The Foggy Notions

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1. Based in Portland, Oregon, The Foggy Notions is a collaborative project recruiting the talents of many artists and musicians. 2. The Foggy Notions are jangly power pop from the cold prairies of Saskatoon, SK and released their album, Beginning To See, in 2009. 3. Michael Callan started the group in 1965. The group was together 'til around 1967. The original members were: Michael Callan—vocals Jimmy Kaplan—bass Henry Gardono—guitar David Lee—guitar Bob Curtis—drums Later versions included members: Peter Hoy—guitar, vocals Doug Mazique—bass, vocals Dave Suekoff—drums Buzz Dommers—guitar John Linn—drums The group performed around Chicago's North and Near side at small clubs, high school dances at the Latin School, Gordon Tech, Band Battles, etc. The group was an outgrowth of the folk revival scene as we were all guitar students at the Old Town School of Folk Music. An earlier version of the group, which included myself on conga drum and Jimmy Kaplan on guitar, was called "the Jamaica Bay Singers."The music was mainly cover songs in a pop and blues rock idiom with some originals in the later period. The Foggy Notions name came from Chicago high school journalist David Witz who edited the newspaper at Lakeview High School and wrote a column called "Out of my Witz."At the time, I made a business card for the group which said, "The Foggy Notions, the boss sound of rock and roll and rhythm and blues."The group's largest gig featured the last iteration of the line up and

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Need a Little Lovin' / Take Me Back and Hold Me

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2131 South Michigan Avenue: 60's Garage & Psychedelia From U.S.A. And Destination Records

Sussed

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2131 South Michigan Avenue: 60's Garage And Psychedelia From U.S.A. And Destination Records

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Pebbles Vol. 6 - Chicago 1

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Pebbles vol. 10

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vol 7

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Highs In The Mid-Sixties Volume Four: Chicago [LP]

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Psychedelic Garage The 60s

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Pebbles Vol.10

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Essential Pebbles Volume 1 (Disc 1) w/band names

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Essential Pebbles Volume 1 (Disc 1)

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