracks in the summer of 1968.  One of these is my favorite song on the retrospective album, “Can’t Ebenezer See My Mind?”; there are two studio versions of the song (the second from 1969) plus a live version from 2000.  The full chorus line in the song is:  “Can’t Ebenezer see my mind / Instead of looking through me all the time? / Why can’t Ebenezer see my mind?”. With lyrics like that, you don’t even have to hear the song to know that you are dealing with a true psychedelic band. 

(July 2013)