13th Floor Elevators Jug Player

The improbability of an electric jug.

13th floor elevators jug player. The 13th floor elevators were an american rock band from austin texas united states formed by guitarist and vocalist roky erickson electric jug player tommy hall and guitarist stacy sutherland. Outside of pictures every track on this album is a classic they are all great. The elevators were the first band to refer to. He was a founding member of the 13th floor elevators.

But there was a visual side to roky and the boys beautifully captured in a new coffee table book 13th floor elevators a visual history. He was a founding member of the american psychedelic rock band the 13th floor elevators. 13th floor elevators your gonna miss me. The 13th floor elevators tommy hall born september 21 1943 is an electric jug player from texas.

The 13th floor elevators were an american rock band from austin texas united states formed by guitarist and vocalist roky erickson electric jug player tommy hall and guitarist stacy sutherland the band was together from 1965 to 1969 and during that period released four albums and seven singles for the international artists record label. The band was together from 1965 to 1969 and during that period released four albums and seven singles for the international artists record label. Don t get me wrong i like the elevators but for some reason their use of the jug reminds me of the acid montages in movies from the same period. Producer director priscilla lee was born in san francisco and grew up in chinatown and the sunset district.

The fact that the band had a full time electric jug player and that his contributions were so. They were among the first bands to collectively hitch their wagon to lsd even coining the term psychedelic rock. He has followed the 13th floor elevators ever since seeing them perform on where the action is in 1966. The 13th floor elevators best and one of the more underrated albums ever the lynchpin recording of the 60 s austin psychedelic rock scene.

Roky erickson lead vocalist and principal songwriter for the psychedelic band the 13th floor elevators and one of the leading lights of texas rock died friday in austin. The elevators jug player philosopher and lifetime lsd devotee either pretends not to notice his song or genuinely can t hear it over the din of early arrivers for the club s headliners mammatus.