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'Psych of the South'

Psych of the South: Calvin Leavy's 'Cummins Prison Farm'

I interviewed Billy Cole in 2011 while researching a song of his titled “Fouke Monster,” a wacky hard rock tune about the Bigfoot sightings in Fouke, Ark. in the early 70s. During the interview, Cole spoke about “Cummins Prison Farm” by Calvin Leavy, which became a Top 40 r&b hit in 1970. Although there's been a lot of misleading and contradictory information surrounding the song, including the approximately 17 people who have tried taking credit for writing and producing it, Cole is listed as the principal songwriter and wanted to reveal the story behind it from his perspective.
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Psych of the South: The Mercenaries' 'Things Found Here'

Recently, a trove of band business cards from the golden era of Arkansas garage bands was discovered and put on eBay. I was able to purchase some of them, including one by a little known 1960s garage band from Little Rock named The Mercenaries. Their record, on the cult favorite MY records label based in Little Rock, was released in early 1967. Their songs, including the atmospheric and heavy “Things Found Here” along with the psychedelic tinged “Take It All” are obscure even by garage rock standards. They were not featured on the 1999 Butler Center MY records compilation and their story has not been told before
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Psych of the South: The Barefacts' 'Tell Me' (1968)

The Barefacts recorded the infectious, stripped-down garage rock tune “Tell Me” on the Country Color label out of Osceola, Arkansas in the summer of 1968. They originally formed in Bear Creek, Alabama, in the late `50s, as the Shirley Family Band.

Psych of the South: Joe Lee's "Bottom of the Bag" (1971)

Introducing a new Rock Candy columnist: Harold Ott is the founder and primary researcher of Psych of the South, a record label dedicated to unearthing rare Arkansas pop history.
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'Lost Souls Volume 4' out now

"Lost Souls Volume 4" is out now on the Psych of the South label.

Latest 'Lost Souls' garage rock comp out

Psych of the South's latest compilation of Arkansas psych-rock is out now.
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