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That's a great idea. You could make it into a spider's web and have bio, pix, discography, bla bla.

I wish I was more of a HTML wizard, cuz that's a great idea. Just having one of those roll overs that pops up a small pic or whatever would be great. I'll definitely have to look in how I could do this.

i'm diggin it john! this is lovely.

Great post, Jonh. Not long ago ivylander mentioned in a comment the song "You're a Better Man Than I." In 1966 I bought at my then-local record store in Rhode Island a Decca 45 single of it by The Sons of Adam after reading a review of it by Barret Hanson (who later became the d.j. Dr. Demento), editor of an obscure but influential little folk music journal, The Little Sandy Review. Hanson, perhaps America's first literate rock reviewer, recommended the song's unusual guitar solo, but didn't mention the Yardbirds. When I later noticed the song on a Yardbirds album, I wondered (hoping) that they had got it from the Sons of Adam, but after ivylander's comment caused further Googling on my part, that seemed impossible.

Hah ha, I almost mentioned that on their EP they covered 'You're A Better Man Than I'. Dr. Demento was required listening in LA during the early 70s. Only the second person I know who bought a separate house for his record collection.

These guys look like the Stones mated with the Ramones!

I knew him back then. Our mothers had been childhood friends. My earliest memory of him was him telling me about Bob Dylan's new second album. In the early 70s he also lived briefly in SF, but his show was musically too eclectic for SF's rock radio audience. Later he achieved syndication by focusing on novelty records.

Johnny Ramone used to complain all the time that when he was in a crowd, people would recognize him - as Jackson Browne. I laughed when he said that; I thought maybe, possibly someone had said it once, and it had scarred him too deeply for him to believe it wasn't being whispered on every side. First ballgame I ever went to him with was the last game played at Candlestick (which it is a crime against San Francisco, by the way, to identify by any other name than "Candlestick"). The hated Dodgers actually beat my beloved Giants; can't remember the score. But you could hear people when they were passing by, their voices lowered, but still quite easy to hear: "Oh my God! That's Jackson Browne!"

That's the best rock star story I've heard in many a year. Oh the mortification!

Man, they look (and sound) dangerous. The fellow in the white polka dots looks like a relative of Lou Ferrigno. All the Sights,sounds, and stories here are killing me. Nice one.

I was introduced to The Sons of Adams through a mixtape from a friend of mine. He was intensely into psych rock and would make discover bands The Human Beinz and Moby Grape.

Your psych rock series is most enticing, Jonh.

Bartleby, with 6CDs full of it, there's about 150 tracks to enjoy, laugh at and be amazed by. Intense is a good description of the music as well.

Aren't we all the sons of Adam... umm, nevermind.

Hey Jonh, I have a rock star story that's at least as tangential as zarpex's. Maybe around 1970 I was driving alone at night in SF around the Market St./Van Ness area, and noticed two or three young women hitchhiking together, so I gave them a ride. All I remember was (a) learning that they were the girlfriends of Blue Cheer, and (b) realizing from what they were quietly saying to each other in the back seat that they were going to try for the first time being streetwalkers to help their boyfriends financially. One of them said, "They've helped us. Now it's our turn to help them." Allmusic.com's Blue Cheer biography mentions Sons of Adam guitarist Randy Holden joining the group around then, followed by other replacements, so I speculate that it was hard drugs that did in Blue Cheers' early line-up.

From somewhere in the deep recesses of my addled mind I remember something about them bein gheavily into speed. That is a bizarre story.

For some reason I did not expect to like this, but was pleasantly surprised.

dermahrk, I'm with you. I'm far too young for knowing this, when it came out. But I was positively surprised. Good one Jonh and nice thread, though I don't know all these guys ;)