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The Caretakers

The Caretakers

The Caretakers has been played on NTS shows including Brown Acid Trippin' w/ Lance Barresi of Permanent Records, with East Side Story first played on 21 April 2023.

There are, at least, four bands known as The Caretakers:

1) 60s garage rock band (from San Bernadino, CA, USA tag as Caretakers), who released four singles, on three labels. Best known for their cover of East Side Story (Bob Seger). Bruce Robertson (lead singer), went on to record a rare psychedelic LP, as Garrett Lund.

2) A Hamilton, ON, Canada act which began as a song-writing studio project, then evolved into a live folk rock act. In the studio, it's more of a folk rock act on steroids! Jeffrey C. Martin, the group's lead singer/songwriter, says: "The début single, Mr Harper How?, was written as a musical response to the political dysfunction of the current Canadian government & to the prime minister's hegemonic infatuation, with individualistic American-type values."

3) Formed 1959, Jönköping, Sweden Disbanded 1967 Members Mike Wallace, Lars Starck, Thomas Starck, Claes Lindqvist (1959-66), Stefan Möller, Derek Martin (1966-67) Also Known As Mike Wallace & The Caretakers Made 7 singles and one album - Have a Ball with The Caretakers.

4) A plunderphonics/hauntology supergroup focused on creating fan projects inspired by The Caretaker's works (mainly Everywhere at the End of Time), formed by Jordan Keuring in 2020.

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The Caretakers

The Caretakers has been played on NTS shows including Brown Acid Trippin' w/ Lance Barresi of Permanent Records, with East Side Story first played on 21 April 2023.

There are, at least, four bands known as The Caretakers:

1) 60s garage rock band (from San Bernadino, CA, USA tag as Caretakers), who released four singles, on three labels. Best known for their cover of East Side Story (Bob Seger). Bruce Robertson (lead singer), went on to record a rare psychedelic LP, as Garrett Lund.

2) A Hamilton, ON, Canada act which began as a song-writing studio project, then evolved into a live folk rock act. In the studio, it's more of a folk rock act on steroids! Jeffrey C. Martin, the group's lead singer/songwriter, says: "The début single, Mr Harper How?, was written as a musical response to the political dysfunction of the current Canadian government & to the prime minister's hegemonic infatuation, with individualistic American-type values."

3) Formed 1959, Jönköping, Sweden Disbanded 1967 Members Mike Wallace, Lars Starck, Thomas Starck, Claes Lindqvist (1959-66), Stefan Möller, Derek Martin (1966-67) Also Known As Mike Wallace & The Caretakers Made 7 singles and one album - Have a Ball with The Caretakers.

4) A plunderphonics/hauntology supergroup focused on creating fan projects inspired by The Caretaker's works (mainly Everywhere at the End of Time), formed by Jordan Keuring in 2020.

Original source: Last.fm

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