Post by petrolino on May 26, 2024 0:07:19 GMT
Keyboardist Doug Ingle has died at the age of 78. Ingle was a member of Iron Butterfly. He was one of the most influential and experimental organists of the rock 'n' roll era (his father was a church organist).
"‘In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida’ was written as a slow country ballad, about 1 ½ minutes long. I was making a pizza at the Galaxy on Sunset Blvd. where we were playing to help support the band. We lived in Laurel Canyon off of Kirkwood Dr. I came home late one night and Doug [Ingle] had been drinking a whole gallon of Red Mountain wine. I asked him what he had done, while he has been playing a slow ballad on his Vox keyboard. It was hard to understand him because he was so drunk … so I wrote it down on a napkin exactly how it sounded phonetically to me … ‘In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida’.
It was suppose to be In the Garden of Eden. About a year later with a whole new line up, Erik Braunn and Lee Dorman, we took it to rehearsal and started to actually put the song together. After many months and 3 months of opening for Jefferson Airplane the song got longer and longer, taking on a life of its own.
Immediately after the tour we went into the studio called Ultra Sonic Studios and recorded ‘In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida’ in 1 take. The engineer Don Cassel said, come in and listen. The song was done - 17:05. Then we overdubbed Doug’s scratch vocal and Erik’s guitar and we were done."
- Ron Bushy, It's Psychedelic Baby
Thanks for the music ...
A Psych Masterpiece : 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida' (1968)
With Ingle's passing, the Butterfly line-up that recorded their 2nd and 3rd albums - 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida' (1968) and 'Ball' (1969) - are all gone; guitarist Erik Brann died in 2003, bassist Lee Dorman died in 2012 and drummer Ron Bushy died in 2021.
"We've been accused of such. You know, as far as handles go, I refer often to 1967 - 1970, and this is prior to the metamorphosis line-up; the Butterfly was pretty consistent as to the music we put out. You could tell it was Iron Butterfly, same as you could tell it was Chicago. So, there was an identifiable sound and yet during that 3 to 4 year period, we had been called underground, acid rock, psychedelic and then heavy. So much for handles.
It's whatever the market would bear at the time, whatever handle they assigned to our particular approach to the subject of music. I really couldn't tell you. Then you have Blue Cheer and Cream, who's heavy and who isn't, I don't know.
It's whatever the market would bear at the time, whatever handle they assigned to our particular approach to the subject of music. I really couldn't tell you. Then you have Blue Cheer and Cream, who's heavy and who isn't, I don't know.
Def Leppard once accredited us as being the father of heavy metal. The only reason I shy away from that reference is simply because I'm not convinced that I really like where heavy metal has gone."
- Doug Ingle discusses the birth of heavy metal with Gary James, Classic Bands
- Doug Ingle discusses the birth of heavy metal with Gary James, Classic Bands
'Gentle As It May Seem' (1968) - Iron Butterfly
'My Mirage' (1968) - Iron Butterfly
Thankfully, of the Butterfly's early years as psychedelic pioneers (1966 - 1970), guitarist Danny Weis and bassist Jerry Penrod are still with us (singer & multi-instrumentalist Darryl DeLoach died in 2002 and guitarist Larry Reinhardt died in 2012).
'RIP Doug Ingle'
- It's Psychedelic Baby, X (formerly known as Twitter)
'It Must Be Love' (1969) - Iron Butterfly
'Easy Rider (Let The Wind Pay The Way)' (1970) - Iron Butterfly
R.I.P.
