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Shiva’s Headband An Early Texas Psychedelic Rock Band Formed In Austin In 1967. The Group Was The House Band At The Vulcan Gas Co. A Late 1960s Austin Nightclub. The Band Is Credited With A Significant Role In The Founding Of The Armadillo World Headquarters And Was The First Band To Perform There. Throughout The 1960s And Early 1970s The Band Played With Touring Acts Such As Spirit Steppenwolf ZZ Top Janis Joplin Canned Heat And Steve Miller. Austin Psychedelic Bands Contemporary To Shiva's Headband Included The 13th Floor Elevators And Conqueroo. Shiva's Headband's Capitol Records Album Take Me To The Mountains Produced By Bandleader Spencer Perskin With Fred Catero Became The First Record Released Nationally By An Austin-Based Rock Band. The Album Cover Featured Artwork By Jim Franklin. In 1973 The Band Had An Onscreen Performance In The Film The Thief Who Came To Dinner A Houston-Based Production That Starred Ryan O'Neal And Jacqueline Bisset. In 1999 Long-Time Bandleader Spencer Perskin Was Voted Austin's “biggest Old Hippie” At The Eeyore's Birthday Party An Annual Austin Rite Of Spring. In 2005 Spencer Perskin Released The Recording Magic Feather Again With Artwork By Jim Franklin. The Band Still Performs In Austin Using The Name Shiva's Headband Experience. read less