THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD
2,057) The Lemon Fog — “Girl from the Wrong Side of Town”
Emerging from the Lemon Fog (see #26, 896) is one of the great garage dirges — a tale of redemption followed by betrayal.
“Remember how I picked you up when you were so far down”
Bruce Eder dissipates the Fog:
The [Houston-based] Pla-Boys . . . were playing their first gig . . . [and] were seen . . . by Ted Eubanks, an avant-garde composer on Houston’s mod scene . . . . [Their act] consisted mostly of [garage] covers . . . . Eubanks liked the way they played more than what they played, and immediately approached them after the show. The band liked his suggestions, and he began putting original numbers into the group’s sets. . . . In a matter of weeks in 1965, they went from being the Pla-Boys to the Lemon Fog, who quickly became recognized as one of the more formidable bands in Houston. . . . They won a local battle of the bands, and . . . were approached by Orbit Records with the offer of a recording contract. Only three singles were ever issued on the group by Orbit, although they recorded many hours’ worth of demos . . . [Eubanks] handled most of the songwriting . . . . The group was a major draw . . . in the Houston area, and made many television appearances promoting their singles. Their sound, initially typical garage band-dance material, had advanced by leaps and bounds. Some of their songs resembled the folk-rock of the Byrds or the Beau Brummels, while their playing was closer in spirit to the complexity of Moby Grape, with lots of unexpected twists in the guitar and organ parts, and interesting harmonies. Personality conflicts eventually doomed the band . . . .
Marios adds:
The first Lemon Fog recording session was . . . in Houston, during the summer of 1967. Five songs were completed, [including] “Girl From The Wrong Side Of Town” . . . . The songs were sophisticated psychedelic numbers . . . . The oldest member of The Lemon Fog was seventeen year Chris Lyons, a senior in high school, the rest of The Fog were juniors. . . . The second Lemon Fog single, “Summer” b/w “Girl From The Wrong Side Of Town” was released right before school let out, in May, 1968. . . . The band members graduated high school in June 1968 and went onto divergent paths.
https://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-lemon-fog-psychedelic-sound-of.html?m=1
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