Joy of Cooking (band)

Joy of Cooking was an American music ensemble formed in 1967, in Berkeley, California. Identified with the hippie culture, the band's music melded rock & roll with folk, blues, and jazz. The band released three studio albums on Capitol Records in the early 1970s as well as a minor hit single in 1971, "Brownsville". With bandleaders Terry Garthwaite and Toni Brown, Joy of Cooking was one of the earliest female-fronted bands in rock music history.

Joy of Cooking was led by pianist Toni Brown and guitarist Terry Garthwaite. The rest of the band comprised bass guitarist David Garthwaite (Terry's brother), drummer Fritz Kasten, and percussion player Ron Wilson. Keyboard player Stevie Roseman replaced Toni Brown for a time. Bass players Happy Smith and eventually Jeff Neighbor replaced David Garthwaite on bass guitar and Glen Frendel was added on lead guitar.

The band's music was a mix of hippie sensibilities with rock, blues, folk, and jazz, and the lyrics often reflected feminist themes.

Capitol Records issued three albums by Joy of Cooking in the early 1970s and an anthology disc in 1993.

A fourth album, Same Old Song And Dance (1973), was never released, although certain songs were included on American Originals.

Capitol also issued a 7" single of the song "Brownsville" (with B-side "Only Time Will Tell Me") in 1971.

A compilation of previously unreleased tracks, Back to Your Heart, was issued on the independent NJOY label in 2007. The double-CD album includes a set of live music, the first such release by the band.

In 2016 a 3 CD live album was released on Shady grove "Curiosities From The San Francisco Underground Volume One". Disc 1 was by Joy of Cooking, Disc 2 by Grateful Dead and Disc 3 by It's A Beautiful Day. All live tracks and all previously unreleased. Joy of Cooking live tracks : 1 A Friend Of A Friend 2. It's Not Easy 3. Wandering Man Suite Part 1:Everyman;Part 2:Story Road 4. The Things You Wish 5. The Next In Line.recorded live in Pacific High Studios 9-5-71 broadcast on KSAN FM.

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