1969: Bloodrock

 Aug, 17 - 2014   no comments   1970s Music

Biography AKA Genre(s) Origin Years Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Reference Bloodrock was an American hard rock band, based in Fort Worth, Texas, that had considerable success in the 1970s, and was one of the earliest of a number of significant bands to emerge from the Fort Worth club and music scene during the […]


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Biography AKA Genre(s) Origin Peak Date Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Also Member of Reference Songwriter and guitarist Bruce Innes formed the group in Calgary, Alberta in 1966. Initially, Bruce Innes, Graham Bruce and Bliss Mackie worked as a trio and Dixie Lee (Stone) Innes joined the group in 1967, contributing rich […]


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1965: The Rugbys

 Jan, 24 - 2014   no comments   1960s Music

  Biography Genre(s) Origin Peak Date Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Reference The band was formed in 1965 in Louisville, doing mostly covers. But as competition among Louisville groups to write and record original music increased, the Rugbys recorded and released two singles in 1968, “Walking the Streets Tonight”, written by Doug […]


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1969: Motherlode

 Jan, 24 - 2014   no comments   1960s Music

Biography Genre(s) Origin Peak Date Years (together) Members Discography Song Highlights Videos Labels Also Member of Reference As an offshoot of the massive nine-piece Grant Smith and the Power, the four original members of Motherlode (guitarist Ken Marco, saxophonist Steve Kennedy, keyboardist William “Smitty” Smith, and Wayne Stone on drums) split the funky corridors of […]


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