sircyclops
Mark VII Class
- Joined
- Oct 29, 2012
- Location
- Southeast U.S.A.
Through happenstance I learned that an acquaintance of mine is the son of the keyboardist of the Oxford 5 (Michigan group comped in a bunch of places). Said acquaintance is no garage fan per se, but says that he learned to play the cool keyboard break in "World I've Planned" as a kid growing up!
Like a lot of garage heroes, his dad has little to no knowledge of his relative fandom within the garage underworld, except that a 45 version of "World" was uploaded somewheres on the interweb recently. Apparently, he was tickled pink by this!
I'm gonna meet with said acquaintance tomorrow and show him some comps of Michigan sounds including Grains of Time and Highs Michigan pt 3, and then probably chat with his dad via phone or skype.
Dunno if anyone out there has any burning queries for the keys man, but here is your chance I guess. I'm planning on hipping him to his band's existence within the garage collector scene since the 1980s and complimenting him on his manual dexterity. :) Perhaps someone higher up the food chain wants to get in touch for research purposes, etc, and I'm happy to pass along your info. Anyone looking for an in on o.g. copies of the "Friday at the Cage A Go Go"/"Long Hot Summer" LP should look elsewhere, cuz Mr. Keys only has one and it is considered a family heirloom as it should.
Sir Cyclops
Like a lot of garage heroes, his dad has little to no knowledge of his relative fandom within the garage underworld, except that a 45 version of "World" was uploaded somewheres on the interweb recently. Apparently, he was tickled pink by this!
I'm gonna meet with said acquaintance tomorrow and show him some comps of Michigan sounds including Grains of Time and Highs Michigan pt 3, and then probably chat with his dad via phone or skype.
Dunno if anyone out there has any burning queries for the keys man, but here is your chance I guess. I'm planning on hipping him to his band's existence within the garage collector scene since the 1980s and complimenting him on his manual dexterity. :) Perhaps someone higher up the food chain wants to get in touch for research purposes, etc, and I'm happy to pass along your info. Anyone looking for an in on o.g. copies of the "Friday at the Cage A Go Go"/"Long Hot Summer" LP should look elsewhere, cuz Mr. Keys only has one and it is considered a family heirloom as it should.
Sir Cyclops