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Moby Grape - 100% match to Alexander "Skip" Spence

The legend that continues to grow and grow around this memorable late 60s San Francisco, California, USA band is mainly based on their magnificent debut album, which fans vainly willed them to repeat. This iconoclastic but sometimes shambling unit was formed in September 1966, with the seminal line-up of Alexander ‘ Skip’ Spence (18 April 1946, Windsor, Ontario, Ca Read more

Gene Clark - 50% match to Alexander "Skip" Spence

Harold Eugene Clark, 17 November 1944, Tipton, Missouri, USA, d. 24 May 1991, Sherman Oaks, California, USA. After playing in various teenage groups, Clark was offered a place in the sprawling New Christy Minstrels in late 1963. He stayed long enough to contribute to two albums, Merry Christmas and Land Of Giants, before returning to Los Angeles, where he teamed up with Jim Read more

Pearls Before Swine - 50% match to Alexander "Skip" Spence

Formed in Florida, USA, in 1965, Pearls Before Swine originally comprised songwriter Tom Rapp (1947, Bottineau, North Dakota, USA; vocals/guitar), Wayne Harley (autoharp/banjo/mandolin/vibraphone), Lane Lederer (bass/guitar/horns), Roger Crissinger (keyboards), and Warren Smith (drums). The band pursued a recording contract with the avant garde ESP label, opining that the ho Read more

Fred Neil - 47% match to Alexander "Skip" Spence

16 March 1936, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, d. 7 July 2001, Summerland Key, Florida, USA. An important figure in America’s folk renaissance, Neil’s talent first emerged in 1956 when he co-wrote an early Buddy Holly single, ‘Modern Don Juan’. He released a few solo singles during the late 50s, often using the name Freddie Neil. By the following decade he was a fi Read more

The Red Krayola - 43% match to Alexander "Skip" Spence

Despite several contrasting line-ups, Red Crayola (also spelt Red Krayola) remains the vision of Mayo Thompson. He formed the Houston, Texas-based group in July 1966 with drummer Rick Barthelme, although several other individuals, including future country star Guy Clark, were temporary members until Steve Cunningham (bass) joined two months later. The group’s set initially Read more

The United States Of America - 41% match to Alexander "Skip" Spence

Formed in 1967 by New York-born electronics composer Joseph Byrd (Tucson, Arizona, USA). The rest of the line-up comprised University of California Los Angeles students Dorothy Moskowitz (vocals), Gordon Marron (electric violin), Rand Forbes (bass) and Craig Woodson (drums). The quintet’s lone, self-titled album, a biting satire on contemporary America, featured several Read more

The Incredible String Band - 39% match to Alexander "Skip" Spence

Spirit - 34% match to Alexander "Skip" Spence

The Electric Prunes - 34% match to Alexander "Skip" Spence

Formed in Los Angeles, California, USA in 1965, the Electric Prunes originally consisted of Jim Lowe (San Luis Obispo, California, USA; vocals, guitar, autoharp), Ken Williams (b. Long Beach, California, USA; lead guitar), James ‘Weasel’ Spagnola (b. Cleveland, Ohio, USA; guitar), Mark Tulin (b. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; bass) and Michael Weakley aka Quint ( Read more

Kevin Ayers - 33% match to Alexander "Skip" Spence

16 August 1944, Herne Bay, Kent, England. Ayers spent much of his childhood in Malaysia where his stepfather was a District Officer, before returning to England and becoming a central figure in the ‘Canterbury scene’. A founder member of the Wilde Flowers and the Soft Machine, this talented singer and songwriter abandoned the latter outfit in 1968 following an ardu Read more

Michael Hurley - 33% match to Alexander "Skip" Spence

20 December 1941, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA. Hurley began playing guitar at the age of 13 and subsequently led an itinerant lifestyle until gravitating to the folk enclave at New York’s Greenwich Village. An accomplished performer and songwriter, he was about to secure a major recording contract when a combination of hepatitis and mononucleosis led to a lengthy sp Read more

The Beau Brummels - 32% match to Alexander "Skip" Spence

Formed in San Francisco, California, USA in 1964, the Beau Brummels provided a vital impetus to the city’s emergent rock circuit. Vocalist Sal Valentino (Sal Spampinato, 8 September 1942, San Francisco, California, USA) had previously led his own group, Sal Valentino And The Valentines, which issued ‘I Wanna Twist’/‘Lisa Marie’ in 1962. Ron Elliott ( Read more

Van Dyke Parks - 31% match to Alexander "Skip" Spence

R. Stevie Moore - 30% match to Alexander "Skip" Spence

18 January 1952, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The son of leading session bass player, Bob Moore, the young R. Stevie Moore was recording with Jim Reeves (‘But You Love Me, Daddy’) at the age of seven, and session work for Perry Como and the Manhattans followed. He grew up to have very different ambitions to his father, however. Absorbed in home-taping techniques, Mo Read more

The Holy Modal Rounders - 30% match to Alexander "Skip" Spence

This esoteric US folk rock act revolves around the songwriting talents of Peter Stampfel (29 October 1938, Wauwautosa, Wisconsin, USA) and Steve Weber (b. 22 June 1942, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA). This on/off partnership was first established in New York’s Greenwich Village. The two musicians shared a passion for old-time music and unconventional behaviour, and to Read more