The Flamin' Groovies

One of America's greatest, most influential, and legendary cult bands, The Flamin' Groovies came out of the San Francisco area in 1965 playing greasy, bluesy, rock & roll dashed with a liberal sprinkling of British Invasion panache, in an era soon to be dominated by hippie culture and hyperextended raga-rock freakouts. Caught in a double bind of playing the wrong kind of music at the wrong time (as well as not looking the part), The Groovies were almost completely forgotten as the Fillmore/Avalon Ballroom scenes, dominated by The Dead, The Jefferson Airplane, et al., rendered them anachronistic. The plain truth, however, was that despite not being in tune with the zeitgeist, The Groovies made great music, and managed to sustain a career that lasted for over two decades.



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