The Cherry People
| The Cherry People | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Washington, D.C., United States |
| Genres | Psychedelic pop, bubblegum pop, hard rock |
| Years active | 1967–1975 2005–present (As Cherry People Acoustic) |
| Labels | Heritage, Hot Cotton |
| Associated acts | The Intruders, The English Setters, BUX, Angel |
| Members |
Chris Grimes Doug Grimes Michael Fath Jude Vitilio |
| Past members |
Punky Meadows Jan Zukowski Rocky Isaac Pick Kelly Larry Gray David Alves Mike Zack T.C. Tolliver Chris Noe Wayne Tomlinson James Musgrove Rick Benick Andre Sokol Barry Brandt Steve Riley David Namerdy |
The Cherry People were a psychedelic pop and later hard rock group that formed from remnants of The English Setters. The band is best known for their semi-hit single And Suddenly, which reached No. 44, and including guitarist Punky Meadows who would join BUX and Angel in the early to mid 70s after leaving the Cherry People in 1972.
During the summer months The English Setters changed its name to the Cherry People and embarked on several trips to play nightclubs in New York City. While working the Café Wha? the band attracted the interest of producer Ron Haffkine, which led to a new five-year management contract with Jerry Ross Productions and a deal with Heritage Records. The Cherry People were the inaugural group to go out on the MGM-distributed label. The group were introduced Nationally by Jerry Ross with Dick Clark on American Bandstand where they debut their new single " And Suddenly "
The band spent the fall of 1967 shaping their debut album at Bell Sound Studio in New York City. Ron Haffkine brought in Barry Oslander to co-produce and automatically a host of studio musicians were dispatched to replace the band members when the tape started rolling. When the eponymous album was released in May 1968, it had a bubblegum pop sound. The band toured the country in support of the album and worked the Whisky a Go Go on the Sunset Strip during a West Coast jaunt. In April 1969 Chris Grimes, Punky Meadows, Rocky Isaac, Al Marks, Doug Grimes and Jan Zukowski went to NY to try to get released from their recording contract. Failing to get a meeting with Jerry Moss the band went to Steve Paul's Scene where it was known that Tuesday was jam night and anyone could show up. Sure enough after about an hour Jimi Hendrix, Billy Cox and another person came in and sat down. Al said to the rest of the guys that he had met Hendrix at Monterey Pop and was going over to talk to him. No one believed him but he went over and came back saying that Hendrix needed a drummer and invited the whole band to the studio. Rocky, Chris, Al and Jan went over to the Record Plant and wound up recording 3 tracks that night with Hendrix.."Room Full Of Mirrors", "Crash Landing","Stone Free Again"..Rocky played drums,Al and Chris played percussion and Jan played some bass( but was not used on the tracks).Hendrix asked them to come back 2 nights later to do some more tracks.."Bleeding Heart", Drone Blues"..All these tracks were later released on Experience Hendrix reissues.
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