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Music Appreciation

ificandream

(9,373 posts) Sun Feb 20, 2022, 09:44 PM Feb 2022

The Sonics - The Witch (1965)

One of the best '60s garage bands. Great video, too.

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The Sonics - The Witch (1965) (Original Post) ificandream Feb 2022 OP

Saw Heart play this live AZSkiffyGeek Feb 2022 #1

Heart? Really?? ificandream Feb 2022 #2

Yeah - I've seen them a few times in the past 15-20 years AZSkiffyGeek Feb 2022 #3

Back in the early and mid 1960s FuzzyRabbit Feb 2022 #4

AZSkiffyGeek

(11,028 posts)

1. Saw Heart play this live

Reply to ificandream (Original post)

Sun Feb 20, 2022, 09:45 PM

Feb 2022

Great classic.

ificandream

(9,373 posts)

2. Heart? Really??

Reply to AZSkiffyGeek (Reply #1)

Sun Feb 20, 2022, 09:50 PM

Feb 2022

That would have been something to hear.

AZSkiffyGeek

(11,028 posts)

3. Yeah - I've seen them a few times in the past 15-20 years

Reply to ificandream (Reply #2)

Sun Feb 20, 2022, 09:55 PM

Feb 2022

They always throw a couple cool covers - usually Zep, but I figure because of the Seattle connection they do this.

FuzzyRabbit

(1,967 posts)

4. Back in the early and mid 1960s

Reply to ificandream (Original post)

Sun Feb 20, 2022, 10:02 PM

Feb 2022

the Pacific Northwest had a flourishing dance scene with dozens, perhaps hundreds, of live bands. The Sonics were one of the least polished, yet one of the most popular. Back then no one could have imagined that the Sonics would be influencing rock bands 50 years later. Or that the band would be drawing crowds like these 50 years later:

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