THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD
1,468) My Indole Ring — “Love People Everywhere”
My Indole Ring* was “[a] local legend in Vancouver, Canada, back in 1967-1969” (François Couture, https://www.allmusic.com/album/my-indole-ring-mw0000662280), “one of the leading names” in Vancouver’s “remarkable head scene in the late ’60s, complete with poster artists, underground zines, psychedelic clubs, and not least a bunch of genuine freak rock bands” (Patrick Lundborg, The Acid Archives, 2nd Ed.), “one of the leading acts of the late ’60s acid-rock scene in Vancouver . . . . Heavy, man!” (John Lucas, https://www.straight.com/blogra/558151/vault-vancouver-classic-my-indole-ring#)
The band “did not even release a single . . .. [but] definitely had something going. . . . The influences of West Coast (Jefferson Airplane) and Vancouver groups (Papa Bear’s Medicine Show) are detectable.” (François Couture, https://www.allmusic.com/album/my-indole-ring-mw0000662280) Well, their music finally saw release in 2001, and today I feature my favorite song.
Normal-Recs writes:
In 1966 a rock band whimsically named The Jabberwock was formed in Vancouver, British Columbia. With John King – lead guitar, harmonica and vocals, John Cluff – Hammond organ, David Jordan-Knox – bass guitar, Lindy Jordan-Knox – vocals, and Chris Dahl – drums. This group evolved into the unique acid/blues/rock phenomenon My Indole Ring, with John K., John C., David and Chris. Frequently appearing at such hip venues as The Afterthought, The Village Bistro, and The Retinal Circus, the group soon became associated with Vancouver’s counter culture and was the Vancouver acid-rock band. During one memorable appearance on the CBC Television show Let’s Go, the phone lines lit up with viewers concerned with the show’s radical music presentation. The home base for My Indole Ring became The Retinal Circus on Davie Street in downtown Vancouver [where they were the house band] . . . .
https://therockasteria.blogspot.com/2017/04/my-indole-ring-my-indole-ring-1968-69.html
* Indole? Wikipedia explains that:
Indole is an organic compound with the formula C6H4CCNH3. Indole is classified as an aromatic heterocyclic. It has a bicyclic structure, consisting of a six-membered benzene ring fused to a five-membered pyrrole ring. Indoles are derivatives of indole where one or more of the hydrogen atoms have been replaced by substituent groups. Indoles are widely distributed in nature, most notably as amino acid tryptophan and neurotransmitter serotonin.
Boring! Wikipedia further explains that:
Indole . . . . occurs naturally in human feces and has an intense fecal odor. At very low concentrations, however, it has a flowery smell, and is a constituent of many perfumes. . . . It has been identified in cannabis It is the main volatile compound in stinky tofu.
Less boring!
“Ergot alkaloids are indole compounds that are biosynthetically derived from L-tryptophan and represent the largest group of fungal nitrogen metabolites found in nature. The common part of ergot alkaloids is lysergic acid.” (Michał K. Jastrzębski, Agnieszka A. Kaczor, and Tomasz M. Wróbel, https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/27/21/7322)
Now it all makes sense!
Here is an interview after their music is finally officially released:
Here they are, appearing on an episode of the CBC program Where It’s At hosted by Lulu [see #960]:
Live at Retinal Circus:
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