by Syndicate of Sound

(Hint: Group is a trio)

...When all you have is nothin', nothin' makes you glad."

Freeman in Paris

till there are no rich no more"

That was an evocative one.

that TYA usually played; being more melodic and lyric driven. Alvin Lee passed in 2013, drummer Ric Lee (no relation) and keyboardist Chic Churchill still perform with the band.

An Alvin Lee story was that he had the MNPM of any guitar player! (Most notes per minute)

I remember getting a copy of "Cricklewood Green" from a record club as a kid.

Gonna find one so I won't be lonely,
She'll be mine forever only"

I've been lied to".

although Peter Rowan played with another Marin County band, Jerry Garcia’s band, Old and in the Way.

My wife’s brother ran with one of the brothers way back in his banjo days.

Another band clue:

When the band recorded with Elvis Costello they were under contract with another label so they changed their name to The Shamrocks on the album credits. The Shamrocks is a really clever clue if you know what a shamrock is.

Don't Think Twice, It's Alright

Nice work.

"Look out your window and I'll be gone
You're the reason I'm traveling on"

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Looking for shelter in this thunder and this rain

Working like a fool for my pay



Gerald Ford was President

BTO?

Similar Sound, but band more obscure.

In the 70s they did a lot of work in a college town

don't know the name of the artist--so I'm abstaining for now. But I think it even inspired a movie of the same name. But I'm not sure...

ON EDIT: Nevermind, I was totally wrong. I thought it was "Take This Job and Shove It."

The group was pretty popular in a small part of the country but had a few songs make the charts 50ish years ago.

UNION MAN by the Cate Brothers of Fayetteville Arkansas. Very popular locally with a nice run. 1970s through the early 80s. They are worth a listen.

"It ain't much but it's home."

It's a real suburb!

I've always been glad they didn't choose to sing about Snellville. Thanks for answering.

Blown to hell--crash!
I'm the last splash.

I'll be your whatever you want
The bong in this reggae song

not really an obscure band, though

But to someone born after say 1980 they probably are

Burn the sorrow from your eyes
Oh, come on be alive again
Don't lay down and die."

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Yes I'm a punky girl
I never say die
No one can stop me

(Hint: this song was recorded as a tie-in to a popular cartoon in the 90s.)

You know old Ronnie Reagan
He was a shoe salesman's son
He got himself in the movies
Yeah, he impressed everyone
He thought trial by fire
Was America's fate
He made a joke of the poor people
And that made him a saint

But he was tan enough, he was rich enough
He was handsome like John Wayne
And there was no one at the country club
Who didn't feel the same

But it's a, it's a little uncanny
What he managed to do
Got me to read those Russian authors through and through

Somebody tell my mother that I cried".

A very diverse, worthy band.

Progressive Psychedelic Goth on that cut. I first remember hearing Spirit in 69. I was 12, it was good to have an older brother.

Naturally, despite plenty of opportunities, the idea never crossed my mind.

Beatniks and politics, nothin' is new
A yardstick for lunatics, one point of view."

(Hint: "60s Acid Rock band from Glendale, still performing)

Incense & Peppermint
Didn't even have to think about it!

Stick Out Your Hot Curly Weenie.
Weenie... Weenie, weenie, weenie!

You tell me I don't pay attention to you
But if you only knew just what I'm goin' through
You wouldn't phone those guys who mess around with you, girl

But I want to get back to the place
Where you can see the sun set on the sea and break
With the waves in the side of it all
I always feel like I'm ready to fall"


(Hint: San Francisco indie rock group)

It's such a fine line"

(Neil is certainly not obscure - but I think it's time to post a new song lyric thread anyway)

A thousand pardons.

Get four cents on it, compound it quarterly at any downtown bank

So they can back some new hot tank or atom bomb"

Flying Burrito Brothers

on the weed or LSD, if he was I couldn't tell".

hypothesis denies all logic as to what precisely led to her demise."

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Blue Öyster Cult.

One of my favorites from the 70s, and not obscure to me.

That line from Heart of Gold drove me nuts. I recognized it as familiar, but didn't apply the right voice to it.

Context has a lot to do with obscurity.

He said I just bumped into Mick

He told me you know where to score"