The Blues Magoos were a music group which hailed from the Bronx. The band was formed in 1964 as "The Trenchcoats". The original members were Emil Thielhelm (vocals and guitar), Dennis LaPore (lead guitar), Ralph Scala (organ and vocals), Ronnie Gilbert (bass) and John Finnegan (drums). The band made a name for itself in various clubs in Greenwich Village. By 1966 the band had changed its name to fit in with the psychedelic vibe of the times - they first changed their name to the Bloos Magoos, though they changed that to the more conventional Blues Magoos. They also made some line-up changes, bringing in Mike Esposito as lead guitarist. The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of New York City in the United States. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... The classical guitar typically has 3 nylon and 3 nickel-wound strings. ... Lead guitar refers to a role within a popular music band, especially a rock band, that provides melody or melodic material, as opposed to the rhythm of the rhythm guitar, bass, and drums. ... The Casavant pipe organ at Notre-Dame de Montréal Basilica, Montreal The organ is a keyboard musical instrument with a distinctive sound, nowadays produced in several ways but originally produced by pipes. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... Ronnie Gilbert was also the name of the bass player for the rock band Blues Magoos Ronnie Gilbert is a well-known folk-singer, one of the members of The Weavers. ... Bass guitar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... Greenwich Village (often referred to as simply, The Village) is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern) Manhattan in New York City. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ...

Like their name, the group's sound was of the psychedelic variety. They released singles on smaller labels, like Ganim Records and Verve Records, but those singles did not gain the band much recognition. However, Mercury Records signed the band to a record deal in late 1966 and the group's debut album, Psychedelic Lollipop was released shortly thereafter. It was one of the first records to contain the word "Psychedelic" on the sleeve (along with the 13th Floor Elevators' The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators). The word psychedelic is a neologism coined from the Greek words for mind, ψυχη (psyche), and manifest, δηλειν (delein). ... Verve Records was an American Jazz record label, founded by Norman Granz in 1956, which absorbed the catalogs of his earlier Norgran Records and Clef (founded 1953) labels. ... Mercury Records was a record label founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1945 by Irving Green, Berle Adams and Arthur Talmadge. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

The group's biggest song, "(We Ain't Got) Nothing Yet" was released as a single in 1967, with "I Want It" as the b-side. The song hit number 5 on the US charts, although it did not fare nearly as well in the UK. The next single by the Blues Magoos, "There's A Chance We Can Make It," was largely ignored by record buyers, as were subsequent efforts. Neither of the two albums released after Psychedelic Lollipop, Electric Comic Book (1967) and Basic Blues Magoos (1968), had much success. By 1968, the band was discouraged and they split up. See also: 1966 in music, other events of 1967, 1968 in music, 1960s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 15 - The Rolling Stones appear on The Ed Sullivan Show. ... In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles have been released since the 1950s. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations by or about: United States Wikinews has news related to this article: United States United States government CIA World Factbook Entry for United States House. ... See also: 1966 in music, other events of 1967, 1968 in music, 1960s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 15 - The Rolling Stones appear on The Ed Sullivan Show. ... See also: 1967 in music, other events of 1968, 1969 in music, 1960s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 4 - Guitarist Jimi Hendrix is jailed by Stockholm police, after trashing a hotel room during a drunken fist fight with bassist Noel Redding. ...

The group's management had other plans. The band was signed to ABC Records, but most of the members did not go along with this plan. Only Thielhelm agreed and started up a revamped Blues Magoos, with Eric Katz, Richie Dickon, John Leillo and Roger Eaton. In 1969, the band completed Never Goin' Back To Georgia, but that release did not attract public attention either. Eaton left the band, and the other Blues Magoos used session musicians for the followup Gulf Coast Bound. It did poorly as well and though the Magoos struggled for another two years, they eventually parted ways. ABC Records started in 1955 as ABC-Paramount, the recording arm of American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...

The group's output on CD is not complete, but their first two albums, Psychedelic Lollipop and Electric Comic Book, are compiled on a single CD. (Psychedelic Lollipop is also available as a single disc, without Electric Comic Book.) Finally, there is a "best of" compilation, entitled Kaleidescopic Compendium: The Best of the Blues Magoos. Interference colors. ...