![]() ![]() Back in those days the press just said we were a mix of rock, raga, classical and jazz….with lush harmonizing ala the Four Freshman and the Andrew Sisters.īut, being labeled as such has given us tremendous poetic license to go out on a musical limb. In the 60’s we didn’t label ourselves as Psychedelic. I think it was that sort of open mindedness that allowed me to explore musically later in life. I would let the grandiose arrangements fill my mind. I was hearing big orchestrations in my head as a child….3 or 4 years old. When was your first desire to become involved in the music and what does Psychedelic culture offered you? George Bunnell talks about the 60s, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Beach Boys, Whiskey A Go Go and his experience on the road with the music. Continuing today on as Strawberry Alarm Clock are Mark Weitz, Randy Seol, George Bunnell, Gene Gunnels and Howie Anderson. Their lineup was formed from the members of various other bands coming together, and included Lee Freeman (vocals, guitar, and harmonica), Ed King (guitar), Gary Lovetro (bass), Gene Gunnels (drums), Mike Luciano (tambourine), and Steve Rabe (guitar).īefore recording their full-length debut album, the band added a second bass guitarist, George Bunnell, who was also an accomplished songwriter who's contributions enhanced a style that coupled hippie trappings with enchanting melodies and some imaginative instrumentation. In January 2010, Strawberry Alarm Clock began recording new material. The band's origins go back to Glendale, CA, in the mid-'60s, and a group then known as Thee Sixpence. Photo by David Guilburt, taken The Whiskey A Go Go But there was a real group there, with members who had played for a long time on the Southern California band scene, who were proficient on their instruments and who sang well and generated four whole LPs of which at least three were worth hearing more than once. Their name is as well known to anyone who lived through the late-'60s psychedelic era as that of almost any group one would care to mention, mostly out of its sheer, silly trippiness as a name and their one major hit, "Incense and Peppermints," which today is virtually the tonal equivalent of a Summer of Love flashback. The band occupies a peculiar niche in the history of '60s rock. He is bass player for the 1960s psychedelic rock group of Strawberry Alarm Clock. George Bunnell was born in Lawrence, Mass. ![]() George Bunnell: Republic of Strawberry Alarm Clock Progressive was more a kin to what we were thinking." Fusion is a closer description of the times…but that term didn’t exist either. ![]()
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