Epysode 15: "Dragonfly", by Dragonfly

Farmer John Presents "Psychedelic Relics"

Guest: Dragonfly guitarist Randy Russ.

Hooking up with a couple of managers from California, they thought they were on their way to the big time. But while the band was living off a $12/day allowance, the managers were getting their cars reupholstered and buying custom-made alligator briefcases.

They released one album as The Legend - a mediocre effort of cover tunes and songs from outside musicians thanks to decisions made by the management team. For the second time out though, it was a different story. Given creative freedom, they created a monster, guitar-centric, psychy-blues/rock gem. But continued battles with management resulted in the band breaking up before the album was even released. The label decided to release it under a new name ("Dragonfly"), with no band information on the cover. And just after it was released, the record company closed shop. An album by a defunct band with no record company released in a sleeve with no band information was destined to sink without a trace. One fantastic review at the time wasn't enough to save this one from obscurity.

If you like your 60's rock loud, hard and heavy, crank it up and check this one out.

I hope you dig Dragonfly as much as I do.

-FJ

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You can read an article about the story of this band and album at The Psychedelic Scene here:

You can listen to a playlist of all the songs used in this Epysode on Spotify here:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5It8pIh52lw3XyAIleN6Ga?si=3W9M4GzQT_mhfaixFPlocw

==SONGS==

Songs used in this epysode, in order of appearance. See above for a link to a Spotify playlist *denotes track is not available on Spotify:

GARY HIGGINS “Thicker Than A Smokey”

*THE LORDS OF LONDON (U.S. version) “Broken Heart C.O.D.”

*THE BUNDY’S “I Don’t Need You”

MIKE RENOLDS AND THE INFANTS OF SOUL “When Will I Find You”

*THE LORDS OF LONDON (Canadian version) “Within Your Mind”

*THE LEGEND “The Kids are Alright”

*THE LEGEND “Cold Wind in August”

*THE LEGEND FEATURING MIKE KELLY “I Like the Little Girls”

THE LEGEND “Portrait of Youth” (Credited on Spotify to Dragonfly)

THE LEGEND “Enjoy Yourself” (Credited on Spotify to Dragonfly)

DRAGONFLY “Blue Monday”

DRAGONFLY “Enjoy Yourself”

DRAGONFLY “Hoochie Coochie Man”

DRAGONFLY “I Feel It”

DRAGONFLY “Trombodo”

DRAGONFLY “Portrait of Youth”

DRAGONFLY “Crazy Woman”

DRAGONFLY “She Don’t Care”

DRAGONFLY “Time Has Slipped Away”

DRAGONFLY “To Be Free”

DRAGONFLY “Miles Away”

*JIMMY CARL BLACK WITH BIG SONNY AND THE LO BOYS “Sick and Tired”

?? MYSTERY BAND ?? Tune into the next epysode to hear this band’s story...

NEWPORT ELECTRIC “Mattagami River”

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