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Fever Tree (band)

March 04, 2024

Fever Tree is a former American psychedelic rock band of the 1960s, chiefly known for their anthemic 1968 hit, "San Francisco Girls (Return of the Native)".

Fever Tree
OriginHouston, Texas, United States
GenresPsychedelic rock, garage rock
Years active1966–1970, 1978
LabelsUni, Ampex, Shroom Records
Past membersDennis Keller
Michael Knust
Rob Landes
E.E. "Bud" Wolfe
John Tuttle
Not to be confused with Fever-Tree.

History edit

The group originated in Houston, Texas and began in 1966 as a folk rock group called The Bostwick Vines. They changed their name to Fever Tree a year later after the addition of keyboard player Rob Landes.

The band briefly entered the public consciousness when their song "San Francisco Girls (Return of the Native)" reached No. 91 in the U.S. on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in June 1968.[1] Like most of the band's material, it was written by the couple of Scott and Vivian Holtzman, who also were their producers.[2] This four-minute track captured all the band's trademarks: Dennis Keller's incantation-like vocals, the quick shifting between slow parts with an almost sacral feeling and faster, more rock-oriented parts, and especially the searing guitar work by Michael Knust.

Fever Tree also released their self-titled debut album, Fever Tree, in 1968, which charted at No. 156 on the Billboard 200 Chart.[3] A second album, Another Time, Another Place, followed in 1969 and peaked at No. 83 with a third album Creation, charting at No. 97 on the Billboard 200 Chart in 1970.[4] After "San Francisco Girls", they never had another hit, although they later also tried writing songs themselves when they had dropped the Holtzmans as producers. The group disbanded in 1970, but reformed in 1978 with only guitarist Michael Knust remaining from the original line-up. The new formation of the group had little commercial success; Fever Tree was not heard of again until 2003 when Michael Knust died.

Fever Tree's first two albums (Fever Tree and Another Time, Another Place) were re-released as a single CD on October 31, 2006. Fever Tree's third and fourth albums (Creation and For Sale) are also available as a single CD.

Their recording of "Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won't Do)" by Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd, and Wilson Pickett was sampled as the primary riff in Madvillain's "America's Most Blunted" from their 2004 self-titled debut.


Band members edit

Discography edit

Albums

  • Fever Tree (1968), Uni Records/MCA US Billboard #156[5]
  • Another Time, Another Place (1968), Uni/MCA US Billboard #83 Tracks: A1 Man Who Paints the Pictures - Part 2 A2 What Time Did You Say It Is In Salt Lake City? A3 Don't Come Crying To Me Girl A4 Fever A5 Grand Candy Young Sweet B1 Jokes Are For Sad People B2 I've Never Seen Evergreen B3 Peace of Mind B4 Death Is The Dancer
  • Creation (1969), Uni/MCA US Billboard #97
  • For Sale (1970), Ampex Records
  • Live at Lake Charles (1978), Shroom Records

Singles[6]

References edit

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2009). Top Pop Singles 1955-2008 (12 ed.). Record Research. p. 341. ISBN 0-89820-180-2.
  2. ^ "Fever Tree | Biography, Albums, Streaming Links". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  3. ^ "Fever Tree | Biography, Albums, Streaming Links". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Top Pop Albums 1955-1996 (4 ed.). Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. p. 264. ISBN 0-89820-117-9.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2018). Top Pop Albums 1955-2016. Record Research Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-226-7.
  6. ^ Roxon, Lillian (1972). Lillian Roxon's Rock Encyclopedia (Universal Library ed.). Grosset and Dunlop. p. 180. ISBN 0-448-00255-8.
  7. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2015). The Comparison Book Billboard/Cash Box/Record World 1954-1982. Sheridan Books. ISBN 978-0-89820-213-7.

External links edit

  • German tribute site
  • Rob Landes and the Rob Landes Trio

March 04, 2024
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