Warm Sounds
Warm Sounds were a harmony duo comprising Barry Husband (aka
Barry Younghusband), formerly of Tuesday's Children, and Denver
Gerrard. The pair teamed up just in time to greet the Summer of
Love with a psychedelic-pop classic called Birds & Bees,
released on Decca's quasi-progressive Deram label.
The song reached Number 27 on the national chart in England and
hit Number One on Radio London - the definitive pirate radio
outlet for the UK at the time. A follow-up Deram single - Nite
Is A Comin' - failed to chart, and a move over to Immediate
Records yielded one single - Sticks And Stones - that was
also largely ignored.
Toward the end of their time together, the duo began
experimenting with backward tapes and heavily overdubbed
psychedelic effects. After the group dissolved, Husband and Candy
John Carr (the drummer who occasionally worked with Warm Sounds)
became members of Hapshash and the Coloured Coat and subsequently
joined Donovan's band Open Road.
Carr was also in the line-up of the group Junior's Eyes, while
Denver Gerrard (working as Denny Gerrard) recorded a solo album, Sinister
Morning, for Decca's mid-priced Nova label.
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