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The Crusaders (garage band)

The Crusaders was an American garage rock band, whose 1966 album Make a Joyful Noise with Drums and Guitars is considered one of the first gospel rock releases,[1] or even "the first record of Christian rock".[2]

The Crusaders
OriginLos Angeles, California, United States
GenresPsychedelic rock, garage rock
Years active1966–1967
LabelsTower
Capitol
Past membersDanny Altchuler
Fred Barnett
Jeff Barnett
Walt Flannery
Mike Joyce

Band members Edit

Foundation members Edit

  • Daniel Leonard Altchuler (born 21 September 1946)[3]—rhythm guitar (1966–1969)
  • Fred J. Barnett (born 18 March 1950) -- lead guitar (1966–1969)[4]
  • Jeffrey Arlen Barnett (born 29 December 1949; died 13 May 1989 in Corvallis, Oregon)[5]—drums, percussion (1966–1969)
  • Walter M. Flannery (born 16 December 1947);[6]—keyboards (1966–1969)
  • Michael Craig Joyce (27 July 1948 – 14 February 2008) -- bass (1966–1969)

Additions Edit

  • Lana Victoria Hale (born 5 October 1952)[7]—vocals (1967)
  • Bonnie Ruth Blunt (born 10 June 1951 in Los Angeles)[8]—vocals (1967–1969) replaced Hale

History Edit

The Crusaders was a five-member band that evolved out of surf bands Scope Unlimited and The Sidewinders who got together while attending Westchester High School, Los Angeles. Scope Unlimited, which included Fred Barnett, his brother Jeff Barnett, Dan Altchuler and Walt Flannery, played mostly at recreational centers in Westchester and school dances.[9] According to lead guitarist Fred Barnett, he was taught how to play surf style lead guitar by Tom Stanton, the original guitarist of The Crossfires from the Planet Mars,[10] another Westchester surf band, who became The Turtles in 1965.[11] Scope Unlimited rehearsed for eight years in Barnett's parents' garage, played songs by Duane Eddy, Dick Dale, the Surfaris, and the Pyramids, and recorded a surf music "Square Dance" and a surf instrumental written by Fred Barnett.[12]

Freddy and the Fanatics Edit

While still students at Westchester High School, Altchuler and Flannery formed a new band called Freddy and The Fanatics, which included the Barnett brothers and Mike Joyce.[9] According to Fred Barnett, "one of Walt Flannery's trademarks as our lead singer was to wear either a biker jacket or a monk's robe with chains on stage. Then when he would start to sing, usually a Rolling Stones song, he'd bite down on packets of ketchup so it would look as though he was spitting up huge amounts of blood".[12]

The Crusaders (1966-1967) Edit

By 1966 the band was signed by Tower Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records.[13] and their name was changed to The Crusaders.[14] While the band was described as: "five sincere young men ... who have chosen the Big Beat as the means of expressing the religious faith",[15] Flannery and Joyce were both raised as Roman Catholics, while Altchuler and the Barnett brothers were raised in liberal Jewish families.[16] The Crusaders were "one of the first on the scene with a “contemporary musical expression: The Beat”".[17]

"Little Drummer Boy"/ "Battle Hymn of the Republic" (1966) Edit

The Crusaders' debut release was a single produced by the newly created No.1 Productions of veteran arranger-conductor Hank Levine,[18] who was previously the A&R director for Colpix Records,[19] who had produced songs for The Monkees' Davy Jones,[20] and psychedelic hard rock band The Other Half,[21] and record producer Larry Goldberg,[22] who had previously been Western sales manager at Hanna-Barbera Records,[23] featuring "The Little Drummer Boy" backed with "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" (Tower 286), that was released in early November 1966.[24] A reviewer for Billboard magazine described the single as: "A new concept of the holiday material features a solid rock dance beat with a straight well done vocal. A controversial conversation piece that should prove a sales giant".[24]

The Crusaders Make a Joyful Noise with Drums and Guitar (1966) Edit

Their debut album The Crusaders Make a Joyful Noise with Drums and Guitar, which was also recorded in 1966, and produced by Levine and Goldberg,[13] was released by the middle of November 1966.[25] The album's liner notes claim: "For the first time, God is praised in song through the most contemporary musical expression: The Beat!".[15] Jesus music historian David Di Sabatino indicates that "this album is important in establishing that there were a handful of artists performing 'gospel rock' music well before Larry Norman or any other of the Jesus music artists emerged in the early 1970s".[26] Kelly Lawler argues that "One of the very first releases that could clearly be considered a Christian Rock release, the Crusaders' Make a Joyful Noise with Drums and Guitars, stands as a landmark LP".[27]

Lawler describes the album: "By today's standards, the band really sounds quite subdued. Heavy emphasis on group harmony, and a reliance on Christian standards ... keep the LP from being heralded as an all-out Garage assault. However, they do whip up a snazzy rendition of "Little Drummer Boy" - no kidding. The rest of the material was apparently penned by the band with the exception of the Rodgers-Hammerstein composition, "You'll Never Walk Alone." With the just the right amount of fuzz-tinged guitar and bass, coupled with enticing organ, the band's Garage roots remain firmly planted, yet not quite the "rocking, muscular, explosive, sound-power" lauded in the LP's liner notes. ... One could certainly make a strong argument for the Crusaders blazing the trail. After all, who predates this LP as far as a straight rock band singing clearly religious music? Yes, Elvis Presley and Jack Scott both released Gospel LPs, but neither could be confused with a rock album. This and the overall quality of the music have contributed to the album's increased notoriety among collectors. Surprisingly the Crusaders had the backing of a label, Tower, with fairly broad distribution".[27]

Kenn Scott described the album as: "This one’s got the heaviest garage sound for the era, ‘Praise We The Lord’ probably being the closest Christian music ever got to the raw punk energy of early Who (it’s actually a rip-off of The Yardbird’s tune ‘You’re A Better Man Than I’). The irresistibly catchy twangy pop of ‘With The Lord At Our Side’ coupled with the Association-like title cut prove the band’s own compositions to be the best. Solidly electric sound throughout, plenty of riffs, solid drumming, some Duane Eddy-derived leads on beat interpretations of ‘Battle Hymn’ and ‘Onward Christian Soldiers’ that probably caused a few stirs among the ecclesia. For beat sounds this side of the Big Pond, this one’s the top banana. Both stereo and mono versions exist with subtle differences (note the two entirely different guitar solos on ‘With The Lord At Our Side’)".[17] Another reviewer described this album: "While this was clearly a secular album (as far as I’m aware one of the first major label releases clearly intended to tap the youth market), the mixture of traditional hymns and handful of originals were cloaked in an extremely mid-1960s pop and garage vibe. While the band didn’t seem to have a true lead singer (most of the songs have ‘group’ vocals), they boasted an accomplished lead guitarist in Altchular (‘Praise We the Lord’ served as a nice showcase for his chops), with the rest of the band also quite good. It sounds kind of strange, but given the band’s earnestness and talent, if you could overlook the occasionally cringe-inducing lyrics (check out ‘What Is Man’), tracks like ‘Little Drummer Boy‘, ’God Lives’ and ‘Praise We the Lord’ could easily have been confused for something by their better known non-secular competitors (think Tower label mates The Standells). Elsewhere harmony-rich pop tracks like ‘You'll Never Walk Alone’,[28] ‘With the Lord On Your Side’ and ‘ Make a Joyful Noise’ bore more than a passing resemblance to The Association, while their covers of ‘Battle Hymn of the Republic’ and ‘Onward Christian Soldiers’ offered up a nice introduction to Duane Eddy-styled rock".[13] Hi! I am Fred Barnett, and this is 2011. I just want everyone to know that much of this album was vocalized by studio musicians who sounded more like "The Chipmunks" than our actual band. We spent months trying to sound like these lame-o's who sang like they'd been castrated by a Hamilton Beach smoothy machine.

"Make a Joyful Noise" / "Praise We the Lord" (1967) Edit

In July 1967 Capitol Records released a single "Make a Joyful Noise", backed with "Praise We the Lord" (Capitol 72481), with both songs previously appearing on The Crusaders Make a Joyful Noise with Drums and Guitar.[29]

The Love Exchange (1967-1968) Edit

The Love Exchange
OriginLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Genrespsychedelic rock, garage rock
Years active1967–1969
LabelsUptown Records
Tower Records
Past membersDanny Altchuler
Fred Barnett
Jeff Barnett
Walt Flannery
Mike Joyce
Lana Hale
Bonnie Blunt

By 1967 their manager Barry Kaye, who was "a real Hollywood creep ... [who] took every penny we made off of some real big gigs",[30] persuaded The Crusaders to change their name to The Love Exchange,[31] and moved to San Francisco, California.[32] According to Richie Unterberger: "The Love Exchange were a typical support-level Los Angeles band of the psychedelic era, right down to their name.[32] After experimenting briefly with 14-year-old Lana V. Hale,[33] the only daughter of actor Alan Hale Jr.,[34] famous as the skipper on Gilligan's Island, as their female lead singer,[32] they replaced Hale with 16-year-old lead singer Bonnie Blunt,[14] described as "the group's strongest asset, giving them the competent vocals in the soaring, folky Mamas & the Papas/early Jefferson Airplane style",[32] and whose voice was described as "a heavenly hybrid of Grace Slick and Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane [that] burns bright as the sun".[14] Their sound was described as "the perfect soundtrack for a Griffith Park Love-In".[14] By 1967 they were signed by Uptown Records, a subsidiary of MCA Records.[35]

"Swallow the Sun" (1967) Edit

By late November 1967 The Love Effect released a single "Swallow the Sun" (written by John Merrill) (backed by "Meadow Memory") (Uptown Records 755),[36] which is described as the band's "chief claim to fame", and "a nice folk-rock-psychedelic tune that's emblematic of the time with its trippily optimistic lyrics, garage-like Mamas & the Papas female-male harmonies, and swirling organ".[32] "Swallow the Sun" was "a re-titled cover of 'Dark On You Now' (with some different lyrics) by the Peanut Butter Conspiracy",[32] which had previously been recorded by Merrill's previous band, The Ashes.[37] The song was anthologized on the Los Angeles portion of the Highs in the Mid-Sixties series, and also on the folk-rock volume of the vinyl Nuggets series on Rhino in the 1980s.[32]

Love Exchange (1968) Edit

The Love Exchange's eponymous 1968 album Love Exchange was recorded in one day at Leo de Gar Kulka's Golden State Recorders Studios at Harrison Street, San Francisco,[38] produced by Number One Productions of Larry Goldberg,[39] who "put his name on our songs",[12] and was credited with writing most of the songs,[40] with the exception of "the appropriately melancholy and ghostly 'Ballad of a Sad Man' (written by bassist Mike Joyce)".[40] In an act of "psychsploitation", Goldberg took some of the LP's backing tracks and used them on a soundtrack album for a musical titled How Now, Dow Jones, credited there to the Floor Traders".[32] These songs were "Step to the Rear" and "Live a Little", both with lyrics by Carolyn Leigh and music by Elmer Bernstein. The original soundtrack album "How Now, Dow Jones" was released by RCA Victor (RCA LSO-1142/ RCA LOC-1142) by January 1968.[41]

In April 1968 Love Exchange was released without the two Broadway songs, and received a favorable rating by Billboard magazine.[42] However, Richie Unterberger described this album: "In addition to featuring "Swallow the Sun," [it] had an assortment of minor-league psych-folk-pop crossover efforts, few of them written by the band. ... These were pretty shallow garage-psych-folk-rock efforts with their utopian rose-colored lyrics and organ-modal-guitar combinations, like a minor league Peanut Butter Conspiracy (who weren't such major talents themselves)".[32]

The Love Exchange played often in Los Angeles, including gigs at the Pandora's Box and other Sunset Strip clubs, the Los Angeles Sports Arena, and at some festivals, but broke up after appearing at the Newport '69 Pop Festival in June 1969.[32]

Charity (1969) Edit

Charity
OriginLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Genrespsychedelic rock, garage rock
Years active1969
LabelsUni Records
Past membersJeff Oxman
James Peters
Walt Flannery
John Cortinas
Kent Henry

After The Love Exchange disbanded, Walt Flannery moved to Los Angeles and became a member of a band called Charity. The other members of Charity were Jeff Oxman (vocals), James Peters, John Cortinas, and Kent Henry,[43] who later became a member of Steppenwolf, played guitar on this album.[44] In 1969 Charity was signed to Uni Records, managed by Barry Kaye, who also produced their only single: "Never Change Your Mind" (written by Oxman), backed by "I Still Love You" (Uni 55159).[45]

Charity Now (1969) Edit

Their only album Charity Now (Uni 73061), which was released in 1969 by Uni Records,[46] contained songs written by members of The Love Exchange, although they "never received royalties for anything, though we wrote half of, what I admit, was total crap".[12] The Blossoms provided backing vocals for this album.[43]

Later years Edit

Discography Edit

The Crusaders (1966-1967) Edit

Singles Edit

  • "Little Drummer Boy" b/w "Battle Hymn of the Republic" (Tower 286) (November 1966);[52]
  • "Make a Joyful Noise" b/w "Praise We the Lord" (Capitol 72481) Canada (July 1967)[29]

Album Edit

  • Make a Joyful Noise with Drums and Guitars (Tower T-5048; ST-5048) (1966)[53]

Track list: Side 1:

  1. "Little Drummer Boy" (Simeone – Onorati – Davis) – 2:42
  2. "Battle Hymn of the Republic" (Lyrics: Julia Ward Howe (1861); Music: William Steffe (1855). Arranged by The Crusaders) – 2:10
  3. "God Lives" (The Crusaders) – 2:07
  4. "You’ll Never Walk Alone" (Richard RodgersOscar Hammerstein II) – 1:56
  5. "With the Lord On Your Side" (The Crusaders) – 2:38

Side 2:

  1. "Praise We the Lord" (The Crusaders) – 2:54
  2. "What Is Man" (The Crusaders) – 2:00
  3. "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" (traditional – arranged by The Crusaders) – 2:26
  4. "Onward Christian Soldiers" (instrumental) (traditional – arranged by The Crusaders) – 1:44
  5. "Make a Joyful Noise" (The Crusaders) – 2:13

The Love Exchange (1967-1969) Edit

Single Edit

  • "Meadow Memory" b/w "Swallow the Sun" (Uptown Records 755) (1967)

Album Edit

  • Love Exchange (Tower ST-5115) (1968)[54]

Track listing:[55]

  1. "Get Out Of My Life, Woman"
  2. "Swallow the Sun" (John Merrill)
  3. "Flying High"
  4. "Meadow Memory"
  5. "Saturday Night Flight 505"
  6. "Give Up On Love"
  7. "Two-O-Tango"
  8. "Ballad Of A Sad Man" (Mike Joyce)
  9. "Nothing At All"
  10. "Mrs. Ansel Griffith"

Bonus tracks on CD release (Sundazed SC 6113) (2001):[55]

  1. "Boston"
  2. "Live A Little" (Lyrics: Carolyn Leigh; Music: Elmer Bernstein - Included in the musical How Now, Dow Jones)[56]
  3. "Step To The Rear" (Lyrics: Carolyn Leigh; Music: Elmer Bernstein - Included in the musical How Now, Dow Jones)[57]
  4. "Get Out Of My Life, Woman" (alt. take)
  5. "Meadow Memory" (alt. take)
  6. "Swallow The Sun" (alt. take)

Personnel:[58]

  • Bonnie Blunt (vocals, tambourine)
  • Fred Barnett (6-string guitar)
  • Dan Altchuler (12-string guitar)
  • Walt Flannery (organ)
  • Mike Joyce (bass guitar)
  • Jeff Barnett (drums)

Compilation albums Edit

  • The Love Exchange - "Swallow the Sun", Highs In The Mid-Sixties Vol. 3 - L.A. '67 Mondo Hollywood A Go-Go (AIP Records #AIP-10005) USA (1983)
  • The Love Exchange - "Swallow the Sun", Nuggets, Vol. 10: Folk Rock (Rhino RNLP/RNC 70034) USA (1986)[59]
  • The Love Exchange - "Swallow The Sun (Dark On You Now)", Crystallize Your Mind: Nuggets from the Golden State (Big Beat CDWIKD 131) UK (1994)
  • Clair Hicks & Love Exchange - "Push Push (In The Bush)", Best Of Personal Records (Hot Productions HTCD 3) USA (1989)
  • Pam Todd and Love Exchange - "Let's Get Together", Star Funk Vol. 38 (Unidisc SPLK-7338) Canada (1996)

Charity (1969) Edit

Single Edit

  • "Never Change Your Mind" (Jeff G. Oxman) b/w "I Still Love You" (Uni 55159) (1969)

Album Edit

  • Charity Now (Uni 73061) (1969)[60]

Track list:
Side 1:
1. "All My Life"
2. "Summer"
3. "I Still Love You"
4. "Hanging On To You"
5. "Scorpio"

Side 2:
1. "Never Change Your Mind" (Jeff G. Oxman)
2. "Please Stay"
3. "Roll With It"
4. "Freedom's Coming!"

Personnel:

References and notes Edit

  1. ^ David Di Sabatino, in Mark Allan Powell, Encyclopedia of Christian Music (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2002):217.
  2. ^ John J. Thompson, Raised by Wolves: The Story of Christian Rock & Roll (ECW Press, 2000):43. See also "The Birth of Jesus Music", one-way.org
  3. ^ Source Citation: Birthdate: 21 Sep 1946; Birth County: Los Angeles. Source Information: Ancestry.com. California Birth Index, 1905-1995
  4. ^ a b Barnett was born Fred J. Deutsch. See Ancestry.com. California Marriage Index, 1960-1985
  5. ^ Jeff Barnett was the adopted brother of Fred Barnett. Source: Fred J. Barnett (24 June 2010); Ancestry.com. Oregon Death Index, 1903-98.
  6. ^ Ancestry.com. U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1
  7. ^ Born as Lana V. Hale MacKahan. See Ancestry.com. U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 2.
  8. ^ Ancestry.com. California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Source Citation: Birthdate: 10 Jun 1951; Birth County: Los Angeles.
  9. ^ a b c "THE LOVE EXCHANGE - Swallow The Sun", (24 September 2009), expo67-cavestones.blogspot.com
  10. ^ "History of The Turtles", . Archived from the original on 2008-12-07. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
  11. ^ Fred Barnett (24 June 2010).
  12. ^ a b c d Fred Barnett, in "THE LOVE EXCHANGE - Swallow The Sun", (24 September 2009), expo67-cavestones.blogspot.com
  13. ^ a b c "The Crusaders", badcatrecords.com
  14. ^ a b c d "The Love Exchange", sundazed.com
  15. ^ a b Liner notes, The Crusaders Make a Joyful Noise with Drums and Guitar (1966).
  16. ^ Source: Fred Barnett (25 June 2010).
  17. ^ a b Ken Scott, "The Crusaders" (28 October 2007), theancientstar-song.blogspot.com
  18. ^ "Dolton Will Build the Levine Image", Billboard (10 March 1962):33.
  19. ^ "Colpix Trims Artist Roster in Move Aimed at Singles Mart", Billboard (May 1, 1965 ):8.
  20. ^ "Colpix Presents David Jones", Billboard (17 July 1965):27.
  21. ^ "Acta on Calif. Talent Search", Billboard (25 March 1967):4.
  22. ^ "UNI Off to Early Start As Master Wheels Spin", Billboard (4 February 1967):6.
  23. ^ "Hanna-Barbera Hires Goldberg", Billboard (13 March 1965):11; "Executive Timetable", Billboard (2 July 1966):4; "Studios Amplify Original Ideas", Billboard (6 May 1967):SF-22.
  24. ^ a b "Top 60", Billboard (12 November 1966):18.
  25. ^ "These Hot Albums", Billboard (19 November 1966):43; "New Album Releases", Billboard (26 November 1966):74; "Album Reviews", Billboard (3 December 1966):43.
  26. ^ David Di Sabatino, cited in Mark Allan Powell, The Encyclopedia of Christian Music (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2002):217.
  27. ^ a b Kelly Lawler, "Crusaders Blazed the Way for Christian Rock", (11 August 2000), psacard.com
  28. ^ Producer Hank Levine arranged this same song in 1965 for The Lettermen. See "Album Reviews", Billboard (16 October 1965); discogs.com
  29. ^ a b "45 Discography for Capitol Records - Canada - 72000 series", globaldogproductions.info
  30. ^ Fred Barnett, in "THE LOVE EXCHANGE - Swallow The Sun", (24 September 2009), expo67-cavestones.blogspot.com
  31. ^ "THE LOVE EXCHANGE - Swallow The Sun", (24 September 2009), expo67-cavestones.blogspot.com; "The Crusaders", badcatrecords.com
  32. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide, "Love Exchange: Biography", music.msn.com 2012-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
  33. ^ "Laura Hale". IMDb.
  34. ^ "Alan Hale, Jr. Biography (1918-1990)", filmreference.com
  35. ^ "Uptown Records", rateyourmusic.com
  36. ^ "Chart: Spotlight: Predicted to reach the HOT 100 Chart", Billboard (25 November 1967):12; "Uptown Records", rateyourmusic.com
  37. ^ "Track Details", musicaltaste.com; "THE LOVE EXCHANGE - Swallow The Sun", (24 September 2009), expo67-cavestones.blogspot.com
  38. ^ Fred Barnett, in "THE LOVE EXCHANGE - Swallow The Sun", (24 September 2009), expo67-cavestones.blogspot.com; "Love Exchange CD", cduniverse.com; Heather Johnson, If These Halls Could Talk: A Historical Tour Through San Francisco Recording Studios (Thomson Course Technology, 2006):28ff.; Bruce Tahsler, Garage Bands from the Sixties, Then and Now, 2nd. ed. (Bruce Tahsler, 2006):74; "Studios Amplify Original Ideas", Billboard (6 May 1967):SF-22; "Leo De Gar Kulka is the Sound of San Francisco", Billboard (May 6, 1967):SF-23.
  39. ^ "Tower Widens Production Vistas", Billboard (9 March 1968):6.
  40. ^ a b "Love Exchange CD", cduniverse.com
  41. ^ "New Album Releases", Billboard (6 January 1968):45.
  42. ^ "Album Reviews: 4 Star", Billboard (13 April 1968):66.
  43. ^ a b "Charity", rateyourmusic.com
  44. ^ "California Albums", californiaalbums.com
  45. ^ "Never Change Your Mind / I Still Love You", rateyourmusic.com
  46. ^ Dave Edwards, Patrice Eyries, and Mike Callahan, "Universal City Records [UNI] Album Discography", (April 24, 2007), bsnpubs.com; Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide, "Love Exchange: Biography", music.msn.com 2012-06-14 at the Wayback Machine; Fred Barnett, in "THE LOVE EXCHANGE - Swallow The Sun", (24 September 2009), expo67-cavestones.blogspot.com; "The Crusaders", badcatrecords.com
  47. ^ a b Ancestry.com. Nevada Marriage Index, 1956-2005
  48. ^ "Daniel Altchuler, DPM ", thedoc4feet.com
  49. ^ a b Ancestry.com. California Marriage Index, 1960-1985; "THE LOVE EXCHANGE - Swallow The Sun", (24 September 2009), expo67-cavestones.blogspot.com
  50. ^ "Half-Naked Savages", reverbnation.com
  51. ^ Fred Barnett (25 June 2010); "THE LOVE EXCHANGE - Swallow The Sun", (24 September 2009), expo67-cavestones.blogspot.com
  52. ^ "Top 60", Billboard (12 November 1966):18; "These Hot Singles", Billboard (19 November 1966):43.
  53. ^ Robert Plants, "Tower Records Discography", forbiddeneye.com
  54. ^ "MusicMoz - Bands and Artists: C: Crusaders, the".
  55. ^ a b "The Love Exchange", sundazed.com
  56. ^ "How Now, Dow Jones", guidetomusicaltheatre.com
  57. ^ "Step to the rear [music] / lyric by Carolyn Leigh ; music by Elmer Bernstein", catalogue.nla.gov.au; "How Now, Dow Jones ", guidetomusicaltheatre.com
  58. ^ "Love Exchange CD Album".
  59. ^ "The Complete Nuggets Cassettes Volume 2 to 12", (April 29, 2010), psychnuggets.blogspot.com; Mike Callahan, David Edwards, and Patrice Eyries, "Rhino Album Discography, Part 1: RNLP 001/051 & 70000 Series", (August 17, 2005), bsnpubs.com
  60. ^ Dave Edwards, Patrice Eyries, and Mike Callahan, "Universal City Records [UNI] Album Discography", (April 24, 2007), bsnpubs.com

Further reading Edit

  • Lawler, Kelly. "Crusaders Blazed the Way for Christian Rock". 11 August 2000. psacard.com

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For other uses see Crusader The Crusaders was an American garage rock band whose 1966 album Make a Joyful Noise with Drums and Guitars is considered one of the first gospel rock releases 1 or even the first record of Christian rock 2 The CrusadersOriginLos Angeles California United StatesGenresPsychedelic rock garage rockYears active1966 1967LabelsTowerCapitolPast membersDanny AltchulerFred BarnettJeff BarnettWalt FlanneryMike Joyce Contents 1 Band members 1 1 Foundation members 1 2 Additions 2 History 2 1 Freddy and the Fanatics 2 2 The Crusaders 1966 1967 2 2 1 Little Drummer Boy Battle Hymn of the Republic 1966 2 2 2 The Crusaders Make a Joyful Noise with Drums and Guitar 1966 2 2 3 Make a Joyful Noise Praise We the Lord 1967 2 3 The Love Exchange 1967 1968 2 3 1 Swallow the Sun 1967 2 3 2 Love Exchange 1968 2 4 Charity 1969 2 4 1 Charity Now 1969 3 Later years 4 Discography 4 1 The Crusaders 1966 1967 4 1 1 Singles 4 1 2 Album 4 2 The Love Exchange 1967 1969 4 2 1 Single 4 2 2 Album 4 2 3 Compilation albums 4 3 Charity 1969 4 3 1 Single 4 3 2 Album 5 References and notes 6 Further readingBand members EditFoundation members Edit Daniel Leonard Altchuler born 21 September 1946 3 rhythm guitar 1966 1969 Fred J Barnett born 18 March 1950 lead guitar 1966 1969 4 Jeffrey Arlen Barnett born 29 December 1949 died 13 May 1989 in Corvallis Oregon 5 drums percussion 1966 1969 Walter M Flannery born 16 December 1947 6 keyboards 1966 1969 Michael Craig Joyce 27 July 1948 14 February 2008 bass 1966 1969 Additions Edit Lana Victoria Hale born 5 October 1952 7 vocals 1967 Bonnie Ruth Blunt born 10 June 1951 in Los Angeles 8 vocals 1967 1969 replaced HaleHistory EditThe Crusaders was a five member band that evolved out of surf bands Scope Unlimited and The Sidewinders who got together while attending Westchester High School Los Angeles Scope Unlimited which included Fred Barnett his brother Jeff Barnett Dan Altchuler and Walt Flannery played mostly at recreational centers in Westchester and school dances 9 According to lead guitarist Fred Barnett he was taught how to play surf style lead guitar by Tom Stanton the original guitarist of The Crossfires from the Planet Mars 10 another Westchester surf band who became The Turtles in 1965 11 Scope Unlimited rehearsed for eight years in Barnett s parents garage played songs by Duane Eddy Dick Dale the Surfaris and the Pyramids and recorded a surf music Square Dance and a surf instrumental written by Fred Barnett 12 Freddy and the Fanatics Edit While still students at Westchester High School Altchuler and Flannery formed a new band called Freddy and The Fanatics which included the Barnett brothers and Mike Joyce 9 According to Fred Barnett one of Walt Flannery s trademarks as our lead singer was to wear either a biker jacket or a monk s robe with chains on stage Then when he would start to sing usually a Rolling Stones song he d bite down on packets of ketchup so it would look as though he was spitting up huge amounts of blood 12 The Crusaders 1966 1967 Edit By 1966 the band was signed by Tower Records a subsidiary of Capitol Records 13 and their name was changed to The Crusaders 14 While the band was described as five sincere young men who have chosen the Big Beat as the means of expressing the religious faith 15 Flannery and Joyce were both raised as Roman Catholics while Altchuler and the Barnett brothers were raised in liberal Jewish families 16 The Crusaders were one of the first on the scene with a contemporary musical expression The Beat 17 Little Drummer Boy Battle Hymn of the Republic 1966 Edit The Crusaders debut release was a single produced by the newly created No 1 Productions of veteran arranger conductor Hank Levine 18 who was previously the A amp R director for Colpix Records 19 who had produced songs for The Monkees Davy Jones 20 and psychedelic hard rock band The Other Half 21 and record producer Larry Goldberg 22 who had previously been Western sales manager at Hanna Barbera Records 23 featuring The Little Drummer Boy backed with The Battle Hymn of the Republic Tower 286 that was released in early November 1966 24 A reviewer for Billboard magazine described the single as A new concept of the holiday material features a solid rock dance beat with a straight well done vocal A controversial conversation piece that should prove a sales giant 24 The Crusaders Make a Joyful Noise with Drums and Guitar 1966 Edit Their debut album The Crusaders Make a Joyful Noise with Drums and Guitar which was also recorded in 1966 and produced by Levine and Goldberg 13 was released by the middle of November 1966 25 The album s liner notes claim For the first time God is praised in song through the most contemporary musical expression The Beat 15 Jesus music historian David Di Sabatino indicates that this album is important in establishing that there were a handful of artists performing gospel rock music well before Larry Norman or any other of the Jesus music artists emerged in the early 1970s 26 Kelly Lawler argues that One of the very first releases that could clearly be considered a Christian Rock release the Crusaders Make a Joyful Noise with Drums and Guitars stands as a landmark LP 27 Lawler describes the album By today s standards the band really sounds quite subdued Heavy emphasis on group harmony and a reliance on Christian standards keep the LP from being heralded as an all out Garage assault However they do whip up a snazzy rendition of Little Drummer Boy no kidding The rest of the material was apparently penned by the band with the exception of the Rodgers Hammerstein composition You ll Never Walk Alone With the just the right amount of fuzz tinged guitar and bass coupled with enticing organ the band s Garage roots remain firmly planted yet not quite the rocking muscular explosive sound power lauded in the LP s liner notes One could certainly make a strong argument for the Crusaders blazing the trail After all who predates this LP as far as a straight rock band singing clearly religious music Yes Elvis Presley and Jack Scott both released Gospel LPs but neither could be confused with a rock album This and the overall quality of the music have contributed to the album s increased notoriety among collectors Surprisingly the Crusaders had the backing of a label Tower with fairly broad distribution 27 Kenn Scott described the album as This one s got the heaviest garage sound for the era Praise We The Lord probably being the closest Christian music ever got to the raw punk energy of early Who it s actually a rip off of The Yardbird s tune You re A Better Man Than I The irresistibly catchy twangy pop of With The Lord At Our Side coupled with the Association like title cut prove the band s own compositions to be the best Solidly electric sound throughout plenty of riffs solid drumming some Duane Eddy derived leads on beat interpretations of Battle Hymn and Onward Christian Soldiers that probably caused a few stirs among the ecclesia For beat sounds this side of the Big Pond this one s the top banana Both stereo and mono versions exist with subtle differences note the two entirely different guitar solos on With The Lord At Our Side 17 Another reviewer described this album While this was clearly a secular album as far as I m aware one of the first major label releases clearly intended to tap the youth market the mixture of traditional hymns and handful of originals were cloaked in an extremely mid 1960s pop and garage vibe While the band didn t seem to have a true lead singer most of the songs have group vocals they boasted an accomplished lead guitarist in Altchular Praise We the Lord served as a nice showcase for his chops with the rest of the band also quite good It sounds kind of strange but given the band s earnestness and talent if you could overlook the occasionally cringe inducing lyrics check out What Is Man tracks like Little Drummer Boy God Lives and Praise We the Lord could easily have been confused for something by their better known non secular competitors think Tower label mates The Standells Elsewhere harmony rich pop tracks like You ll Never Walk Alone 28 With the Lord On Your Side and Make a Joyful Noise bore more than a passing resemblance to The Association while their covers of Battle Hymn of the Republic and Onward Christian Soldiers offered up a nice introduction to Duane Eddy styled rock 13 Hi I am Fred Barnett and this is 2011 I just want everyone to know that much of this album was vocalized by studio musicians who sounded more like The Chipmunks than our actual band We spent months trying to sound like these lame o s who sang like they d been castrated by a Hamilton Beach smoothy machine Make a Joyful Noise Praise We the Lord 1967 Edit In July 1967 Capitol Records released a single Make a Joyful Noise backed with Praise We the Lord Capitol 72481 with both songs previously appearing on The Crusaders Make a Joyful Noise with Drums and Guitar 29 The Love Exchange 1967 1968 Edit The Love ExchangeOriginLos Angeles California U S Genrespsychedelic rock garage rockYears active1967 1969LabelsUptown RecordsTower RecordsPast membersDanny AltchulerFred BarnettJeff BarnettWalt FlanneryMike JoyceLana HaleBonnie BluntBy 1967 their manager Barry Kaye who was a real Hollywood creep who took every penny we made off of some real big gigs 30 persuaded The Crusaders to change their name to The Love Exchange 31 and moved to San Francisco California 32 According to Richie Unterberger The Love Exchange were a typical support level Los Angeles band of the psychedelic era right down to their name 32 After experimenting briefly with 14 year old Lana V Hale 33 the only daughter of actor Alan Hale Jr 34 famous as the skipper on Gilligan s Island as their female lead singer 32 they replaced Hale with 16 year old lead singer Bonnie Blunt 14 described as the group s strongest asset giving them the competent vocals in the soaring folky Mamas amp the Papas early Jefferson Airplane style 32 and whose voice was described as a heavenly hybrid of Grace Slick and Elaine Spanky McFarlane that burns bright as the sun 14 Their sound was described as the perfect soundtrack for a Griffith Park Love In 14 By 1967 they were signed by Uptown Records a subsidiary of MCA Records 35 Swallow the Sun 1967 Edit By late November 1967 The Love Effect released a single Swallow the Sun written by John Merrill backed by Meadow Memory Uptown Records 755 36 which is described as the band s chief claim to fame and a nice folk rock psychedelic tune that s emblematic of the time with its trippily optimistic lyrics garage like Mamas amp the Papas female male harmonies and swirling organ 32 Swallow the Sun was a re titled cover of Dark On You Now with some different lyrics by the Peanut Butter Conspiracy 32 which had previously been recorded by Merrill s previous band The Ashes 37 The song was anthologized on the Los Angeles portion of the Highs in the Mid Sixties series and also on the folk rock volume of the vinyl Nuggets series on Rhino in the 1980s 32 Love Exchange 1968 Edit The Love Exchange s eponymous 1968 album Love Exchange was recorded in one day at Leo de Gar Kulka s Golden State Recorders Studios at Harrison Street San Francisco 38 produced by Number One Productions of Larry Goldberg 39 who put his name on our songs 12 and was credited with writing most of the songs 40 with the exception of the appropriately melancholy and ghostly Ballad of a Sad Man written by bassist Mike Joyce 40 In an act of psychsploitation Goldberg took some of the LP s backing tracks and used them on a soundtrack album for a musical titled How Now Dow Jones credited there to the Floor Traders 32 These songs were Step to the Rear and Live a Little both with lyrics by Carolyn Leigh and music by Elmer Bernstein The original soundtrack album How Now Dow Jones was released by RCA Victor RCA LSO 1142 RCA LOC 1142 by January 1968 41 In April 1968 Love Exchange was released without the two Broadway songs and received a favorable rating by Billboard magazine 42 However Richie Unterberger described this album In addition to featuring Swallow the Sun it had an assortment of minor league psych folk pop crossover efforts few of them written by the band These were pretty shallow garage psych folk rock efforts with their utopian rose colored lyrics and organ modal guitar combinations like a minor league Peanut Butter Conspiracy who weren t such major talents themselves 32 The Love Exchange played often in Los Angeles including gigs at the Pandora s Box and other Sunset Strip clubs the Los Angeles Sports Arena and at some festivals but broke up after appearing at the Newport 69 Pop Festival in June 1969 32 Charity 1969 Edit CharityOriginLos Angeles California U S Genrespsychedelic rock garage rockYears active1969LabelsUni RecordsPast membersJeff OxmanJames PetersWalt FlanneryJohn CortinasKent HenryAfter The Love Exchange disbanded Walt Flannery moved to Los Angeles and became a member of a band called Charity The other members of Charity were Jeff Oxman vocals James Peters John Cortinas and Kent Henry 43 who later became a member of Steppenwolf played guitar on this album 44 In 1969 Charity was signed to Uni Records managed by Barry Kaye who also produced their only single Never Change Your Mind written by Oxman backed by I Still Love You Uni 55159 45 Charity Now 1969 Edit Their only album Charity Now Uni 73061 which was released in 1969 by Uni Records 46 contained songs written by members of The Love Exchange although they never received royalties for anything though we wrote half of what I admit was total crap 12 The Blossoms provided backing vocals for this album 43 Later years EditDaniel Altchuler graduated from Westchester High School in 1964 earned an Associate of Arts degree in Social Sciences from Santa Monica City College after which he went to California State University Long Beach where he received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Marketing before graduating from California School of Podiatric Medicine in 1975 with a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine degree Altchuler married Eileen Louise Haworth in Las Vegas on 27 June 1970 47 and is currently on staff at Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center 48 Walter Flannery graduated from Westchester High School in 1966 and from California State University Long Beach in 1971 before marrying Bonnie Blunt on 7 August 1971 in Los Angeles 49 Fred Barnett graduated from Westchester High School in 1968 graduated from Sonoma State University in 1973 married Janet Joy Jan Sax born 3 July 1949 in Los Angeles on 31 July 1977 in Los Angeles 4 moved to Kailua Hawaii in 1981 and is a founding member of Half Naked Savages a jazz swing and acoustic rock band 50 Jeff Barnett died in Corvallis Oregon on 13 May 1989 51 Mike Joyce died in 2008 9 Lana Hale married Robert Odom on 27 August 1975 at Fallon Nevada 47 Bonnie Blunt married Walter Flannery on 7 August 1971 in Los Angeles 49 Discography EditThe Crusaders 1966 1967 Edit Singles Edit Little Drummer Boy b w Battle Hymn of the Republic Tower 286 November 1966 52 Make a Joyful Noise b w Praise We the Lord Capitol 72481 Canada July 1967 29 Album Edit Make a Joyful Noise with Drums and Guitars Tower T 5048 ST 5048 1966 53 Track list Side 1 Little Drummer Boy Simeone Onorati Davis 2 42 Battle Hymn of the Republic Lyrics Julia Ward Howe 1861 Music William Steffe 1855 Arranged by The Crusaders 2 10 God Lives The Crusaders 2 07 You ll Never Walk Alone Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II 1 56 With the Lord On Your Side The Crusaders 2 38Side 2 Praise We the Lord The Crusaders 2 54 What Is Man The Crusaders 2 00 He s Got the Whole World in His Hands traditional arranged by The Crusaders 2 26 Onward Christian Soldiers instrumental traditional arranged by The Crusaders 1 44 Make a Joyful Noise The Crusaders 2 13The Love Exchange 1967 1969 Edit Single Edit Meadow Memory b w Swallow the Sun Uptown Records 755 1967 Album Edit Love Exchange Tower ST 5115 1968 54 Track listing 55 Get Out Of My Life Woman Swallow the Sun John Merrill Flying High Meadow Memory Saturday Night Flight 505 Give Up On Love Two O Tango Ballad Of A Sad Man Mike Joyce Nothing At All Mrs Ansel Griffith Bonus tracks on CD release Sundazed SC 6113 2001 55 Boston Live A Little Lyrics Carolyn Leigh Music Elmer Bernstein Included in the musical How Now Dow Jones 56 Step To The Rear Lyrics Carolyn Leigh Music Elmer Bernstein Included in the musical How Now Dow Jones 57 Get Out Of My Life Woman alt take Meadow Memory alt take Swallow The Sun alt take Personnel 58 Bonnie Blunt vocals tambourine Fred Barnett 6 string guitar Dan Altchuler 12 string guitar Walt Flannery organ Mike Joyce bass guitar Jeff Barnett drums Compilation albums Edit The Love Exchange Swallow the Sun Highs In The Mid Sixties Vol 3 L A 67 Mondo Hollywood A Go Go AIP Records AIP 10005 USA 1983 The Love Exchange Swallow the Sun Nuggets Vol 10 Folk Rock Rhino RNLP RNC 70034 USA 1986 59 The Love Exchange Swallow The Sun Dark On You Now Crystallize Your Mind Nuggets from the Golden State Big Beat CDWIKD 131 UK 1994 Clair Hicks amp Love Exchange Push Push In The Bush Best Of Personal Records Hot Productions HTCD 3 USA 1989 Pam Todd and Love Exchange Let s Get Together Star Funk Vol 38 Unidisc SPLK 7338 Canada 1996 Charity 1969 Edit Single Edit Never Change Your Mind Jeff G Oxman b w I Still Love You Uni 55159 1969 Album Edit Charity Now Uni 73061 1969 60 Track list Side 1 1 All My Life 2 Summer 3 I Still Love You 4 Hanging On To You 5 Scorpio Side 2 1 Never Change Your Mind Jeff G Oxman 2 Please Stay 3 Roll With It 4 Freedom s Coming Personnel Jeff Oxman James Peters John Cortinas Kent Henry guitar Walt Flannery keyboards The Blossoms vocals References and notes Edit David Di Sabatino in Mark Allan Powell Encyclopedia of Christian Music Peabody MA Hendrickson 2002 217 John J Thompson Raised by Wolves The Story of Christian Rock amp Roll ECW Press 2000 43 See also The Birth of Jesus Music one way org Source Citation Birthdate 21 Sep 1946 Birth County Los Angeles Source Information Ancestry com California Birth Index 1905 1995 a b Barnett was born Fred J Deutsch See Ancestry com California Marriage Index 1960 1985 Jeff Barnett was the adopted brother of Fred Barnett Source Fred J Barnett 24 June 2010 Ancestry com Oregon Death Index 1903 98 Ancestry com U S Public Records Index Volume 1 Born as Lana V Hale MacKahan See Ancestry com U S Public Records Index Volume 2 Ancestry com California Birth Index 1905 1995 Source Citation Birthdate 10 Jun 1951 Birth County Los Angeles a b c THE LOVE EXCHANGE Swallow The Sun 24 September 2009 expo67 cavestones blogspot com History of The Turtles History Archived from the original on 2008 12 07 Retrieved 2008 12 26 Fred Barnett 24 June 2010 a b c d Fred Barnett in THE LOVE EXCHANGE Swallow The Sun 24 September 2009 expo67 cavestones blogspot com a b c The Crusaders badcatrecords com a b c d The Love Exchange sundazed com a b Liner notes The Crusaders Make a Joyful Noise with Drums and Guitar 1966 Source Fred Barnett 25 June 2010 a b Ken Scott The Crusaders 28 October 2007 theancientstar song blogspot com Dolton Will Build the Levine Image Billboard 10 March 1962 33 Colpix Trims Artist Roster in Move Aimed at Singles Mart Billboard May 1 1965 8 Colpix Presents David Jones Billboard 17 July 1965 27 Acta on Calif Talent Search Billboard 25 March 1967 4 UNI Off to Early Start As Master Wheels Spin Billboard 4 February 1967 6 Hanna Barbera Hires Goldberg Billboard 13 March 1965 11 Executive Timetable Billboard 2 July 1966 4 Studios Amplify Original Ideas Billboard 6 May 1967 SF 22 a b Top 60 Billboard 12 November 1966 18 These Hot Albums Billboard 19 November 1966 43 New Album Releases Billboard 26 November 1966 74 Album Reviews Billboard 3 December 1966 43 David Di Sabatino cited in Mark Allan Powell The Encyclopedia of Christian Music Peabody MA Hendrickson 2002 217 a b Kelly Lawler Crusaders Blazed the Way for Christian Rock 11 August 2000 psacard com Producer Hank Levine arranged this same song in 1965 for The Lettermen See Album Reviews Billboard 16 October 1965 discogs com a b 45 Discography for Capitol Records Canada 72000 series globaldogproductions info Fred Barnett in THE LOVE EXCHANGE Swallow The Sun 24 September 2009 expo67 cavestones blogspot com THE LOVE EXCHANGE Swallow The Sun 24 September 2009 expo67 cavestones blogspot com The Crusaders badcatrecords com a b c d e f g h i j Richie Unterberger All Music Guide Love Exchange Biography music msn com Archived 2012 06 14 at the Wayback Machine Laura Hale IMDb Alan Hale Jr Biography 1918 1990 filmreference com Uptown Records rateyourmusic com Chart Spotlight Predicted to reach the HOT 100 Chart Billboard 25 November 1967 12 Uptown Records rateyourmusic com Track Details musicaltaste com THE LOVE EXCHANGE Swallow The Sun 24 September 2009 expo67 cavestones blogspot com Fred Barnett in THE LOVE EXCHANGE Swallow The Sun 24 September 2009 expo67 cavestones blogspot com Love Exchange CD cduniverse com Heather Johnson If These Halls Could Talk A Historical Tour Through San Francisco Recording Studios Thomson Course Technology 2006 28ff Bruce Tahsler Garage Bands from the Sixties Then and Now 2nd ed Bruce Tahsler 2006 74 Studios Amplify Original Ideas Billboard 6 May 1967 SF 22 Leo De Gar Kulka is the Sound of San Francisco Billboard May 6 1967 SF 23 Tower Widens Production Vistas Billboard 9 March 1968 6 a b Love Exchange CD cduniverse com New Album Releases Billboard 6 January 1968 45 Album Reviews 4 Star Billboard 13 April 1968 66 a b Charity rateyourmusic com California Albums californiaalbums com Never Change Your Mind I Still Love You rateyourmusic com Dave Edwards Patrice Eyries and Mike Callahan Universal City Records UNI Album Discography April 24 2007 bsnpubs com Richie Unterberger All Music Guide Love Exchange Biography music msn com Archived 2012 06 14 at the Wayback Machine Fred Barnett in THE LOVE EXCHANGE Swallow The Sun 24 September 2009 expo67 cavestones blogspot com The Crusaders badcatrecords com a b Ancestry com Nevada Marriage Index 1956 2005 Daniel Altchuler DPM thedoc4feet com a b Ancestry com California Marriage Index 1960 1985 THE LOVE EXCHANGE Swallow The Sun 24 September 2009 expo67 cavestones blogspot com Half Naked Savages reverbnation com Fred Barnett 25 June 2010 THE LOVE EXCHANGE Swallow The Sun 24 September 2009 expo67 cavestones blogspot com Top 60 Billboard 12 November 1966 18 These Hot Singles Billboard 19 November 1966 43 Robert Plants Tower Records Discography forbiddeneye com MusicMoz Bands and Artists C Crusaders the a b The Love Exchange sundazed com How Now Dow Jones guidetomusicaltheatre com Step to the rear music lyric by Carolyn Leigh music by Elmer Bernstein catalogue nla gov au How Now Dow Jones guidetomusicaltheatre com Love Exchange CD Album The Complete Nuggets Cassettes Volume 2 to 12 April 29 2010 psychnuggets blogspot com Mike Callahan David Edwards and Patrice Eyries Rhino Album Discography Part 1 RNLP 001 051 amp 70000 Series August 17 2005 bsnpubs com Dave Edwards Patrice Eyries and Mike Callahan Universal City Records UNI Album Discography April 24 2007 bsnpubs comFurther reading EditLawler Kelly Crusaders Blazed the Way for Christian Rock 11 August 2000 psacard com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Crusaders garage band amp oldid 1121711152, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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