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Today's Garage Playlist

Just memories now, but maybe I can hunt down some videos and post later of the garage bands in my area and era; most of them I’ve seen. Some you may recognize:
The Dantes. From Columbus OH, mid-late 1960s. Iconic British Invasion-based garage band. One of their three singles, “Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love” (not the Barry White song) is considered a classic among garage aficionados. Did a lot of Stones tunes, and singer Barry Hayden had some Jagger moves down pat; it’s rumored that Mick himself said their cover of “Under My Thumb” was the best version he’d heard. The Dantes opened for big names like Jimi Hendrix, Iron Butterfly, and Strawberry Alarm Clock. They always appeared on stage in the latest “Mod” fashions, and had the top-shelf equipment along with instruments such as Gretsch hollow body, Fender and Rickenbacker guitars. I believe the first twelve-string I heard live was played by lead player Dave Workman, who went on to some regional fame as a blues guitarist.
The Measles/Joe Walsh. Although I never saw this popular Kent/Akron Ohio band when Joe played with them, an ex-girlfriend still claims to this day he shared a table with us in a crowded bar where they were playing, but I was too drunk to remember. An interesting historical anecdote: A guitar - Fender Telecaster or Strat - once owned by a Measles guitarist and traded off, ended up in possession of a string of musicians including Rick Derringer (The McCoys of “Hang On Sloopy” garage fame), John Sebastian, at least another big name I can’t remember and ultimately George Harrison, who played it on “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”.
Another Ohio garage-genre band, The Music Explosion, did a popular cover of “A Little Bit Of Soul” in the mid-‘60s, bits of which can now occasionally be heard on a financial-services TV commercial. Some from that same band later morphed into The Ohio Express, who’s Top-40 bubblegum hit, “Yummy, Yummy, Yummy” will forever be burned in some brains. Another bit of trivia: An Ohio Express album (maybe their only one?) contained two songs that were actually performed by none other than The Measles and Joe Walsh.
 
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Roy O said:
Just memories now, but maybe I can hunt down some videos and post later of the garage bands in my area and era; most of them I’ve seen. Some you may recognize:
The Dantes. From Columbus OH, mid-late 1960s. Iconic British Invasion-based garage band. One of their three singles, “Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love” (not the Barry White song) is considered a classic among garage aficionados. Did a lot of Stones tunes, and singer Barry Hayden had some Jagger moves down pat; it’s rumored that Mick himself said their cover of “Under My Thumb” was the best version he’d heard. The Dantes opened for big names like Jimi Hendrix, Iron Butterfly, and Strawberry Alarm Clock. They always appeared on stage in the latest “Mod” fashions, and had the top-shelf equipment along with instruments such as Gretsch hollow body, Fender and Rickenbacker guitars. I believe the first twelve-string I heard live was played by lead player Dave Workman, who went on to some regional fame as a blues guitarist.
The Measles/Joe Walsh. Although I never saw this popular Kent/Akron Ohio band when Joe played with them, an ex-girlfriend still claims to this day he shared a table with us in a crowded bar where they were playing, but I was too drunk to remember. An interesting historical anecdote: A guitar - Fender Telecaster or Strat - once owned by a Measles guitarist and traded off, ended up in possession of a string of musicians including Rick Derringer (The McCoys of “Hang On Sloopy” garage fame), John Sebastian, at least another big name I can’t remember and ultimately George Harrison, who played it on “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”.
Another Ohio garage-genre band, The Music Explosion, did a popular cover of “A Little Bit Of Soul” in the mid-‘60s, bits of which can now occasionally be heard on a financial-services TV commercial. Some from that same band later morphed into The Ohio Express, who’s Top-40 bubblegum hit, “Yummy, Yummy, Yummy” will forever be burned in some brains. Another bit of trivia: An Ohio Express album (maybe their only one?) contained two songs that were actually performed by none other than The Measles and Joe Walsh.
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I thought this was for the "British Invasion Playlist". But the best garage bands did the best imitations.

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KCJV 97.9 FM - "The Greatest Songs You've Never Heard" - San Antonio TX
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