![]() We had a few original songs but our catalog was mostly covering songs of the popular groups at the time. ![]() We were a rock n roll garage ”cover” band. Thee Sixpence (formally The Quaker Oats) formed mid 60’s during the time of the English Invasion with groups like the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Dave Clark Five, The Animals, The Yardbirds, etc. The Psychedelic culture was primarily in the late 60’s. Do you remember a song called “Surfer Joe”? Great drums! It was the flip side of Wipe Out by the Surfaris. So the drummer gave me a few pointers and I “self taught” myself, listening and playing drums to old 45 rpm records such as the Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, The Safaris, Hal Blaine, etc. I watched them rehearse and I watched the drummer. In the early 60’s I played Coronet in school in Glendale, California. When was your first desire to become involved in the music and what does Psychedelic culture offered you? Photo Credits © by Robert Jacobs, Janet Anderson and Whats MacMac Doing 2007 / The band reunites with both drummers, Randy Seol and Gene, as well as Mark Weitz, George Bunnell, Howie Anderson and Steve Bartek (BoingoBoingo). 1980-2007 / Not much in regards to music. 1975-1980 / Various bands including Barry McGuire, The Second Chapter of Acts (Gospel) and local clubs. 1971-1973 / Gene's played with Don and Phil Everly, aka: The Everly Brothers. Being sad that he left the band after the song became a hit, he joined a band called “Hunger” until his reuniting with The Strawberry Alarm Clock.ġ969 / Randy Seol left the band, he rejoined. 1967 / Left the band after recording but before the song was finished. The Ravans, Lonnie and the Legends, then the bands: The Quaker Oats/Thee Sixpence. Gene's timeline is as follows: 1964-1967 / Playing in various bands. He recorded (played drums, cowbell and cymbal bell on) the basic track of, what was to become Incense and Peppermints, Gene left the band, then rejoined. ![]() Then he joined a country & western band, Lonnie and the Legends. For a while, Ken and Gene had a band called the Ravens. ![]() After school he would sit at the drums with a stack of 45rpm records on the player, and learn all the drum parts of all the popular songs of that time. Gene's dad bought a set of Gretsch drums for Gene's birthday. But when he watched his brother’s surf band i n the early ’60s rehearse he was intrigued by his drummer, and said “I can do that! That’s what I want to do!” on July 4, 1949. He is the drummer of the 1960s psychedelic rock group of Strawberry Alarm Clock. "The Blues usually has a story behind it that everyone feels." ![]()
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