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She's My Woman by The Stillroven

Artist Biography For The Stillroven

The Band Known As The Stillroven Began In The Minneapolis Suburb Of Robbinsdale MN. It Was 1965 And Their Original Name Was "the Syndicate " A Name They Thought Should Be Changed When Original Guitarist Mark Moorhead Left The Band In 1966. The Original Lineup Also Consisted Of Bassist Rock Peterson Guitarist John Howarth Keyboardist Dave Dean And Drummer Phil Berdahl. When Moorhead Left They Recruited Dan Kane To Take His Spot And Changed Their Name Eventually Recording "She's My Woman"/" I'm Not Your Stepping Stone" For Falcoln That Year. There Were Only 50 Copies Printed For Radio Stations But Their Next Single Was The First One That The Public Had Access To. "Hey Joe"/"Sunny Day" Was A Hit In Their Hometown But That Was Not Enough For Peterson And Kane Who Departed The Same Year. The Band Found A New Bassist And Guitarist In Dave Berget And Jim Larkin Respectively And Soon Was Recording Their Next Singles. "Little Picture Playhouse"/"Cast Thy Burden Upon The Stone" Was Hailed As A Hallucinogenic Masterpiece By Garage Rock Enthusiasts But The Average Music Fan Did Not Catch On To The Regional Popularity They Enjoyed In Minneapolis. Their Manager Moved To Tucson AZ Where He Continued To Guide Their Career From A Distance. Larkin And Berget Left The Band As Quickly As They Came Being Replaced By Bassist Mike Flaherty And Guitarist Mike O'Gara. They Recorded A Fourth Single Under This Lineup "Come In The Morning"/"Necessary Person " But After The First 100 Copies Printed There Was Enough Internal Dissension To Have "Come In The Morning" Pulled From The Single And Replaced With A Cover Of The Small Faces' "Tell Me Have You Ever Seen Me." This Would Be The Last Release From The Band As They Quietly Broke Up Toward The End Of 1968. Cast Thy Burden Upon The Stillroven Compiling The Above Tracks And Additional Unreleased Material Was Released In 1996 To The Applause Of Garage Band Enthusiasts Who Had Been Waiting For A Comprehensive Career Retrospective. In 2003 Sundazed Records Released Too Many Spaces The Stillroven's Unreleased Lost Album. Pieced Together From September 1968 Demos In Minneapolis Auditions For A&M Recorded In Los Angeles In October And November 1968 Including Re-Recordings Of Three Of The Four Minneapolis Demos And Just One Song From An April 1969 Session At Norman Petty Studios In New Mexico.

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