Josefus

Genres:	Pop / Rock
Descriptive "tags":	hard rock • psychedelic rock • psychedelic • classic rock • rock • proto-metal • texas • 60s
Decades Active:	1960s • 1970s • 1990s • 2000s

Biography

This band was formed in Houston, Texas, USA, in 1969, and comprised Pete Bailey (vocals/harmonica), Dave Mitchell (guitar), Ray Turner (bass) and Doug Tull (drums). They had previously worked together as United Gas (with second guitarist Phillip White) and were also briefly known as Come, under which name they recorded ‘Crazy Man’/‘Country Boy’, before adopting the above appellation. The self-financed Dead Man featured a hard rock version of the Rolling Stones’ ‘Gimme Shelter’, but is also notable for its lengthy title track. The heavy-styled follow-up, Josefus, was a comparative disappointment, and despite an undoubted popularity in Texas, the group was unable to reach a wider audience. They split up in December 1970, although Bailey and Turner were reunited in Stone Axe. In 1978 the vocalist rejoined Mitchell in a re-formed Josefus which completed two singles - ‘Hard Luck’ and ‘Let Me Move You’ - on their...

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