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Title
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[13th Floor] Elevators Interview [Side A], [13th Floor] Elevators Interview [Side A]
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Identifier
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da_00108
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Creator
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Vorda, Allan (interviewer)
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Contributor
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Erickson, Roky (interviewee)
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Dates
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1991-12-07
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Resource
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Allan Vorda music history collection
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Description
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Side A of interview with Roky Erickson of the 13th Floor Elevators, along with friends or band mates identified by first names Terry, Danny and Casey. Erickson is evasive throughout, eventually passing off the bulk of the interview to Terry. Covers how Erickson got involved in music, influences, early band The Spades, meeting Tommy Hall, forming the 13th Floor Elevators, early practice spaces, venues they played at and studio sessions. Vorda also asks questions about the sound, songwriting and imagery of songs on "The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators" and asks about Roky's influence on Janis Joplin, confirming that she was almost a member of the band. Powell St. John is also mentioned. Digitized from Memorex dBS 120-minute cassette played on Sony TC-WE475.
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Title
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[13th Floor] Elevators Interview [Side B], [13th Floor] Elevators Interview [Side B]
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Identifier
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da_00109
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Creator
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Vorda, Allan (interviewer)
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Contributor
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Erickson, Roky (interviewee)
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Dates
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1991-12-07
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Resource
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Allan Vorda music history collection
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Description
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Side B of interview with Roky Erickson of the 13th Floor Elevators, along with friends or band mates identified by first names Terry, Danny and Casey. On this side of the tape, Erickson answers almost none of the questions, explaining (around 13:30) that some of the topics are scary to him. Most questions are answered by Terry and Danny. Vorda asks in-depth questions about individual songs from "The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators." Also covers changes in band personnel, updates on band members, the death of Stacy Sutherland, sound quality on early recordings, album cover artist John Cleveland and mentions of the bands Jefferson Airplane, Josefus, Fever Tree and The Doors. Digitized from Memorex dBS 120-minute cassette played on Sony TC-WE475.