Caveman

I was listening to a radio station on LastFM and glanced over at the Mac when a 'cave man' voice caught my attention. The Music Machine's Sean Bonniwell.

Along with the likes of Jim Sohns, Sky Saxon, Roky Erickson and perhaps less obviously the likes of Don Glen Vliet and Dick Dodd, Bonniwell's voice really epitomises the sound of 60s Punk, Garage and Psychedelia...

I got into this stuff after meeting friends with a similar taste for old fashioned Blues and Rock'n'Roll. Sharing music on 'tape' we all got into the diversity of sounds. One or two people even formed their own bands sometimes playing renditions of the old songs. 9 Men was my friend Dave's band in Chesterfield (Art foundation years) and the Grizzeldas was Liam's band in London (Sculpture degree years).

Of course, plenty of new music has come along since, but I still like to listen to the old stuff too.

If you want a taste of the caveman, look out for compilation albums like 'Highs In The Mid Sixties' and the 'Pebbles' albums. In the meantime take a look at YouTube.