As remarked by Mayo Thompson, in the 1960s the Red Crayola used to open Transparent Radiation with “here’s our folk rock number”, the psychedelic rock track has since then been popularized by Spacemen 3’s version that dating all the way back to the late 1980s. However, Transparent Radiation does indeed follow the song structure of folk rock as can be heard on the track’s demo release, but nonetheless, on the album Roky Erickson of the 13th Floor Elevators was invited to play harmonica and can be heard on the left channel playing through copious amounts of reverb. Additionally, the s… read more
As remarked by Mayo Thompson, in the 1960s the Red Crayola used to open Transparent Radiation with “here’s our folk rock number”, the psychedelic roc… read more
As remarked by Mayo Thompson, in the 1960s the Red Crayola used to open Transparent Radiation with “here’s our folk rock number”, the psychedelic rock track has since then been populariz… read more
The Red Krayola (or Crayola) are an experimental rock band who formed in Houston, Harris County, Texas in late 1966. The group was made up of musician and visual artist Mayo Thompson who has remained the group's leader and sole constant for over 50 years, novelist Rick Barthelme who was the son of Donald Barthelme, and bassist Steve Cunningham who joined them at the age of 17. One night's show at a club called "Love" attracted people to the stage, audience members began to walk on up and improvise with whatever they saw fit, this would be the event that would … read more
The Red Krayola (or Crayola) are an experimental rock band who formed in Houston, Harris County, Texas in late 1966. The group was made up of musician and visual artist Mayo Thompson who … read more
The Red Krayola (or Crayola) are an experimental rock band who formed in Houston, Harris County, Texas in late 1966. The group was made up of musician and visual artist Mayo Thompson who has remained the group's leader and sole … read more