13th Floor Elevators Reunion 2015
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.
13th floor elevators reunion 2015. The worst of the weather was expected to hit at the exact moment of the 50 year reunion of the 13th floor elevators. The group pioneered some of the first garage psychedelia on its albums the psychedelic sounds of the 13th floor elevators 1966 and the followup easter everywhere 1967. Enjoy these images and footage. F red mitchim has worked with many of the original members of the 13th floor elevators for many years including the creation of a complete album with powell st john writer of several elevator songs the forming of the john ike walton revival in which he played guitar and sang lead vocals and playing on several occasions with ronnie leatherman in 2015 fred made contact again with tommy.
Cd album reissue country. 13th floor elevators sun 10pm reverberation stage. Gonzo multimedia hst338cd format. However texas at that time was an extremely conservative area that still hadn t come to terms with 50 s rock n roll.
The reunion concert. An all seeing eye caps the psychedelic pyramid but the cornerstone remains the 13th floor elevators. As they prepared to take the stage with 100 chance of rain the storm. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 2015 cd release of the reunion concert on discogs.
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