THE JOY OF FRISCO

This one comes as a wonderful surprise! A true lost treasure from one of Frisco's ballroom groups.

I big thank you to the original up-loader for giving you and I a chance to hear one of those bands that had no known recordings . There are countless posters out there featuring the band. The most well known being from this very night when Allmen Joy was the opening act for the Doors 

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If Blue Cheer made cream cheese outta the air, then these guys must have crystallized the heavens on a good night .A  mix of Blue Cheer & Big Brother guitars, Country Joe & The Fish style ethereal moves & organ, & occasional Dead-like feedback & vocal insanity, mixed with 60s garage sounds & a nod to the Chambers Brothers... 60s West Coast manna from the vault.

This recording demands some real volume so hang out the freak flag & hope the neighbors are on vacation. A missing link in the 60s Bay Area music puzzle & undoubtedly one of the finest uploads ever offered so far . Not sure what might crawl out of the cave in the future, but this should shiver some timbers & shake some angel dust outta yr trees. Here's one from the depths of 1967 Haight Ashbury, where & when the love children were playing on the street & dancing in the park with rainbows in their eyes, flowers in their hair & the Allmen Joy filling their ears on many a night. 

 

 

 Allmen Joy
1967-12-xx  Denver, Colorado  Family Dog  1601 West Evans Avenue

 Line-up (unconfirmed) ::: Lu "Fist" Stephens - organ, vocals // Roger “Rog” Alan Saunders - lead electric guitar, vocals // Ken Zeidel - rhythm electric guitar, vocals // Dennis "Funky" Parker - electric bass, vocals // Rod Harper - drums.

01-[06:38]  Walk With Me
02-[11:02]. Funky Broadway
03-[09:58]. Funky Broadway (late set, or reprise)
04-[10:55]. You're Gonna Miss Me
05-[06:55]. Need Your Love
06-[07:01]. The// Merry Tripster
07-[06:43]. The Monkey Time
08-[04:22]. 'Freak Out' -> ? (instrumental)...