A little-known but highly respected and influential band from the late 60's:
Touch
They were led by Don Gallucci, best known as the
15-year old who was an original member and played the keyboard riff on the
Kingsmen's classic recording of the song "
Louie Louie". Unfortunately, since he was so young, his parents wouldn't let him tour with the Kingsmen! He went on to form the excellent rock group "Don and the Goodtimes" in the Pacific Northwest (who once played at my high school!). Later, he and two of his bandmates went on to form the totally different and psychedelic-beyond-their-time band Touch. This is a great album to listen to on Acid!
From
Wikipedia:
"The Touch recordings took place in an almost party-like atmosphere with such musical luminaries from the world of rock and psychedelia as Mick Jagger, Grace Slick and Jimi Hendrix all attending the recordings at
Sunset Sound studios in Hollywood with Gene Shiveley producing. Exactly how Shiveley and the band created some of the sounds on the album in these pre-
synthesiser days is still a matter of conjecture as no one present seems to remember, but with the only unusual instrument on the album being a
tone-generator it seems it was all done with the use of real instruments and ingenious production.
The band folded soon after the release of the album for personal reasons and not because of the legend "they believed that the music contained on it could never be replicated live", which resulted in them being unable to tour to promote it. This one
LP has since been credited as the inspiration for the Brit
progressive rock band
Yes, a major influence on rock bands
Kansas and
Uriah Heep, and an inspiration for the transformation and rebirth of prog rock band
Genesis after the departure of their
vocalist,
Peter Gabriel."
