James Lowe - Lead Singer For The Electric Prunes: "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night". Psychedelic Rock Stars!
Episode Notes
James Lowe was the singer for The Electric Prunes, the psychedelic rock band that had a big hit with the song “I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night” in 1967. They charted again with the song “Get Me To The World On Time”. The Prunes toured with Cream, the Beach Boys and Steppenwolf among others. James went on to work with Todd Rundgren, Van Dyke Parks and Ry Cooder.
My featured song is “Cousins”, from the album Trippin’ by my band Project Grand Slam. Spotify link.
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James and I discuss the following:
How the Electric Prunes got their name
Moby Grape
Rock’s psychedelic era
DJ in Seattle broke “I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night”
Born and raised in CA; moved to Hawaii
Dick Dale and surf music
“I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night”
Recorded at Leon Russell’s
Feedback at beginning of the song
“Get Me To The World On Time”
“The Great Banana Hoax”
Touring with Cream and others
Working with Todd Rundgren
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Audio production:
Jimmy Ravenscroft
Kymera Films
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