The Historic San Francisco Group by William Penn and His Pals

William Penn and His Pals were a regular presence on the Bay Area live scene, opening for the Jefferson Airplane, Paul Revere and the Raiders and Them; in 1966, they cut their lone single “Swami" (credited to the William Penn Fyve), later anointed an underground classic thanks to its inclusion on the third Pebbles collection. A deal with the Fantasy label was pending, but in 1967 the group dissolved, with Rolie subsequently joining Santana. In 2003, the BeatRecords.com label collected all of William Penn and His Pals' recorded output on CD. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

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Mike Shapiro, lead guitarist for William Penn and His Pals, said that

"We used to battle-of-the-bands with [the Warlocks] at the Cinnamon Tree on Industrial Road in

San Carlos, We actually lost to them and I thought they were the shits."

(Quote from Blair Jackson's book Garcia, pp70)

Shapiro was actually pretty good friends with Garcia and used to talk and jam with him frequently down at Dana Morgans in Palo Alto. "Jerry was destined for great things because he understood the social change that was taking place at that time". I was there the day he figured out the solo to Heart Of Stone by the Rolling Stones and based his entire early triplet based solos on that track". Shapiro later said.

Check out the other group from Palo Alto,

California in 1965 who used to be in Battle

of the Bands with the Warlocks.

Who Mickey Hart actually played drums with before

he joined The Dead. Who Gregg Rolie got his first break with! Who Creedence Clearwater

and many other famous San Francisco acts opened up for and looked up to.

Who penned one of the most famous Psych Pop classics, Swami, that sells for $300.00 per copy. Plus Plus Plus.

Read the liner notes and get the inside scope plus a

lot of cool pictures from that era.

Learn about the rich music scene just prior to the

psychedelic music revolution in the San Francisco Bay Area!

10 gems including the famous P.S.A. commercial that actually

put P.S.A. out of business.

If this is the kind of music you appreciate check out

Deja Vu and Laughing And Singing by Mike Shapiro on CDBABY.

Don't forget to check out other Beatrecords.com artists on

CDBABY: Mike Shapiro, The Texas Twister and OUT-FRONT!

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