EPYSODE 19: "Psychedelic Lollipop" by The Blues Magoos

Vinyl Relics

Guest: Blues Magoos singer/guitarist Peppy Castro.

At the tender age of 14, Peppy Castro was taught the famous E minor chord on an acoustic guitar. "The minute I played that chord, it was like the heavens opened up". He left home, dropped out of school and pursued a different path.

A chance meeting introduces him to Ronnie Gilbert and Ralph Scala and the seeds for The Blues Magoos were planted.

"We Ain't Got Nothing Yet" is ubiquitous with 60's American garage/psych rock. It's two minutes of rock 'n' roll perfection. The rest of the Psychedelic Lollipop album proves that these guys - kids really - had some serious skill. The album is a mix of fantastic originals along with choice covers.

Sadly all momentum was lost when their first single from their follow up album was banned. One more fantastic album followed before band politics reared it's ugly head.

What we are left with is some fantastic music highlighted by this killer album - a necessity for any collection.

I hope you dig "Psychedelic Lollipop" as much as I do.

-FJ

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Catch The Blues Magoos performing "Tobacoo Road" on the Jack Benny program here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGQxUQfbEz4

===THE MUSIC===

Here's a list of all the songs used in this Epysode, in order of appearance. A Spotify playlist is available here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5esSavBWaN1DA4xB4I33wF?si=8462b4a139164712

*denotes song not available on Spotify.

BRIDGET ST. JOHN “Early Morning Song”, THE KINGSTON TRIO “Greenback Dollar”, TOM AND JERRY “Dream Alone”, THE BLOOS MAGOOS “The People Had No Faces”* , “So I’m Wrong And You Are Right”, THE BLUES MAGOOS “(We Ain’t Got) Nothing Yet”, PORGY AND BESS “Summertime”, BILLIE HOLIDAY AND HER ORCHESTRA “Summertime”, SAM COOKE “Summertime", RICKY NELSON “Summertime”, THE LIVERPOOL FIVE “She’s Mine”, DEEP PURPLE “Black Night”, THE SPECTRES “(We Ain’t Got) Nothing Yet”, KISS “Love Gun”, JOHN D. LOUDERMILK “Tobacco Road”, THE NASHVILLE TEENS “Tobacco Road”, THE BLUES MAGOOS “Psychedelic Lollipop" (full album - 10 tracks), “Pipe Dream”, “Life is Just A Cher O’Bowlies”, “Yellow Rose”, “Sybil Green (Of The In Between)”, “There She Goes”, “Let Your Love Ride”*, “Who Do You Love”, “Never Goin’ Back To Georgia”, THE DEPENDABLES “I Don’t Know”, EXUMA “The Obeah Man”, BARNABY BYE “She Was Pleased”, BARNABY BYE “The Way”, WIGGY BITS “Place In The Sun”, BALANCE “Breaking Away”, THE BLUES MAGOOS “I’m Still Playing”, THE TROGGS “Love Is All Around”, ??MYSTERY ARTIST?? tune in to the next Epysode to find out...and finally NEWPORT ELECTRIC “If Wishes Were Horses” (single release date Dec 6)

~~I wish you were a twin.~~