EUPHORIA
L to R: Roger Penney, Wendy Penney, Tom Pacheco, Sharon Alexander
Background information
Also known as	Roger Becket, Wendy Becket
Origin	New York,New York,USA
Genre(s)	Folk Rock,Pop rock,Sunshine Pop
Years active	1968-1969
Label(s)	Heritage/MGM,Heritage/Beatball
Associated acts	ROGER AND WENDY, BERMUDA TRIANGLE BAND

The band EUPHORIA was short-lived (1968 to 1969), consisting of 4 members, Roger Penney and Wendy Penney, Tom Pacheco, and Sharon Alexander.

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== HISTORY ==

Initially, Roger and Wendy were approached by Tom and Sharon to form a band with the express purpose of procuring a recording deal. Roger and Wendy were to be the lead vocalists in the Folk Rock group, with Roger on electric autoharp and keyboard, Wendy on bass guitar, Tom on guitar, and Sharon on percussion. They signed with Jerry Ross's Heritage Records, which was affiliated with MGM as distributor and promoter, and recorded one album entitled "Euphoria"^[1]. It was released in 1969, but without promotional support. The album and the group's live performances were subjects of printed articles in Record World magazine^[2], Go magazine^[3],Cashbox magazine^[4], and Variety^[5] Euphoria performed with such notables as Van Morrison at Madison Square Garden's Felt Forum as well as with Sly and the Family Stone and Iron Butterfly, and were slated for a performance on the Johnny Carson Show but disbanded before appearing. Roger and Wendy went on to form Bermuda Triangle Band.
The album has been reissued as a CD and a mini LP on the Heritage/Beatball label^[6].

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. ... MGM logo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, is a large media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. ... Bermuda Triangle Bands wild psychedelic or delicately nuanced electric autoharp and transcendental vocals[1] grew out of the late 60s Folk Rock scene. ...

DISCOGRAPHY

EUPHORIA (EUPHORIA) Heritage/MGM Records (1969)

EUPHORIA (EUPHORIA) reissue Heritage/Beatball Records (2007)


== EXTERNAL LINKs ==

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1. ^ [1]Cashbox magazine September 27, 1969
2. ^ [2]Record World September 27 1969
3. ^ [3]Go October 1969
4. ^ [4]Cashbox September 27 1969
5. ^ [5]Variety October 1969
6. ^ [6]http://hyangmusic.com/View.php?cate_code=ARFO&code=170&album_mode=music

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