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A candid portrait of Daniel DeWitt
Thomas, Part 2
The making of the 13th Floor Elevators’ album, ‘Bull of the Woods.’ By Ivan Koop Kuper | The Rag Blog | August 21, 2019 HOUSTON — A third studio album followed the 13th Floor Elevators’ groundbreaking psych classic, Easter Everywhere. … Continue reading
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Tagged 13th Floor Elevators, Danny Thomas, Ivan Koop Kuper, Lightnin' Hopkins, Psychedelic Rock, Rag Bloggers, Texas Music
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A candid portrait of Daniel DeWitt
Thomas, Part 1
The making of the 13th Floor Elevators’ album, ‘Easter Everywhere.’ By Ivan Koop Kuper | The Rag Blog | July 24, 2019 HOUSTON — Danny Thomas, a former drummer-turned-author and a native son of North Carolina, celebrated his 71st birthday … Continue reading
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Tagged 13th Floor Elevators, Danny Thomas, Ivan Koop Kuper, Psychedelic Rock, Rag Bloggers, Texas Music
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Elevators Reunion: (I Done Got) Levitation
at Psych Fest 2015
Like Icarus, the 13th Floor Elevators, a band that should have a special alcove in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, flew too close to the sun. Text and photos by Bob Simmons | The Rag Blog | May … Continue reading
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Stacy and Bunni: A Montrose Love Story
If Stacy Sutherland of the 13th Floor Elevators were alive he’d be celebrating his 65th birthday this May. By Ivan Koop Kuper | The Rag Blog | March 31, 2011 HOUSTON — On the corner of Pacific and Hopkins streets … Continue reading
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Tagged 13th Floor Elevators, Houston, Ivan Koop Kuper, Montrose, Popular Music, Psychedelic Rock, Sixties, Stacy Sutherland
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Roky Erickson to Houston : Return of ‘Two-Headed Dog’
Roky Erickson. Photo by Stephanie Chernikowski / The Rag Blog / Shout! Factory RecordsRoky Erickson — nee of the 13th Floor Elevators — returns to Houston after 25 years Erickson… is enjoying a fruitful second act that is creatively satisfying … Continue reading
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Tagged 13th Floor Elevators, Houston, Music, Psychedelic Rock, Rock 'n Roll, Sixties
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Long Strange Trip : Austin’s 13th Floor Elevators and Still Trippin’ Tommy Hall
Tommy Hall in his Tenderloin apartment in San Francisco. Photo by Jamie Soja. The story of the Thirteenth Floor Elevators – Austin’s favorite psychedelic sons – is rich, rowdy and textured. They sparked a counterculture, birthed a sound and inspired … Continue reading
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Tagged 13th Floor Elevators, Austin, Musicians, Psychedelia, Rock 'n Roll, San Francisco, Sixties
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Austin Rock Musician Benny Thurman Dead at 65
By Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | June 24, 2008 Benny Thurman, a founding member and bassist of the famed sixties rock group the Thirteenth Floor Elevators, died this past Sunday, June 22 in Austin. Thurman was in intensive … Continue reading
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Tagged 13th Floor Elevators, Austin, Benny Thurman, Deaths, Music, Musicians, Psychedelia, Rock 'n Roll, Texas
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