Hailing from the tropics of southwest Florida, legend has it that the group traveled to Chicago in 1966 to compete at the International Battle Of The Bands in which they took first place- a contract with Columbia Records.
The group released a handful of singles (showing a strong British Invasion/ folk rock influence) on Columbia that never broke nationally. The group was fantastic, boasting strong vocals and musicianship, as well as excellent production work from Teo Macero, known mostly as a jazz producer who is immortalized by his groundbreaking work with Miles Davis, among others.
On this track, the group blows the roof off with two minutes of fuzzed out stomp that is, in my opinion, their greatest side.
from 1967...
THE TROPICS - THIS MUST BE THE PLACE
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Is anyone else having trouble playing song with the divshare player?
Occasionally divshare goes down for maintenance. I just checked and it's back up and running.
A "fuzzed-out stomp" indeed! A great find. Thanks for sharing!
What a great record1 Derek, you have amazing taste in music.
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