Garage Energy Meets Pop Experimentation: The Blues Magoos’ Psychedelic Lollipop

EPYSODE 19: "Psychedelic Lollipop" by The Blues Magoos.

Guest: Blues Magoos singer/guitarist Peppy Castro.

*This epysode was released in season 1, when the show was titled "Psychedelic Relics".

At the tender age of 14, Peppy Castro was taught the famous E minor chord on an acoustic guitar. "The minute I played that chord, it was like the heavens opened up". He left home, dropped out of school and pursued a different path.

A chance meeting introduces him to Ronnie Gilbert and Ralph Scala and the seeds for The Blues Magoos were planted.

"We Ain't Got Nothing Yet" is ubiquitous with 60's American garage/psych rock. It's two minutes of rock 'n' roll perfection. The rest of the "Psychedelic Lollipop" album proves that these guys - kids really - had some serious skill. This record is a mix of fantastic originals along with choice covers. 

Sadly all momentum was lost when their first single from their follow up album was banned. One more fantastic LP followed before band politics reared its ugly head.

What we are left with is some incredible music highlighted by this killer album - a necessity for any collection.

Thanks for tuning in, turning on & dropping by Vinyl Relics. I hope you dig "Psychedelic Lollipop" as much as I do.

- Farmer John

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===LINKS===

Read an article I wrote about this album for Psychedelic Scene Magazine here: ⁠ https://psychedelicscene.com/2024/11/27/psychedelic-relics-psychedelic-lollipop/⁠

Catch The Blues Magoos performing "Tobacoo Road" on the Jack Benny program here: 

⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGQxUQfbEz4

===THE MUSIC===

Songs used in this Epysode, in order of appearance. Here's a link to a Spotify playlist for all the tracks featured ( *denotes track is not available on Spotify):

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5esSavBWaN1DA4xB4I33wF?si=8462b4a139164712

BRIDGET ST. JOHN “Early Morning Song”

THE KINGSTON TRIO “Greenback Dollar”

TOM AND JERRY “Dream Alone”,

*THE BLOOS MAGOOS “The People Had No Faces”

THE BLOOS MAGOOS “So I’m Wrong And You Are Right”

THE BLUES MAGOOS “(We Ain’t Got) Nothing Yet”

PORGY AND BESS “Summertime”

BILLIE HOLIDAY AND HER ORCHESTRA “Summertime”

SAM COOKE “Summertime"

RICKY NELSON “Summertime”

THE LIVERPOOL FIVE “She’s Mine”

DEEP PURPLE “Black Night”

THE SPECTRES “(We Ain’t Got) Nothing Yet”

KISS “Love Gun”

JOHN D. LOUDERMILK “Tobacco Road”

THE NASHVILLE TEENS “Tobacco Road”

THE BLUES MAGOOS “Psychedelic Lollipop" (full album - 10 tracks)

“Pipe Dream”, “Life is Just A Cher O’Bowlies”, “Yellow Rose”, “Sybil Green (Of The In Between)”, “There She Goes”, “Let Your Love Ride”*, “Who Do You Love”, “Never Goin’ Back To Georgia”

THE DEPENDABLES “I Don’t Know”

EXUMA “The Obeah Man”

BARNABY BYE “She Was Pleased”

BARNABY BYE “The Way”

WIGGY BITS “Place In The Sun”

BALANCE “Breaking Away”

THE BLUES MAGOOS “I’m Still Playing”

THE TROGGS “Love Is All Around”

??MYSTERY ARTIST?? tune in to the next Epysode to find out...

NEWPORT ELECTRIC “If Wishes Were Horses”

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