Here's a band you don't hear much about that was way way beyond their time, Lothar and the Hand People.
From Denver, Colorado in 1968, I don't really have anybody to compare them to in that year.
These guys should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for this album cover alone if nothing else.
And this song................
God, this is such a cool song, but I'd never heard this version before. I was only aware of the Manfred Mann version that was a big hit in the UK in 1966. This version by Lothar & the Hand People is similar but is heavier and shows the effects of psychedelia. Seems like such an adventurous song to have been written by by Mort Shuman, who wrote so many big hits for Elvis and the Coasters and other '50s and early '60s artists.
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