Music Emporium
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| Origin | Los Angeles, California, United States |
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| Years active | 1967 - 1969 |
| Labels | Sentinel |
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Music Emporium was an American psychedelic rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1967. Fronted by experimental multi-instrumentalist Bill "Casey" Cosby, the group was created at UCLA, and developed a sound centered around Cosby's keyboards and vocal harmonies. Music Emporium released one ultra-rare self-titled album in 1969, which is praised among psychedelic enthusiasts and has been re-released multiple times.
Group leader Bill "Casey" Cosby (multi-instrumentalist, vocals) possessed a classical music and jazz background, winning multiple national musical competitions and recording an album called Accordion Masters, under the name William Cosby, in 1967. Hoping to embrace the psychedelic rock popular in Los Angeles, Cosby became well-rehearsed with the keyboards and began jamming with UCLA colleague Dora Wahl (drums). Cosby formed the band Gentle Thursday with Wahl and two other fellow UCLA students Thom Wade (lead guitar, vocals) and Steve Rustad (bass guitar). Around the same time, Wade introduced Cosby to the material released by Love, particularly the album Forever Changes, which became a primary influence on the compositions developed in the Music Emporium. In 1968, Gentle Thursday morphed into Cage, and recruited Carol Lee (bass guitar, piano, vocals), another classically trained musician.
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