Sadly, the legendary FLAMIN' GROOVIES are legenday only in very small circles. Though they came from San Francisco, the Groovies displayed few to none of the psychedelic extravagance of conteporaries like Big Brother and the Holding Company or Country Joe and the Fish. Instead the Flamin' Groovies, under the joint leadership of wailer Roy Loney and stringman Cyril Jordan, embraced the Rolling Stones, the Yardbirds, The Byrds (both early and late), and Sun Records artists such as Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, and Jerry Lee Lewis while funneling those sounds through the "Nuggets"-era garage of The Sonics and The Barbarians. Roy, a Jagger like chameleon who could be a soul shouter or a country crooner, left the band in 1971 at which point the Groovies' headed into a more power pop and mod direction.
Now, Roy and Cyril are back together for the first time in decades after a smashing success at the annual New Orleans' Ponderosa Stop where they were backed by the A-Bones (featuring Billy and Miriam of Norton Records) and Yo La Tengo's Ira Kaplan.
Roy, Cyril and the A-Bones will be playing two NYC-area shows at venues that specialize in acts of their ilk: Hoboken's MAXWELLS (on Thursday 7/23) and Brooklyn's SOUTHPAW (on Friday 7/24). This is a rare oppurtunity and the revues from New Orleans were nothing but good. Tickets for either venue are $15 ($20 on the day of the show) and both show will start at around 9pm (doors at 8pm). Tickets can be purchased on their websites or for Maxwells, in the Village's Other Music.
Links to the venue's websites and photos from the Ponderosa Stomp are below!
SOUTHPAW: http://www.spsounds.com/
MAXWELL'S: http://www.maxwellsnj.com/
In New Orleans: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR-fCknjOOo; http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2009/05/the_2009_ponder_1.html
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