THE LITTLE BOY BLUES & LINDY BLASKEY AND THE LAVELS – Chicago 60’s Punk vs New Mexico 60’s Pop

Due to popular demand here’s re-up of Eva records collection of singles by two 60’s garage groups. THE LITTLE BOY BLUES from Chicago started with couple of folk rock tunes but soon switched to Garage/Blues treatment of Willy Dixon/Muddy Waters standards, Donovan and YEAH! great fuzzed-out cover of 60’s punk classic “I Can Only Give You Everything” [Pebbles vol.2]. They scored an album ”In the Woodland of Weir” in ’68. but for my money their best recordings are these four 7″-ers from ’65-’67.

Inanothercorner we got fun, upbeat Garage/Pop crew from New Mexico, fronted by Lindy Blaskey [aka Lindy Blaschke]. 

“While they never broke big on the national charts, Lindy Blaskey and his band the Lavells were one of the most popular bands in the Southwest during the mid-’60s garage rock explosion. The band’s frantic and dance-friendly rock made them the kings of the Albuquerque, NM, teen scene, and their popularity extended across the state. Blaskey sang and played rhythm guitar with the group, while Steve Maase played lead guitar, Art Flores handled keyboards, Carl Silva was on harmonica, Danny Valdez held down the bass, and Chuck Buckley was the drummer. Blaskey also released the band’s recordings through his own record label, and their 1966 single “You Ain’t Tuff” has surfaced on a number of anthologies of rare and classic garage rock sides.” [Mark Deming]

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