you’re gonna’ miss me
Anybody else remember this from 1966?
I watched a documentary last night called You’re Gonna Miss Me which tells the tragic story of the lead singer of this band. They are said to have been the first to use the word “psychedelic” to describe their music. They were a big favorite of mine back in the day.
Wallace has been posting videos from this same era at his Streams blog and it’s kind of rubbed off on me.
July 13th, 2007 @ 2:08 pm
I was 8 in 1966. But I remember watching the Beatles’ first appearance on the Ed Sullivan show. I was sitting on the couch in my grandparents’ living room, watching the girls in the audience scream. Was that before or after this?
July 13th, 2007 @ 2:32 pm
Kathy, that was “before.” The Beatles appeared on Ed Sullivan in 1964. I remember that also.
I think this clip is from a show called “Where the Action is” which was a show that came on after American Bandstand in the afternoons. That sounds like Dick Clark doing the announcing.
July 13th, 2007 @ 7:27 pm
Lynn and I were talking about regional differences in what we heard on the radio. The thing that started it was a song that played in the film ~Crooklyn~ that I didn’t recognize. “Oh,” she said. “I used to hear that all the time.” But then, they didn’t seem to play “White Rabbit” much in her parts and I can almost recite that word for word.
And this is leading into me saying I never heard of Rocky Erickson….
July 13th, 2007 @ 8:34 pm
I think that he was known mostly in Texas and in San Francisco, where there was a big number of ex-patriot Texans in those days. But probably not much of anywhere else. Of course this clip was from an appearance on national TV so he did get some national exposure.
I thought “White Rabbit” was universal though
July 13th, 2007 @ 8:56 pm
Great trip down memory lane. Thanks for the links.
July 13th, 2007 @ 11:13 pm
Thanks for the link, Bill. Austin news and media have talked a lot about the documentary and the singer named Roky, but I hadn’t actually heard the famous song and wondered about it.
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
July 14th, 2007 @ 9:35 pm
I wish I’d known that show was on! I don’t know a lot about him but I have the tribute album that’s mentioned in that article. I was just listening to it the other day - so many great songs.
July 15th, 2007 @ 8:02 am
Funny, I’ve been listening to a lot of Syd Barrett lately, the Pink Floyd founder who was also mentally ill and considered a pioneer of psychedelic rock…
July 18th, 2007 @ 10:39 am
Psychedelic rock is enjoying such a resurgence. So are the shoe-gazing guitar solos that were nowhere to be seen for years.
We were watching a documentary on Janis Joplin the other day and she looked so current. Funny how everything comes around once again.
July 20th, 2007 @ 11:06 pm
Thanks for the plug. It’s been fun revisiting those salad days and looking for examples of music from then. Rumor had it that Roky had gone to my alma mater, Trinity Univ. for awhile. ??