The Mugwumps
| The Mugwumps | |
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| Origin | New York, New York, USA |
| Genres | rock |
| Years active | 1964–1965 |
| Labels | Warner Bros. |
| Associated acts | The Big Three The Lovin' Spoonful The Mamas and the Papas |
| Members | |
| Cass Elliot Jim Hendricks John B. Sebastian Zal Yanovsky |
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The Mugwumps were a 1960s rock band. The Mugwumps made some recordings in the mid-60s, but the short-lived New York group, formed in 1964, is principally remembered for what its members did after they split up.
The Band's name is taken from the William S. Burroughs novel The Naked Lunch.[1]
Members Cass Elliot and Denny Doherty would become one-half of The Mamas & the Papas, who told the story of the Mugwumps in their song Creeque Alley. John B. Sebastian and Zal Yanovsky would form The Lovin' Spoonful.[2] Jim Hendricks formed The Lamp of Childhood, which recorded three singles for Dunhill Records.
Jim Hendricks (not to be confused with rock guitarist legend, Jimi Hendrix) was the odd man out, not achieving any notable subsequent fame, but still having considerable success as a performer and songwriter. He wrote the top 15 hit "Summer Rain" for Johnny Rivers, and the theme song "Long Lonesome Highway" for the TV show Then Came Bronson. His 1989 album Running in the Light is considered a classic of Christian music.[citation needed] Now living in Nashville, Tennessee, Hendricks has recorded over 50 albums of traditional American folk, Mountain, Gospel, and Western music.
Contents |
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- The Mugwumps (Warner Bros. 1967)
Side 1:
- Searchin'
- I Don't Wanna Know
- I'll Remember Tonight
- Here It Is Another Day
- Do You Know What I Mean
Side 2:
- You Can't Judge a Book By the Cover
- Everybody's Been Talkin'
- Do What They Don't Say
- So Fine
Produced by Roy Silver & Bob Cavallo in association with Alan Loeber /A Cavallo & Silver Production. Recorded in late summer of 1964.
[edit] Singles
- I Don't Wanna Know b/w I'll Remember Tonight (1964 Warner Bros. 5471)
- Searchin' b/w Here It Is Another Day (1967 Warner Bros. 7018)
[edit] External links
- '60s rock group - Biography of the Mugwumps rise and dissolution. (Retrieved 13 July 2006)
- Jim Hendricks Website- Jim Hendricks American Folk Artist
[edit] References
- ^ Harris, Oliver; Ian MacFadyen (May 18, 2009). Naked Lunch @ 50: Anniversary Essays. Southern Illinois University Press. pp. 118. ISBN 978-0809329168. http://books.google.com/books?id=gDTgtH_q3zsC&lpg=PA118&ots=82NHdWdASB&dq=mugwump%20%22naked%20lunch%22%20%22denny%20doherty%22&pg=PA118#v=onepage&q=mugwump%20%22naked%20lunch%22%20%22denny%20doherty%22&f=false.
- ^ http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19795/m1/
