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The Groovies undoubtedly had several moments of pure genius in their unsung career – the garage punk classic Teenage Head; the 70s 45 Shake Some Action for two – but they were misunderstood by every scene in which they participated, from San Francisco psych to UK punk.
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Lately, this has brought some pretty valuable reformations: cult bands like the Sonics, the Monks, the Zombies and now at the Le Beat Bepoké weekender the Flamin' Groovies.
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Saxon Lee & The Shadows International's slow funk, "Mind Your Business," is perhaps this comp's most revered find, although the sax playing countering the balafon on Bongos Ikwue & The Groovies '"Otachikpopo" is prime material.
Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Afrobeat Beyond and Behind Fela 2010
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Saxon Lee & The Shadows International's slow funk, "Mind Your Business," is perhaps this comp's most revered find, although the sax playing countering the balafon on Bongos Ikwue & The Groovies '"Otachikpopo" is prime material.
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It seems that she'd have had a blog for ages, but what with having Norton Records, drumming in the A-Bones, and lately playing with the Flamin' Groovies at the Ponderosa Stomp, I wonder how Miriam Linna even has the time to begin telling the tale.
Archive 2009-05-01 baikinange 2009
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"Trendo-Groovies may sneer that they've never been there, but by boont, as we say in Boonville, you've got the whole world on parade, a great show and absolutely free, topped off by the $20 ride on a fishing boat out to the Golden Gate and back - a bargain at twice the price."
SFGate: Top News Stories Aidin Vaziri 2011
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Niagara tore through rock 'n' roll standards like '1970' and 'TV Eye' while Kannis played lighter classics like The Flamin 'Groovies' 'Shake Some Action', Blue Oyster Cult's 'Godzilla' and Elvis Presley's 'Suspicious Minds' (all of which featured a hilariously bizarre interpretive dance with backing vocals by Died Pretty's Ron Peno).
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Roy Loney is a founding member of the Flamin 'Groovies.
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Niagara tore through rock 'n' roll standards like '1970' and 'TV Eye' while Kannis played lighter classics like The Flamin 'Groovies' 'Shake Some Action', Blue Oyster Cult's 'Godzilla' and Elvis Presley's 'Suspicious Minds' (all of which featured a hilariously bizarre interpretive dance with backing vocals by Died Pretty's Ron Peno).
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And there's an early version of one of the Groovies 'greatest, "Shake Some Action" that should make you wonder why this group didn't make it bigger.
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