Bermuda Triangle Band's wild psychedelic or delicately nuanced electric autoharp and transcendental vocals^[1] grew out of the late 60's Folk Rock scene.With an independent attitude,eccentric style and highly unusual instrument lineup,the group was unprecedented^[2].Psychedelic Rock^[3] Autoharp^[4] was unknown^[5], and there were very very few women playing bass guitar^[6]. The members are Roger Penney and Wendy Penney. NY redirects here. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Bob Dylans folk-rock album, Blonde on Blonde Folk-rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Psych folk or Psychedelic folk is a music genre which began through the blending of folk music and psychedelic music in the 1960s. ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... Folk can refer to a number of different things: It can be short for folk music, or, for folksong, or, for folklore; it may be a word for a specific people, tribe, or nation, especially one of the Germanic peoples; it might even be a calque on the related German... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... MGM Records was a record label started by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie studio in 1946. ... ... An Autoharp The Autoharp is a musical string instrument having a series of chord bars attached to dampers which, when depressed, mute all the strings other than those that form the desired chord. ... An Autoharp The Autoharp is a musical string instrument having a series of chord bars attached to dampers which, when depressed, mute all the strings other than those that form the desired chord. ...

History

Their Early Style

The band, originally called Roger and Wendy, was formed in the late 60's in Greenwich Village, New York City, in pass-the-basket-for-tips coffeehouses and folk clubs. Performing at first without microphones,since basket houses had no cabaret licenses so amplified vocals were illegal, they developed an energized psychedelic folk^[7] style with just an electrified autoharp and fast pulse bass guitar. Their music quickly evolved from traditional ballads to Folk Rock to Psych Folk, Acid Freak Folk^[8] and Rock.
An Autoharp The Autoharp is a musical string instrument having a series of chord bars attached to dampers which, when depressed, mute all the strings other than those that form the desired chord. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...

Wendy Penney with the Theatre Company of Boston

Roger and Wendy took the stage names Roger Becket and Wendy Becket when they had become involved with the Theatre Company of Boston and then in several off-Broadway plays. They kept these AKA's through much of their musical career, then returned to their original surname of Penney. This accounts for some of the confusion regarding credit for albums.

Euphoria

For a one year interlude in 1969, Roger and Wendy teamed up with Tom Pacheco and Sharon Alexander to form EUPHORIA. See EUPHORIA (American Band) Roger and Wendy were the lead vocalists. The group signed with MGM/Heritage Records, Jerry Ross producing, and released an album titled "EUPHORIA"^{[9][10][11][12]} (American Sunshine Pop a la The Mamas and the Papas) and a single "You Must Forget". Then they disbanded.

Bermuda Triangle

Roger Penney 1970's

The college concert circuit courted Roger and Wendy and booked several long national tours^[13], an arrangement that continued through more than 3000 concerts. Using Woodstock, New York, as a temporary songwriting base in 1972, the band generated the folk album "ROGER AND WENDY"^[14]. Sam 'Sandra Scherer', a female drummer/fiddler, then joined the group.

Bermuda Triangle album cover

In 1975 the band changed its name to BERMUDA TRIANGLE and released its Psych Folk album "BERMUDA TRIANGLE" in 1977^[15][16][17]. Roger had been writing the bulk of the groups songs. This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...

Roger Penney in concert at St Bonaventure Univ.

National tours^[18] and New York City concerts continued at full capacity. 1984 saw the "BERMUDA'S II"^[19] vinyl pressed. At this point, Sam departed the group.

Wendy Penney circa 1993

Bermuda Triangle continued their heavy touring schedule until 1993. In 2006 they released the "R & W PENNEY" CD^[20], a digression into country cajun. Then, in January of 2007, they reissued the 1977 "BERMUDA TRIANGLE" LP as a CD^[21] after remixing, and adding more autoharp tracks and an additional song. Spring 2007 sees the release of "THE MISSING TAPES" on Winter Solstice Records. It is a Psych Folk CD gleaned from their entire career. Most of the songs have never been released before, and some have never been performed. This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...

Autoharp

Roger Penney, the ORIGINATOR of Rock Autoharp, redesigned the autoharp's chord bar structure and gave the design to The Oscar Schmidt Company^[22], the largest American crafter of autoharps. Now all major autoharp manufacturers worldwide have switched to making autoharps using Roger's design. His sound is shaped with Wah, Phasing, Flanging,
Fuzz, Delay, Octave and Modulation^[23]. He then developed a method of triggering live percussion simultaneously with the autoharp utilizing technology incorporated into the harp's structure^[24].
He also was instrumental in the design and developement of the electromechanical harpsichord,which came to be known as the Baldwin Combo Harpsichord, see electric piano. An electric piano (e-piano) is an electric musical instrument that is very mexican sounding. ...

Discography

EUPHORIA (EUPHORIA) MGM/Heritage Records (1969)

ROGER AND WENDY (ROGER AND WENDY) Horny Records (1972)

BERMUDA TRIANGLE (BERMUDA TRIANGLE) LP on Winter Solstice Records (1977)

BERMUDA'S II (BERMUDA TRIANGLE) Tribecket Records (1984)

BERMUDA TRIANGLE (BERMUDA TRIANGLE) Reissued on Radioactive Records UK (2006)^[25]

ONE DAY AT A TIME (R & W PENNEY) Winter Solstice Records (2006)

BERMUDA TRIANGLE (BERMUDA TRIANGLE) CD on Winter Solstice Records (2007)

EUPHORIA (EUPHORIA) Reissued on Heritage/Beatball Records (2007)^[26]

THE MISSING TAPES (BERMUDA TRIANGLE) Winter Solstice Records (2007)

External links

OFFICIAL BERMUDA TRIANGLE BAND WEBSITE[1]

References

1. ^ [1]http://www.lysergia.com/AcidArchives/lamaArchiveB.htm December 22 2006
2. ^ [2]www.lysergia December22 2006
3. ^ [3]New York Times review by Stephen Holden August 8 1983
4. ^ [4]Entertainment New York magazine, Robbie Woliver's review refers to "rock autoharp"
5. ^ [5]East Carolina State University Press review January 14 1971
6. ^ [6]Variety October 1969
7. ^ [7]http://psychedelicfolk.homestead.com/reissue.html February 9 2007
8. ^ [8]shindig! magazine reviews October 2006
9. ^ [9]Cashbox magazine September 27 1969
10. ^ [10]Go magazine review by Chris Hodenfield October 1969
11. ^ [11]Record World magazine Pick Hit September 27 1969
12. ^ [12]Variety Record Reviews Fall 1969
13. ^ [13]National Association of Campus Activities, www.naca.org, tour schedules and artist performance reports 1975-1992
14. ^ [14]Acid Archives, Roger and Wendy
15. ^ [15]shindig! magazine review by Paul Martin October 2006
16. ^ [16]forcedexposure.com December 12 2006
17. ^ [17]http://psychedelicfolk.homestead.com/reissue September 2 2006
18. ^ [18]Eureka College Press,Eureka Ill. November 20 1986
19. ^ [19]www.lysergia.com
20. ^ [20]http://www.cdbaby.com/all/RDPenney
21. ^ [21]www.amazon.com
22. ^ [22]East Carolina State University Press, Sandy Overcarsh review January 14 1971
23. ^ [23]www.lysergia.com
24. ^ [24]Eureka College Press
25. ^ [25]shindig! magazine October 2006
26. ^ [26]http://www.forcedexposure.com/artists/Euphoria.html

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