Music from the Un-Natural State

While writing the 45 RPM script, some research brought me to Harold Ott’s website Psych of the South.

Here I found a wealth of information about Arkansas-based bands from the 1960s.  Better still, a CD compilation of songs called Lost Souls Volume 1 – 1960s Garage and Psychedelic Rock ‘N’ Roll from the Un-Natural State: Arkansas. I have to say I have been listening to it nonstop. It is available on the Psych website, iTunes, and Amazon. Definitely check it out if you enjoy low-fi pre-punk garage music as much as I do.

Also just watched Ott’s 2008 documentary Lost Souls about a band from Jacksonville, Arkansas that put out a sole 45 on Leopard Records in 1966, “Lost Love”/ “My Girl”

Watch “Lost Souls” on Youtube!

Listen to Lost Souls music and history on KUAR ‘s Podcast – Arkansongs

It is tough to find such detailed first-hand accounts of what the music scene was really like Arkansas in the 1960s. Seeing the band discuss their teenage rock ‘n roll experiences gives me great insight into Arkansas’s musical past.