Brogue & Paddy O'Gorman

An early square in the crazy quilt of psychedelia, this Merced, CA quartet included Ed Rodrigues (guitar); Rick Campbell (organ, bass); Bill Whittington (bass, guitar); and Greg Elmore (drums). Joining forces in late 1964, the long-haired R&B stylists did their first gig New Year's Eve and rapidly gained a devoted local following. Their confidence swelled, they cut two demos ("Someday" and "Journey") and began hawking them to various record labels. Alec Palao, the group's "official" biographer, said the latter tune -- an instrumental -- sounded like "the theme for a TV game sh...