TheBluesMagoos.com
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blues magoos official website
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- EMIL "PEPPY" Castro: vocals, guitar RALPH SCALA: vocals, organ MIKE ESPOSITO: lead guitar RONNIE GILBERT: bass GEOFF DAKING: drums With their electric suits and giant, onstage lava lamps, the Blues Magoos had all the accoutrements and affectations that any practitioners of the new "psychedelic" movement could need. The Magoos even marketed their own line of lava lamps: the "Psyche-de-Lite." What few appreciated, though, was that the group had the aptitude and creativity to back up their commercial gimmickry. Scala, Gilbert, and Theilhelm had originally gotten together (with another guitarist and drummer) as The Trenchcoats in the Bronx in 1964. By 1966 they were renamed the Bloos Magoos and were gigging frequently at Cafe Wha and the Night Owl in Greenwich Village. After one early single and a spelling revision, Mike Esposito became their new lead guitarist. Esposito had at one time been in a college band with Lou Reed, and his inventive guitar playing -- utilizing controlled feedback and tape-echo devices -- added a new dimension to the group's sound. Drummer Geoff Daking was the last to join, arriving in time to record their debut album, Psychedelic Lollipop, which was released in November 1966. This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them (Get REAL!).
