This is a passing that I missed earlier this year...and one that marked the end of one of the many sub-eras when music went from pop to rock.
Doug Ingle was co-founder, keyboardist and lead vocalist of Iron Butterfly...and the last of the "original era" of the band to walk this land. And, while the line-up shifted significantly from the first to the second album (the break-through In-a-Gadda-da-Vida), it was always an organ-based band, even when they added Mike Pinera.
My own brush with Iron Butterfly was more of a miss. I was in Copenhagen and they were scheduled to play Tivoli. When I hit the box office that evening to score a ticket, I was told "Butterfly come not." Turns out the band had called it quits the night before.
But, my buddy Kevin and I did a guys trip to Rockford's On the Waterfront festival decades later and saw the remnants of the band perform a pretty solid set.
On this Music Friday, we offer up a few gems from the man and the band that led the movement toward long-form songs.
The short version of "In-a-Gadda-da-Vida" on American Bandstand.
The long version.
"Soul Experience" from the third album.
"Easy Rider" was pitched for the film, but never used. It still showed promise with the third line-up of the band.
And, years before Frampton and Walsh popularized the talk box, Butterfly did.
Sleep sweet prince. Your music was a big part of my youth.
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