{"id":2016,"date":"2017-02-03T22:25:12","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T22:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hippy.com\/hip\/other\/sons-of-adam\/"},"modified":"2017-02-03T22:25:12","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T22:25:12","slug":"sons-of-adam-by-shiloh-noone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/reviews\/sons-of-adam-by-shiloh-noone\/","title":{"rendered":"Sons Of Adam"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sons of Adam<\/strong> were an underrated freakbeat group from California headed by a blistering guitarist called Randy Holden<\/strong>. Randy Holden\u2019s<\/strong> roots started with the Surfguitar band Fender IV<\/strong> comprising Randy on lead , Joe Kooken<\/strong> rhythm , Mike Port<\/strong> bass & drums Bruce Miller<\/strong> that put out the Dick Dale<\/strong> styled \u201cMar Gaya”\/”You Better Tell Me Now” (1964 Imperial Records) “Malibu Run”\/”Everybody Up” (1965 Imperial Records) Sons Of Adam<\/strong> operated in the\u00a0 Baltimore area in 1962, later moving to Southern California. The Sons of Adam<\/strong> name was given to them by the visionary and misunderstood Kim Fowley<\/strong>, renowned for his hit song \u201cAlley Oop\u201d. Sons of Adam<\/strong> were prime Brit Invasion with a riveting Californian psyche sound that made them collectably and exclusive.<\/p>\n

Surf Guitar eventually becomes doused in new sounds but Randy was an old hat with his legendary inventive reverbed fretting. The members of Sons Of Adam<\/strong> initially Randy Holden<\/strong> guitar, vocals Joe Kooken<\/strong> guitar Mike Port<\/strong> bass, Jack Ttana<\/strong> rhythm guitar & Michael Stuart<\/strong> drums. The group put out an astounding cover of the Mike Hugg’s<\/strong> Yardbird<\/strong> classic “Mr You’re a Better Man Than I” \/ “You Better Tell Me Now” for\u00a0 Decca Records in 1965 – produced by Gary Usher<\/strong>. Sons of Adam opened for the Rolling Stones<\/strong> at their first show at the Long Beach \u2018Sports Arena\u2019. Randy Holden<\/strong> is renowned for his characteristic Jeff Beck<\/strong>-like sustain which can\u00a0 be heard on The Other Half\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0 “Feathered Fish,”, penned by Arthur Lee<\/strong> of Love<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

When the Sons of Adam<\/strong> broke up, drummer Michael Stuart<\/strong> joined Love<\/strong>, while Holden joined the San Francisco psychedelic band, The Other Half<\/strong> where his shimmering breaks and suspended leads are the highlights of their sole album. Randy would then enter the power trio Blue Cheer<\/strong> stamping his \u2018Guitar God\u2019 status with overpowering intensity, nobody disagreed? Sons Of Adam<\/strong> should have happened with their dynamic \u201cTake My Hand\u201d, reeling with superb harmonies and Surf chiming guitars, a.ka. Monkees.<\/strong> Their sound with similarities to the Grassroots<\/strong> was in a class of its own like their rendition of Lou Josie\u2019s<\/strong> \u201cSaturday\u2019s Son\u201d, the same cat who wrote \u201cMidnight Confessions\u201d, ironically that the Grassroots <\/strong>charted with. Uncharacteristically \u201cSons Of Adam\u2019s most prolific songs were more melodic like the beautiful \u201cWithout Love\u201d , a nugget still to be discovered or even more insular \u201cI Told You Once Before\u201d, a song for returning Vietnam vets trying to prove their love again. They also did a superb cover of the Zombies<\/strong>\u2019 \u201cYou Make me Feel Good\u201d.<\/p>\n

Added:<\/b> February 19th 2011
\nReviewer:<\/b> shiloh noone<\/a> | See all reviews<\/a> by shiloh noone
\nCategory:<\/b> Music<\/a>
\nScore:<\/b> \"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"
\nRelated Link:<\/b> Seekers Guide To The Rhythm Of Yesteryear<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Sons of Adam were an underrated freakbeat group from California headed by a blistering guitarist called Randy Holden. Randy Holden\u2019s roots started with the Surfguitar band Fender IV comprising Randy on lead , Joe Kooken rhythm , Mike Port bass & drums Bruce Miller that put out the Dick Dale styled \u201cMar Gaya”\/”You Better […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2016\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hipplanet.com\/hip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}