The Charlatans
 The
Charlatans were the city slickers in residency at The Red Dog
Saloon in Nevada in the summer of 1965.
They mixed jug-band folk and rock 'n' roll, partied, took
copious amounts of drugs and, inevitably, got busted.
Such antics catapulted them into the burgeoning San Francisco
scene.
They were past their prime though (and minus several key
members) by the time they got round to releasing their
long-overdue album in 1969. It sank without making many ripples,
and it's easy to hear why: low-octane, lopsided stuff - some
blues, some country, some jazz - with dull material, fussy
arrangements and some wincingly ropy harmonies.
Recording sessions in 1966 with Kama Sutra (which were
finally released in 1996 as The Amazing Charlatans)
proved far more productive, with witty, acid-drenched ditties
like We're Not On The Same Trip.
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