Lyme and cybelle

lyme & cybelle
Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres	Folk, pop rock
Years active	1964–1967
Labels	White Whale Records
Associated acts	Warren Zevon The Turtles
Past members	Stephen lyme (Warren Zevon) cybelle Santangelo (Violet Santangelo) Wayne Erwin

lyme & cybelle was an American male/female folk/pop duo formed by Warren Zevon and Violet Santangelo. The duo is best known for its moderate chart hit "Follow Me," which represented the first commercial recording of Zevon's long musical career.

Zevon and Santangelo met in early 1964 while attending Fairfax High School in Los Angeles, California. The two became close platonic friends and quickly found they shared musical interests, singing songs by The Beatles. They soon formed a musical partnership. Zevon took the stage name of Stephen lyme, while Santangelo called herself cybelle, a name inspired by the 1962 French film Sundays and Cybele. The pair fashioned their names in lower case in the style of American poet e.e. cummings.

On one occasion, the duo sang songs for a group of friends that included child actor Michael Burns, whose mother worked at White Whale Records. Through this connection, Zevon and Santangelo obtained a contract with White Whale to record a single as lyme and cybelle.

Bones Howe produced their first single for White Whale, called "Follow Me." Howe, famed for his production work on hits by The Association and The 5th Dimension, later considered "Follow Me" to be the first psychedelic pop record. The single, backed with the lush ballad "Like The Seasons," reached number 65 on the Billboard pop charts in April 1966.

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