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THE OCEANS - She's Gone
ALBUM She's Gone / Abilene (7", 45 RPM)(1966)
The Oceans were an obscure group out of Athens, Ohio who released this one 45 on the Pla Me label in December 1966.
“She’s Gone” is a great, moody rock number with horns that actually help the arrangement. The singer snarls and yells out the lyrics, the guitar and rhythm is dense.
“She’s Gone” was written by the group. Publishing was by B-W Music, now Weldee Music in Wooster, OH.
The band must have used all their creative energy for “She’s Gone”, because the flip “Abilene” is a slow, unexciting version of the 1963 country hit. Gary Rhamy produced both sides.
Mike Cunningham: vocals, also guitar and saxophone
Ed Vonas: guitar
Richard Brown: bass, also trumpet (on “She’s Gone”)
Jim Dean: drums
They were from Athens, OH. The played mostly around the Athens & Belpre area in SE Ohio, from ’64 – ’67.
The picture is from a Battle of the Bands in either Charleston or Huntington, West Virginia. They won that competition, as noted in the newspaper clipping. Three of the four were students at Ohio University (in Athens), and Richard & Mike were childhood friends
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THE OCEANS - She's Gone
ALBUM She's Gone / Abilene (7", 45 RPM)(1966)
The Oceans were an obscure group out of Athens, Ohio who released this one 45 on the Pla Me label in December 1966.
“She’s Gone” is a great, moody rock number with horns that actually help the arrangement. The singer snarls and yells out the lyrics, the guitar and rhythm is dense.
“She’s Gone” was written by the group. Publishing was by B-W Music, now Weldee Music in Wooster, OH.
The band must have used all their creative energy for “She’s Gone”, because the flip “Abilene” is a slow, unexciting version of the 1963 country hit. Gary Rhamy produced both sides.
Mike Cunningham: vocals, also guitar and saxophone
Ed Vonas: guitar
Richard Brown: bass, also trumpet (on “She’s Gone”)
Jim Dean: drums
They were from Athens, OH. The played mostly around the Athens & Belpre area in SE Ohio, from ’64 – ’67.
The picture is from a Battle of the Bands in either Charleston or Huntington, West Virginia. They won that competition, as noted in the newspaper clipping. Three of the four were students at Ohio University (in Athens), and Richard & Mike were childhood friends
garagehangover.com/oceans
