THE HOLY MODAL ROUNDERS
The Holy Modal Rounders was an American folk music group, originally the duo of Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber, who began performing together on the Lower East Side of New York City in the early 1960s. Their unique blend of folk music revival and psychedelia gave them a cult-like following from the late 1960s into the 1970s. For a time the group also included the playwright and actor Sam Shepard. (More from Wikipedia)
Another is the debut single by the 13th Floor Elevators called “You’re Gonna Miss Me”. The song was released on January 17, 1966 (though its national release was not until May 1966) and climbed as high as #55 on the Billboard Hot 100. One of the bandmembers, Tommy Hall (who played an instrument called an electric jug) is credited with coining the term “psychedelic rock”, although other rock bands were already referring to themselves as “psychedelic”, such as the Holy Modal Rounders and the Deep.
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