Knowbody Else - Soldiers Of Pure Peace (1967 us, psych rock, pre-Black Oak Arkansas)

Knowbody Else - Soldiers Of Pure Peace (1967 us, psych rock, pre-Black Oak Arkansas)

The band formed in Monette, Arkansas from the remnants of local bands the Surfs and the Epsilons, with members coming and going including Ricky Copeland on drums. Terry Cullen on guitar and Danny Knuckles on bass. By early 1966 they had coalesced as Knowbody Else with the lineup: ]im Mangrum, lead vocals, Rick Reynolds, 12-string guitar, Artis "J.R." Brewer, Jr., six-string guitar. Keith McCann, drums, Danny Reynolds, bass (shortly replaced by Pat Daugherty), and Ronnie Smith, organ and tambourine (shortly replaced by Harvey Jett). They were not The Knowbody Else, lust Knowbody Else. By not using the article their name became extremely cool. And they exuded cool.

What made them so exceptionally good? Their medium was performance and they took it to the level of fine art. Their live shows were enhanced by the visual aspects of each member's unique appearance and demeanor as well as the atmosphere provided by the lights and venue. Blend that visual image with the audial stimuli of their words and music, and you had an artistic presentation of exquisite melodic and visual excitement. It was performance art at its best: sound and sight fusing into pure poetry. Your emotions and intellect were thrilled to the bone. And, like all who achieve such levels of artistic creation and expression, they emitted the aura of the exotic, the magical.

The band lived together in an isolated house on farmland owned by ].R.'s father near Manilla, Arkansas. 1. MRB - 0:00

2. On A Busy Day - 2:30

3. Your Big Brown Chair - 4:53

4. The Circus Song - 7:42

5. Free Singers' Island - 10:37

6. Secret Storm - 13:00

7. The Cowboy Song - 16:08

8. Ten Till Five - 18:34

9. Until I'm Like Uncle Hugh - 21:14

10.White, Mix And Smith - 24:03


All songs writen by Rick Reynolds, Jim Mangrum

Knowbody Else

*Jim Mangrum - Lead Vocals
*Rick Reynolds - 12 String Guitar, Organ, Bass, Vocals
*Artis Brewer Jr. - 6 String Guitar, Vocals
*Keith McCann - Drums, Vocals

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