Oxford Circle

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This day-by-day diary of Oxford Circle’s live, studio, broadcasting and private activities is the result of three decades of research and interview work by Bruno Ceriotti, but without the significant contributions by other kindred spirits this diary would not have been possible. So, I would like to thank all the people who, in one form or another, contributed to this timeline: Alec Palao, Jim Keylor, Dehner Patten, Paul Whaley (RIP), Gary Lee Yoder (RIP), Ross Hannan, Corry Arnold, Becky Schiro, Jerry Fuentes, Joey D., Christopher Hjort, Diane Hobbe, Dick Torkelson, Larry Campbell, Douglas Owyang, Bob Hardy, Brad Kelly, The Pony Express, The California Aggie, Daily Independent Journal, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Chronicle, The Sacramento Bee, Petaluma Argus-Courier, Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Napa Valley Register, The Oak Leaf, The Press-Tribune (Roseville, California), The News Messenger (Lincoln, California), The Sacramento Union, The Fresno Bee, Stockton Evening and Sunday Record, Anthill, California State University Sacramento, State Hornet, Mojo Navigator, Vacaville High School 1967 Yearbook, Woodland High School 1967 Yearbook.

1963
The story of the Oxford Circle begins in Davis, a city located in the Sacramento Valley region of Northern California, when James Arthur ‘Jim’ Keylor (b. Wednesday, February 5, 1947, Sacramento County, California), an aspiring bass player and student of the local Davis Senior High School (where he was a member of the ‘B’ basketball team (No.3) as well as of the Varsity baseball team, both called the Blue Devils), put together an instrumental rock combo called the Outer Limits with his fellow schoolmate and basketball teammate (No.5) Bill Shea on rhythm guitar (b. 1946 - d. ????), who was also a member of the Varsity football team (guard, No. 37), plus another fellow schoolmate named Bob Daigle on lead guitar (b. 1946 - d. ????), and a drummer named Joel Henry McKinney (b. Friday, November 14, 1947, Woodland (?), Yolo County, California - d. 200?, in a hospital in Davis after he suffered one or more serious strokes).

THE OUTER LIMITS (1963 - SUMMER 1964)
1) Jim Keylor bass
2) Bob Daigle lead guitar
3) Bill Shea rhythm guitar
4) Joel McKinney drums

Late January 1964: ‘Dance,’ unknown venue, Davis Junior High School, Davis, Yolo County, California

The Outer Limits, Davis Junior High School, January 1964 - from left: Joel McKinney, Bill Shea, Bob Daigle, and Jim Keylor

Friday, February 14, 1964: ‘Stupid Cupid,’ Struve Hall and Titus Hall, UC Davis (University of California, Davis) campus, Davis, Yolo County, California
The Outer Limits provided the music for the Struve Hall and Titus Hall open house dance that lasted from 9pm to 1am.

Friday, February 21, 1964: Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s fraternity house, UC Davis (University of California, Davis) campus, Davis, Yolo County, California
The Outer Limits provided the music for the Signa Alpha Epsilon open house dance that lasted from 9pm to 1am.

Friday, March 13, 1964: ‘Roman Orgy,’ Delta Sigma Phi’s fraternity house, UC Davis (University of California, Davis) campus, Davis, Yolo County, California
The Outer Limits provided the music for the Delta Sigma Phi pledge dance.

Friday, April 17, 1964: Trou Noir, 2nd Street and G Street, Davis, Yolo County, California
From 9pm to 1:30am, the Outer Limits played at the recently opened Trou Noir, a French Cabaret located downstairs at the Campus Inn that provided UC Davis students a place to gather nightly from 7pm on.

California Aggie (April 17, 1964)

Summer 1964
Bill Shea, who’d just graduate from Davis Senior High School, got drafted in the Army so he was forced to left the Outer Limits. The band replaced him with Gary Lee Yoder (b. Friday, January 25, 1946, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California - d. Saturday, August 7, 2021, Davis, from numerous health complications) who, just like Bill Shea as well as Jim Keylor and Bob Daigle, had just graduate from Davis Senior High School (where he was a member of the ‘A’ track team as well as of the ‘A’ basketball team called the Blue Devils (guard, No. 35)). At that point, the band changed its name to the Hideaways (sometime spelled as Hide-A-Ways). “People would drive around town with surf boards on their roofs, even when the nearest ocean is two hours away,” recalled Gary Lee Yoder in an interview with Alec Palao. “But we never did any Beach Boys or any of that kind of crap, even thought they were real popular in Sacramento. We played Chuck Berry. I knew I could sing, and when we started putting a band together no-one had singers, so we were unique. We got a lot of work because I could out-sing anyone around here.”

THE HIDEAWAYS #1 (SUMMER 1964 - FALL 1964)
1) Jim Keylor bass, vocals
2) Bob Daigle lead guitar
3) Joel McKinney drums
4) Gary Lee Yoder lead vocals, harmonica, rhythm guitar

Fall 1964
Joel McKinney left the Hideaways. Contrary to some reports, Joel did not left to move abroad, but he stayed in Davis and went to form a rock trio called The Underground Chamber Ensemble with Arthur Juncker on electric piano and Bob Hardy on guitar and bass, and only after that group disbanded in the fall of 1967 he eventually moved abroad to India to study sitar for more than a year (he was back in 1969 and soon re-formed the Underground Chamber Ensemble but with the new name of Shri Shri Bodhi Chicken and the Gleeb Boys). Anyway, the Hideways replaced him with a new drummer named Paul Gene Whaley (b. Tuesday, January 14, 1947, Albany, Alameda County, California - d. Monday, January 28, 2019, Regensberg, Germany, of heart failure in his sleep). “I was down in Los Angeles, going to college, and I’d come up on weekends once in a while out of boredom,” recalled Gary Lee Yoder in an interview with Alec Palao. “I’d heard there were jam sessions going on in the showroom at Arnold’s Pontiac downtown [Sacramento], and that’s where I first saw Whaley. The kid just had charisma like you wouldn’t believe, he was like a magnet. People were attracted to him and would just come up and watch this guy, because they couldn’t believe how he worked.” “We got him in the band because he could play [The Surfaris’] ‘Wipe Out’ better than anyone!,” also recalled Jim Keylor to Alec Palao.

THE HIDEAWAYS #2 (FALL 1964 - WINTER 1965)
1) Jim Keylor
2) Bob Daigle
3) Gary Lee Yoder
4) Paul Whaley drums, vocals

The Hideaways #2, 1964/65 - from left: Gary Lee Yoder, Bob Daigle, Paul Whaley, and Jim Keylor

Winter 1965
Bob Daigle got drafted in the Army so he was forced to left the Hideaways. The band replaced him with Dehner Charles Patten (b. Saturday, October 7, 1944, Alameda County, California), a singer and lead guitar player they heisted from a rival rock band called The Carpetbaggers. Patten, who’d graduated at Davis Senior High School in 1962 (he was a member of the swimming team there), attended Sacramento City College at that time as a Liberal Arts major. “Bob Daigle left, they needed a guy and they thought of me,” recalled Patten in an interview with Alec Palao. “I’d probably only been playing for two years then. We were still pretty much R&B and then we got into that rave-up stuff. We tried to go for dynamics, that was an early lessons for everybody. We spent quite a bit of time rehearsing at my parents’ living room, and various houses around town, wherever we could find a place.”

THE HIDEAWAYS #3 (WINTER 1965 - APRIL 1966) / THE OXFORD CIRCLE #1 (APRIL 1966 - FEBRUARY 10, 1967)
1) Jim Keylor
2) Gary Lee Yoder
3) Paul Whaley
4) Dehner Patten vocals, lead guitar

The Hideaways #3, 1965 - from left: Gary Lee Yoder, Jim Keylor, Paul Whaley, and Dehner Patten

Oxford Circle #1, 1966 - from left: Paul Whaley, Gary Lee Yoder, Dehner Patten, Jim Keylor

Oxford Circle #1, 1966/67 - from left: Gary Lee Yoder, Dehner Patten, Jim Keylor and Paul Whaley

Oxford Circle #1, 1966/67 - from left: Gary Lee Yoder, Paul Whaley, Jim Keylor, and Dehner Patten

Oxford Circle #1, 1966/67 - from left: Paul Whaley, Jim Keylor, Dehner Patten, Gary Lee Yoder

Oxford Circle #1, 1966/67 - from left: Dehner Patten, Jim Keylor, Paul Whaley (standing), and Gary Lee Yoder

Jim Keylor

Paul Whaley

Gary Lee Yoder

Jim Keylor and Paul Whaley

Jim Keylor

Dehner Patten

Gary Lee Yoder

1965: Odd Fellows Hall, 415 2nd Street, Davis, Yolo County, California
Promoting themselves around Davis, the Hideaways came to the attention of Sacramento impresario Gary Schiro, a kingpin of the local teen scene. “Schiro came down to Davis for some show in conjunction with a car club from Davis called the Rear Ends, Davis High boys,” recalled Gary Lee Yoder in an interview with Alec Palao. “They wanted to throw a dance at the Odd Fellows Hall - they said ‘You gotta get the Hideaways, they draw,’ so that’s when he got involved with us as a manager. For a while he did a lot of good things for us. We didn’t have any money, so he bought our PA system for us.” “Gary Schiro was kinda shady but he did take care of the business that he was supposed to take care of,” also recalled Paul Whaley to Alec Palao. “He booked you solid and you made good money with him.”

Friday, March 5, 1965: ‘Church Key III,’ Women’s Gymnasium, Sacramento City College campus, 3835 Freeport Boulevard, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
The Hideaways and another unspecified local band provided live music during the Kappa Chi Epsilon dance held from 9pm to 12 midnight and with Don Fermer as chairman.

Friday, March 19, 1965: ‘Annual Presents Ball - Swing Into Spring,’ Mirror Room, Elks Temple Building, 921 11th Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
Eighty coeds were presented to their sorority sisters and guests during the annual ‘Presents Ball’ which was held from 9pm to 1am in the Mirror Room of Elks Temple. The semi-formal dance was themed ‘Swing Into Spring’ and the Hideaways provided music. During the event sorority presidents presented each new member with flowers as a symbol of pledgeship as they were introduced to the group. The six social Sacramento State College’s sororities participating in the event were Sigma Alpha Sigma, reception; Beta Phi Beta, refreshments; Delta Sigma Nu, table decorations; Iota Chi, bids; Kappa Gamma, decorations; and Phi Lambda Nu, flowers.

Friday, March 26, 1965: ‘Beer Jungle,’ unknown venue, UC Davis (University of California, Davis) campus, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, Yolo County, California
The Hideaways provided live music during the Phi Sigma Kappa pledge dance.

Saturday, May 1, 1965: ‘Psych-Out,’ Plumbers Hall, 5841 Newman Court, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
The band was billed as ‘The Hide-A-Ways’ on the poster. The show, which lasted from 8:30pm to 12:30am, was presented by The Association. Also on the bill: The Inlanders.

Friday, May 14, 1965: ‘The Annual Sacramento City College Pioneer Day Celebration,’ in front of Performing Arts Center’s main auditorium, Sacramento City College campus, 3835 Freeport Boulevard, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
The Hideaways provided live music during a street dance held in the auditorium circle from 12 noon to 1pm. The street dance was one of the events held during the college’s traditional annual Pioneer Day celebration.

Friday, May 28 - Sunday, May 30, 1965: ‘The Surfer’s Fair,’ Sacramento County Fair, 1600 Exposition Boulevard, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
Bireley’s, a brand of non-carbonated, fruit-flavored soft drinks established in California in 1923, sponsored a 3-day surfer’s fair produced and directed by Dick LeVenton in association with The Survivors and George Andersen. The fair, which lasted from 4pm to 12 midnight daily, included movies, surfer shop, carnival, displays, and dancing to the music of The Byrds, singer Melinda Marx (daughter of Groucho), and local bands such as The Hideaways, The Fugitives, The Marauders, The Cavaliers, The Plague Limited, The Gold Finger Girls, The Centrics, The Inlanders, The New Englanders, The Daqueries, The Coachmen, The Del Counts, Emporer Hopkins, Bill Keffury, Jack Hammer.

The Sacramento Union (May 28, 1965)

Sunday, May 30, 1965: ‘Double Header,’ Carpenter's Hall, 1038 Melody Lane, Roseville, Placer County, California
The band was billed as ‘Hide-A-Ways’ on the poster printed for this show which lasted from 8pm to 12 midnight. Also on the bill: The Contenders.

Friday, June 18, 1965: ‘Surfers Shin-Dig,’ Native Sons Hall, 11th Street and J Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
Also on the bill: The Inlanders. The band was billed as ‘The Hide-A-Ways’ on the poster printed for this show which lasted from 8pm to 12:30am.

Friday, July 23, 1965: ‘Surfer’s Night Out,’ Native Sons Hall, 11th Street and J Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
Also on the bill: The Contenders, The Inlanders.

Friday, July 30, 1965: ‘Tidal Wave,’ Governor’s Hall, State Fair Grounds, 4611 Broadway, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
Also on the bill: The Contenders, The Inlanders. The show started at 9pm.

Friday, September 17, 1965: ‘Help! We’re back in school,’ Governor’s Hall, State Fair Grounds, 4611 Broadway, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
The band was billed as ‘The Hide-A-Ways’ on the poster printed for this show presented by The Association, produced by Gary Schiro, and that lasted from 8:30pm to 1am. Also on the bill: The Marauders, The New Breed, Group B, The Inlanders, plus films.

Friday, October 1, 1965: ‘Beer Jungle,’ unknown venue, UC Davis (University of California, Davis) campus, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, Yolo County, California
The Hideaways provided live music during the Phi Sigma Kappa pledge dance.

Saturday, October 2, 1965: ‘Doubleheader,’ Johnson Hall, Placer County Fairgrounds, 750 Event Center Drive, Roseville, Placer County, California
The Hideaways and Apollos provided the music for this teen dance promoted by William Hall and that lasted from 8pm to 12 midnight. The show also included a Go-Go girl contest for girls from high schools in the area.

Friday, October 8, 1965: ‘A Night in Oxford,’ Delta Sigma Phi’s fraternity house, UC Davis (University of California, Davis) campus, Davis, Yolo County, California
The Hideaways provided live music during an open house held from 9pm to 1am and sponsored by the Delta Sigma Phi along with Webster Hall and Emerson Hall.

Saturday, October 9, 1965: ‘3rd Annual Showboat,’ Theta Xi’s fraternity house, UC Davis (University of California, Davis) campus, 515 1st Street, Davis, Yolo County, California
The Hideaways provided live music during an open house presented by Theta Xi and lasted from 9pm to 1am.

October 1965: unknown recording studio, Sacramento (?), Sacramento County, California
The Hideaways made their first tentative foray into recording with a demo of Gary Lee Yoder’s punkish original ‘Since You’ve Been Away.’

Friday, November 5, 1965: ‘Waterfront ‘65,’ Sigma Phi Epsilon’s fraternity house, UC Davis (University of California, Davis) campus, Davis, Yolo County, California
The Sigma Phi Epsilon welcomed everyone to their open house with guests that entered the house over a dock in marsh-like surroundings and where they danced to the music of the Hideaways and watched the Demon Rum Dancers.

Friday, November 19, 1965: ‘Winter Wonderland,’ Fiesta Room, Grant Union Senior High School, 1400 Grand Avenue, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
From 8pm to 12 midnight, The Hide-A-Ways (as they were advertised) provided the music for the school’s junior prom. As usual, during the intermission at the dance, the junior class crowned their King and Queen.

Saturday, January 8, 1966: ‘Lake,’ Freeborn Hall, UC Davis (University of California, Davis) campus, 286 East Quad, Davis, Yolo County, California
The dance, which lasted from 9pm to 1am, was sponsored by Davis Campus Friends of SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee).

The California Aggie (January 7, 1966)

Early 1966
The Hideaways unsuccessfully audtioned for Mercury Records.

Tuesday, February 15, 1966
In the today issue of UC Davis student newspaper The California Aggie, and under the title of ‘UCD needs New sounds,’ Diane Hobbe reported that “Rock ‘n’ Roll music talent at Davis seems unable to weld itself into a group with new, forceful ideas in music. The pressures of University life limits group accomplishments to proficency in imitating the top professional groups. The Hideaways, who live together and have the time to constantly practice, are professionals. As such they have written several songs and experimented with new innovations such as the Yardbirds feedback sound.”

Saturday, March 19, 1966: Cottage Center, 2701-2775 Cottage Way, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
The Hideaways and the New Breed played at a dance sponsored by the local Fulton-El Camino Teen Club and that lasted from 8:15pm to 12 midnight.

April 1966
The Hideaways changed its name to the Oxford Circle after 550 Oxford Circle, the address of the first approved UC Davis’ women’s off-campus dorms where “we used to sneak in all the time after hours!,” recalled Gary Lee Yoder to Alec Palao. “To a certain degree the name denoted the British influence; we’d been changing, emulating those bands. We really got off on the Yardbirds and the fuzztone, and Dehner and I built our own. We stole a Gibson schematic from Sherman-Clay in Sacramento, and had Dehner’s dad at the physics department at UC Davis make them - $9 each! There was something about the Yardbirds that captivated us, and we were very influenced by them.”

Saturday, April 23, 1966: Cottage Center, 2701-2775 Cottage Way, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
The Oxford Circle and the Inlanders played at a dance sponsored by the local Fulton-El Camino Teen Club and that lasted from 8pm to 12 midnight.

Saturday, April 30, 1966: El Segundo Annex, UC Davis (University of California, Davis) campus, Davis, Yolo County, California
The Oxford Circle played at a dance where the proceeds helped foster children to attend summer camp.

April or May 1966: unknown venue, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California
Also on the bill: Glen Campbell.

May 1966: The Door, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada

Friday, May 6, 1966: Auditorium, Petaluma Veterans Memorial Building, 1094 Petaluma Boulevard South, Petaluma, Sonoma County, California
Also on the bill: The New Breed. The show, which lasted from 8:00pm to 12 midnight, was presented by Golden Star Promotions.

Petaluma Argus Courier (May 4, 1966)

Petaluma Argus Courier (May 5, 1966)

Saturday, May 7, 1966: Cottage Center, 2701-2775 Cottage Way, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
The Oxford Circle played at a dance sponsored by the local Fulton-El Camino Teen Club and that lasted from 8:15pm to 12 midnight.

Saturday, May 14, 1966: ‘The Rose Festival Teen Show and Dance’, Auditorium, Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial Building, 1351 Maple Avenue, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California
Also on the bill: The New Breed, The Pullice. The show, which lasted from 8pm to 12 midnight, was presented jointly by the Santa Rosa Junior Chamber of Commerce and Phil Dark, Len Jay and Frank McAtee of Golden Star Promotions. Lloyd Williams of local radio station KLPS served as master of cerimonies.

Friday, May 20, 1966: Governor’s Hall, State Fair Grounds, 4611 Broadway, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
Also on the bill: The New Breed, The Fugatives, The Concern.

Sunday, May 29, 1966: ‘Teen Dance,’ The Falls, Bass Lake, Madera County, California
The show lasted from 9pm to 12 midnight.

Friday, June 17 - Saturday, June 18, 1966: Avalon Ballroom, 1268 Sutter Street at Van Ness Street, Polk Gulch, San Francisco, California
Also on the bill: Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band. Lights by Bill Ham. The shows were presented by the Family Dog, a production company run by Chet Helms, the manager of Big Brother and The Holding Company.

Wednesday, June 22, 1966: Santa Rosa Roller Palace, 1425 South Santa Rosa Avenue, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California
Also on the bill: Them. The show was presented by Golden Star Promotions and lasted from 9pm to 1am. “We’d struck up a friendship with several fellows in the band [Them],” recalled Gary Lee Yoder to Alec Palao, “and actually some of them rode down with us to San Francisco in our equipment van, and boy, did they get the ride of their lives; they were scared!”

Petaluma Argus Courier (June 20, 1966)

Santa Rosa Press Democrat (June 20, 1966)

Thursday, June 23, 1966: ‘Dance-Concert,’ Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard at Fillmore Street, Fillmore District, San Francisco, California
Also on the bill: Them, The New Tweedy Brothers, Sons of Champlin, Frumious Bandersnatch. The show, which started at 9:00pm, was presented by Bill Graham. Oxford Circle, Sons of Champlin and Frumious Bandersnarch got an ‘audition’ at the Fillmore, meaning they played one set each to start the evening. Audition bands were common at the Fillmore, and they did not appear on the poster.

Friday, June 24, 1966: Fairfax Pavilion, 142 Bolinas Road, Fairfax, Marin County, California
Also on the bill: My Generation. The show, which lasted from 8:00pm to 12 midnight, was presented by Golden Star Promotions.

Daily Independent Journal (June 23, 1966)

Saturday, June 25, 1966: Santa Rosa Roller Palace, 1425 South Santa Rosa Avenue, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California
Also on the bill: Sons Of Champlin. The show was presented by Golden Star Promotions and lasted from 9pm to 1am.

Petaluma Argus Courier (June 25, 1966)

Saturday, July 2, 1966: Cottage Park Center, 2701-2775 Cottage Way, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
The Oxford Circle played at a dance sponsored by the local Fulton-El Camino Teen Club and that lasted from 8:30pm to 12 midnight.

Wednesday, July 6, 1966: ‘Dance-Concert,’ Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard at Fillmore Street, Fillmore District, San Francisco, California
Also on the bill: The Turtles, The Sons Of Champlin. The show, which started at 9:00pm, was presented by Bill Graham.

Friday, August 5, 1966: Avalon Ballroom, 1268 Sutter Street at Van Ness Street, Polk Gulch, San Francisco, California
Also on the bill: Big Brother and The Holding Company. Lights by Bill Ham. The show, which started at 9:00pm, was presented by the Family Dog.

Saturday, August 27, 1966: Auditorium, Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial Building, 1351 Maple Avenue, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California
Also on the bill: Butch Engle and The Styx, The Living Children. The show, which lasted from 8pm to 12 midnight, was presented by Golden Star Promotions.

Santa Rosa Press Democrat (August 26, 1966)

Thursday, September 1, 1966: Stockton Memorial Civic Auditorium, 525 North Center Street, Stockton, San Joaquin County, California
Also on the bill: The Yardbirds, The New Breed, Boy Blues.

Friday, September 9, 1966: ‘Dance Concert,’ Fillmore Auditorium, 1805 Geary Boulevard at Fillmore Street, Fillmore District, San Francisco, California
Also on the bill: The Mothers of Invention. The show, which lasted from 9pm to 2m, was presented by Bill Graham.

Saturday, September 10, 1966: ‘Dance Concert,’ Auditorium, Scottish Rite Temple, 2850 19th Avenue, San Francisco, California
Also on the bill: The Mothers of Invention. The show, which lasted from 9pm to 2m, was presented by Bill Graham.

Friday, September 16 - Saturday, September 17, 1966: ‘Dance - Concert,’ Avalon Ballroom, 1268 Sutter Street at Van Ness Street, Polk Gulch, San Francisco, California
Also on the bill: Grateful Dead. The shows, which started at 9:00pm nightly, were presented by the Family Dog.

Friday, September 23, 1966: The Trip Room, 11th Street and J Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
Also on the bill: The Rubber Bands. The show lasted from 9pm to 1am.

The Sacramento Bee (September 23, 1966)

Paul Whaley at The Trip Room, Sacramento, 1966/67

Friday, September 30, 1966: Emerson Hall and Webster Hall, UC Davis (University of California, Davis) campus, 550 Oxford Circle, Davis, Yolo County, California
From 9pm to 1am, over 2,000 students danced to the music of the Oxford Circle and the Cornerstones during the open house dance sponsored jointly by Webster Hall and Emerson Hall.

September or October 1966: Longshoremen’s Hall, 400 North Point, Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco, California

September or October 1966: ‘Homecoming Dance,’ Gymnasium (?), Vacaville High School, 100 West Monte Vista Avenue, Vacaville, Solano County, California
The homecoming dance was sponsored by Vacaville High School’s Student Council.

October 1966: Ikon Studios, 4232 H Street, East Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
Their manager Gary Schiro co-founded with KROY deejay Johnny Hyde a label called World United Records in Sacramento and, needless to say, they immediately signed the Oxford Circle along with the New Breed, a local rival band jointly managed by Schiro and Hyde. The label was short-lived and between September 1966 and April 1967 released its first and only three singles, two by the New Breed and one by the Oxford Circle. The Circle single was recorded in October at the renowned Ikon Studios, a four-track studio located in a former burned-out Safeway supermarket. With strong live reaction to the Yoder-Patten original ‘Foolish Woman,’ the group elected to record that tune as ‘A’ side (the label strangerly credited ‘The Oxford Circle’ as authors). Although Hyde was the nominal producer (credited on the label as Gear Enterprises), it was the legendary Norwegian sound engineer Eirik Wangberg who supervised the proceedings (credited on the label only as Eirick [sic]). The backwards ‘vacuum cleaner’ sound that permeates the record is actually a saxophone played through a fuzztone by the group’s friend Jack Hills, after which the tape was reversed by Wangberg. Bruce Turley, drummer with Sacramento outfit the Inlanders, contributed the Farfisa organ, and a quartet from near Fairfield, the Tears, contributed backing vocals (neither Hills or Turley or the Tears received credits on the label). Though it was a long arduous process, the end result was a throbbing, pulsating masterpiece of punk hysteria. “That session was nuts,” recalls Dehner Patten to Alec Palao, “because we were trying to figure what to do. We had to take a break and go out behind the studio there and smoke some weed, to get ourselves dialled into that kind of shit!” During the session, while waiting for Wangberg to set the levels, the Circle had routined a versaion of Them’s ‘Little Girl,’ spontaneously launching into one of their on-stage freakouts at the end. “It was just improv right on the spot,” recalled Gary Lee Yoder to Alec Palao. “I was hitting the mic stand with a coke bottle, and we just found anything in the studio that would make noise. We didn’t think it’d get used, we just thought Eirik was getting levels. It wasn’t even a song.” Hyde excerpted 5 minute and 10 seconds from the eleven minutes-plus of chaos, dubbed it ‘Mind Destruction,’ and it duly became the flipside of ‘Foolish Woman.’ The group never thought much of the piece but Jim Keylor does recall that “they played ‘Mind Destruction’ on [San Francisco station] KFRC like it was quintessential avant-garde jazz!”

Saturday, October 8, 1966: Cottage Center, 2701-2775 Cottage Way, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
The Oxford Circle played at a dance sponsored by the local Fulton-El Camino Teen Club and that lasted from 8:15pm to 12 midnight.

Wednesday, October 12, 1966: Clunie Clubhouse, McKinley Park, 601 Alhambra Boulevard, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
The Oxford Circle provided music entertainment during the monthly meeting of the California Fly Fishermen Unlimited that started at 7:30pm.

Sunday, October 16, 1966: Avalon Ballroom, 1268 Sutter Street at Van Ness Street, Polk Gulch, San Francisco, California
The Oxford Circle were among the unbilled surprise guest acts that played that night to celebrate the Family Dog’s first anniversary. Also on the bill: Big Brother and The Holding Company, Sir Douglas Quintet, 13th Floor Elevators, and a couple of jam-groups including one called The New Peanut Butter Sandwich composed of Jerry Garcia and Ron ‘Pigpen’ McKernan of the Grateful Dead, David Getz of Big Brother, David Freiberg, Gary Duncan and John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service, the rhythm guitarist of Sir Douglas Quintet, and a negro blues singer. Lights by Roger Hillyard & Ben Van Meter.

Late October 1966
The Oxford Circle’s first and only single, ‘Foolish Woman / Mind Destruction’ (WU-002), was released only in the US. The single got a lot of airplay in northern California over the November-December period but fell short of becoming a hit. Anyway, it was shortly after the release of the single that the band fired their manager Gary Schiro. “Schiro was fired a long time before this,” pointed out Gary Lee Yoder to Alec Palao. “I’d been booking all these gigs, and we had to get rid of him in order to move along. He’d wanted to send a goon over to break all our arms.”

Saturday, October 29, 1966: ‘Fantasy of Memories - Homecoming Dance,’ Girls’ Gymnasium, El Camino High School, 4300 El Camino Avenue, Arden-Arcade, Sacramento County, California
The Oxford Circle provided the music for the semi-informal annual homecoming dance that lasted from 9pm to 12 midnight. The dance takes place in a ‘Mad Hater’s Tea Garden,’ and the couples entered the dance over the draw bridge of a castle. The centerpiece for the dance was a large caterpillar sitting on a mushroom. There were hanging multi-colored lights and blinking lights on the various trees surronding the garden.

Friday, November 4, 1966: ‘Dance Concert,’ The Ark, Gate 6, Sausalito, Marin County, California
The poster printed for this show (9pm to 2am) billed the Baltimore Steam Packet as opening act for the headliners Moby Grape and Big Brother and The Holding Company, plus lights by Funny Co. However, when the show was briefly reviewed in the Mojo Navigator magazine a week later, the Oxford Circle were mentioned instead of the Baltimore Steam Packet, so maybe they filled in at last minute?

Friday, November 4 - Saturday, November 5, 1966: ‘Dance Concert,’ Avalon Ballroom, 1268 Sutter Street at Van Ness Street, Polk Gulch, San Francisco, California
Also on the bill: Grateful Dead. Lights by Roger Hillyard & Ben Van Meter. The shows, which lasted from 9pm to 2am nightly, were presented by the Family Dog.

San Francisco Oracle (Octobner 1966)

Friday, November 11, 1966: ‘Freakout - The Living Happening,’ Freeborn Hall, UC Davis (University of California, Davis) campus, 286 East Quad, Davis, Yolo County, California
The show, which lasted from 9pm to 1am and also included the first annual ‘Freakout’ film festival, was sponsored by Sigma Phi Epsilon The Action Fratenity in Association with T-4 Productions, Inc. Also on the bill: Project Hope, The California Girls. Lights by House of Odyssey.

California Aggie (November 4, 1966)

The California Aggie (November 1, 1966)

Saturday, November 12, 1966: ‘Light Show - Dance Concert,’ Campus Hall, UC (University of California) Irvine campus, 903 West Peltason Drive, Irvine, Orange County, California
Also on the bill: The Magnificent VII. Lights by The Outfit. The show, which lasted from 8:30pm to 1:30am, was presented jointly by ASUCI (Assciated Students, UC Irvine) and the Family Dog.

Anthill (November 10, 1966)

November 1?, 1966: Doug Weston’s Troubadour Club, 9081 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California
“That same week [of the UC Irvine gig], we played the Troubadour in an industry showcase sort of thing,” recalled Gary Lee Yoder to Alec Palao. “We did well, considering we were unknown.”

November 1?, 1966: Studio B, Gold Star Studios, 6262 Santa Monica Boulevard, downtown Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California
“These two brothers, Sim and Yale Farrar, slick Hollywood types, saw us there [at the Troubadour] and took us into Gold Star to make a demo,” recalled Gary Lee Yoder to Alec Palao. The band laid down versions of the stage favourite ‘Troubles’ and a great tune with cryptic words entitled ‘The Raven.’ The Farrars had brought in Mac Rebennack, alias Dr. John, to bolster the group instrumentally on organ. “The songs came out well, but we walked out of the studio and that was the end of it,” added Yoder. “We talked several times on the phone and they said they’d get us deal, but nothing happened.”

Friday, November 18, 1966: ‘Coop Dance,’ Santa Rosa Junior College, 1501 Mendocino Road, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California
The coop dance was sponsored by Santa Rosa Junior College’s ASB (Associated Student Body).

Friday, November 25, 1966: ‘Dance,’ Governor’s Hall, State Fair Grounds, 4611 Broadway, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
Also on the bill: The Mojo Men, The New Breed, The Tears. Lights by The Trip Room.

Saturday, November 26, 1966: Fairfax Pavilion, 142 Bolinas Road, Fairfax, Marin County, California
Also on the bill: Pullice. The show, which lasted from 8:00pm to 12 midnight, was presented by Golden Star Promotions.

Daily Independent Journal (November 25, 1966)

Saturday, December 3, 1966: ‘Sophomore After-Game Dance,’ Gymnasium (?), Woodland High School, 21 North West Street, Woodland, Yolo County, California
The Oxford Circle played at the sophomore after-game dance sponsored by the sophomore class of Woodland High School. Chairman Lorri Henigan and her committee used the class mascot, Snoopy, as their decorating theme for the dance.

Friday, December 9 - Saturday, December 10, 1966: ‘Dance - Concert,’ Avalon Ballroom, 1268 Sutter Street at Van Ness Street, Polk Gulch, San Francisco, California
Also on the bill: Big Brother And The Holding Company, Lee Michaels. Lights by Ben Van Meter & Roger Hillyard. The shows, which lasted from 9pm to 2am nightly, were presented by the Family Dog.

Saturday, December 31, 1966: ‘Spirit of ’67,’ Auditorium, Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial Building, 1351 Maple Avenue, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California
Also on the bill: The Naked Sound, The Ark Bovols, The Danes. The show lasted from 9pm to 1am.

Saturday, January 14, 1967: Cottage Center, 2701-2775 Cottage Way, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
The Oxford Circle played at a dance sponsored by the local Fulton-El Camino Teen Club and that lasted from 8:15pm to 12 midnight.

Friday, January 20, 1967: Freeborn Hall, UC Davis (University of California, Davis) campus, 286 East Quad, Davis, Yolo County, California
Also on the bill: the Kind Favors. Lights by The Retinal Circus. The dance, which lasted from 9pm to 1am, was sponsored by MUSC (Memorial Union Student Council).

Friday, January 27 - Saturday, January 28, 1967: ‘Wowie Zowie Dance and Concert,’ Governor’s Hall, State Fair Grounds, 4611 Broadway, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
A two-day show presented by Tom Fabian and that lasted from 9pm to 1am nightly. Also on the bill: The New Breed, Frankie & Bonnie, Public Nuisance, Working Class, Psy-Kicks, Milk, Color, plus the most fantastic light show of the season.

Saturday, February 4, 1967: ‘Show and Dance,’ Grace Pavilion, Sonoma County Fairgrounds, 1350 Bennett Valley Road, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California
Also on the bill: The Tears, The Complex Network. The show started at 8pm.

Saturday, February 4, 1967: ‘Davis Tea Party,’ Freeborn Hall, UC Davis (University of California, Davis) campus, 286 East Quad, Davis, Yolo County, California
Also on the bill: The Miniature Concert. The show lasted from 9pm to 1am and was sponsored by SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee).

California Aggie (February 2, 1967)

Friday, February 10, 1967: ‘Freak Out,’ The Trip Room, 11th Street and J Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
The event, which started at 9pm with the stage show The Truth About LSD followed at 9:30pm with the dance concert, was presented by The High Society of Sacramento and produced by Dick LeVenton. Also on the bill: Psy-Kicks, Working Class, Frankie & Bonnie, The Daiquiris. Lights by Kip. By the way, this was Dahner Patten’s last gig with Oxford Circle because he was busted later that same night and then sent to jail for 77 days.

Saturday, February 11, 1967
Dahner Patten and three other people were arrested during a narcotics and drugs traffic raids which began about 4:20am after six weeks of surveillance and planning. “Dahner Patten, 22, of Davis, musician with a local folk-rock band, charged with two counts of selling narcotics, a felony, and with being a user. Bail was set at $11,500,” reported The Sacramento Bee daily newspaper (February 12). “Raids have been conducted by members of the Davis Police Department and the Police Reserves in cooperation with the Yolo County district attorney’s office. No state narcotics agents have been taking part in the action. Most of the charges have stemmed from the alleged sale or use of marijuana with others attributed to LSD.” “The cops came to my house looking for him after we played the Trip Room,” recalled Gary Lee Yoder to Alec Palao. “Dehner’s was the first pot bust in the history of Davis. It was a set up job, he had nothing to do with it.” “They really di railroad me,” explained Dehner Patten to Alec Palao. “They didn’t find a thing on me but I just happened to be with my buddy who had a little on him. I was detained seventy-seven days in the county jail in Woodland. They enjoyed cutting my hair!” Anyway, with Patten gone for good for obvious reasons, the band continued as a three-piece and I don’t know if they played all the gigs already booked or cancelled some of them. For example the day Patten was arrested, February 11, the Oxford Circle were scheduled to play 3 gigs! So they cancelled all of them? Only one? Two? None of them? Well, I guess we’ll never know!

THE OXFORD CIRCLE #2 (FEBRUARY 11, 1967 - APRIL 7, 1967)
1) Jim Keylor
2) Gary Lee Yoder
3) Paul Whaley

Saturday, February 11, 1967: ‘8-Hour Protest Dance - Clark Kerr Memorial Ball,’ Governor’s Hall, State Fair Grounds, 4611 Broadway, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
The show lasted from 5pm to 1am. Also on the bill: Country Joe and The Fish, Frankie & Bonnie, The Working Class, Psy-Kicks (filled for the early advertised Silver Bike), Free Love, Andrew Staples, plus hip light show.

Sacramento Bee (February 10, 1967)

California Aggie (February 9, 1967)

Saturday, February 11, 1967: Fairfax Pavilion, 142 Bolinas Road, Fairfax, Marin County, California
Also on the bill: The New Breed. The show, which lasted from 8:00pm to 12 midnight, was presented by Golden Star Promotions.

Daily Independent Journal (February 11, 1967)

Daily Independent Journal (February 10, 1967)

Saturday, February 11, 1967: ‘Teen Dance,’ Home Economics Building, Auburn Gold Country Fairgrounds, 1273 High Street, Auburn, Placer County, California
Also on the bill: The Daiquiries, The Working Class. Lights by Feathered Serpent. The teen dance was presented by Patched Productions.

Friday, February 17 - Saturday, February 18, 1967: ‘Second Annual Tribal Stomp,’ Avalon Ballroom, 1268 Sutter Street at Van Ness Street, Polk Gulch, San Francisco, California
Also on the bill: Big Brother And The Holding Company, Quicksilver Messenger Service. Lights by Ben Van Meter & Roger Hillyard. The shows, which lasted from 9pm to 1am nightly, were presented by the Family Dog.

Tuesday, February 21, 1967: ‘Dance,’ Governor’s Hall, State Fair Grounds, 4611 Broadway, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
The show lasted from 9pm to 1am. Also on the bill: The Working Class, Free Love, Frankie & Bonnie.

Friday, February 24, 1967: ‘Psychedelic Ski Trip,’ Smith Hall, City College of San Francisco campus, 50 Frida Kahlo Way, Mission Terrace, San Francisco, California
The show, which lasted from 9pm to 12 midnight, was presented by Ram Ski. Also on the bill: Fate.

Friday, March 3, 1967: Fairfax Pavilion, 142 Bolinas Road, Fairfax, Marin County, California
Also on the bill: The Mojo Men. The show, which lasted from 8:00pm to 12 midnight, was presented by Golden Star Promotions.

Daily Independent Journal (March 3, 1967)

Saturday, March 4, 1967: ‘The Voyage,’ Lincoln Civic Auditorium, 511 5th Street, Lincoln, Placer County, California
The Lincoln Rifle Club presented a dance that lasted from 9pm to 1m and cost $1.75 per person. The proceeds goes to the completion of the new indoor rifle range currently under costruction. Also on the bill: Joe Banana and His Bunch, The Paisley Crosswalk, plus a psychedelic light show direct from the Trip Room of Sacramento.

Monday, March 6, 1967: ‘Jailhouse Rock,’ Freeborn Hall, UC Davis (University of California, Davis) campus, 286 East Quad, Davis, Yolo County, California
The show, which lasted from 7pm to 12 midnight, was sponsored by Provodos. Also on the bill: Big Brother and The Holding Company, Quicksilver Messenger Service, New Breed, Andrew Staples, Loyal Opposition, Blue Cheer, Jook Savages. Lights by The Retinal Circus. To my knowledge, this was the only gig Oxford Circle and Blue Cheer played together, so I guess it was after this show that the Cheer heisted Paul Whaley from the Circle, at least informally. “With Dehner in jail, that’s kind of what led to the demise of the group,” explained Gary Lee Yoder to Alec Palao. “Whaley started showing up late - he was already living in San Francisco and working with Blue Cheer. They were trying to steal him away from us.”

Cslifornia Aggie (March 2, 1967)

California Aggie (March 6, 1967)

March 1967 (?): unknown venue, Fort Bragg, Mendocino County, California
“We played one gig in Fort Bragg up on the coast and Whaley came strolling in an hour late, so we just said ‘no more irresponsibility’,” recalled Gary Lee Yoder to Alec Palao.

Saturday, March 11, 1967: Auditorium, Petaluma Veterans Memorial Building, 1094 Petaluma Boulevard South, Petaluma, Sonoma County, California
Also on the bill: Butch Engle and The Styx, The Pullice. The show, which lasted from 8pm to 12 midnight, was presented by Golden Star Promotions.

The Oak Leaf (March 9, 1967)

Petaluma Argus Courier (March 10, 1967)

Sunday, March 19, 1967: Grace Pavilion, Sonoma County Fairgrounds, 1350 Bennett Valley Road, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California
Also on the bill: Eric Burdon and The Animals, New Breed, Beat-Ables. The show, which started at 8pm and was attended by 3,000 teenagers, was sponsored by the Lectures and Concerts Committee of the Associated Students at Sonoma State College.

Tuesday, March 28, 1967: ‘Dance Concert,’ Freeborn Hall, UC Davis (University of California, Davis) campus, 286 East Quad, Davis, Yolo County, California
Also on the bill: Eric Burdon and The Animals. The show, which lasted from 9pm to 1am, was presented by MUSC (Memorial Union Student Council).

California Aggie (March 3, 1967)

California Aggie (March 31, 1967)

California Aggie (April 7, 1967)

Friday, March 31, 1967: Gymnasium, Grossmont College campus, 8800 Grossmont College Drive, El Cajon, San Diego County, California
Also on the bill: Eric Burdon and The Animals.

Friday, April 7, 1967: ‘Dance,’ Lincoln Civic Auditorium, 511 5th Street, Lincoln, Placer County, California
Also on the bill: Joe Banana & The Bunch, plus Fantastic Light Show. The show lasted from 8pm to 12 midnight.

Lincoln News Messenger (April 6, 1967)

Friday, April 7, 1967: ‘Dance,’ Governor’s Hall, State Fair Grounds, 4611 Broadway, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
Also on the bill: Public Nuisance, Parrish Hall Blues Band. Oxford Circle were scheduled to play two gigs on the same night (see also above) so I could guess that one was cancelled, and the other happened but it was maybe their last one together because Paul Whaley finally left them to join Blue Cheer in San Francisco, and the Circle were temporarily in hiatus without their lead guitarist and drummer. At that point, not only Whaley, but also Jim Keylor moved to San Francisco.

The Pony Express (April 7, 1967)

July 1967
With gig commitments to fill, the Oxford Circle regrouped with Bruce Stephens (b. 1946) on drums, formerly of another local band called the Emeralds, and an Afro-American blues guitarist and singer named Joe Louis Walker (b. Louis Walker, Sunday, December 25, 1949, San Francisco). “Jim had met him [Walker] in San Francisco and they’d started playing together,” recalled Gary Lee Yoder to Alec Palao, “and as luck would have it, Joe was right there. He knew all our stuff so he just slipped right in. We did the same tunes - a black bluesman playing the British hot leads!” “The line-up with Joe and Bruce Stephens was just for a couple of shows,” continues Yoder. “We just had a few more gigs that we had to finish, but had disbanded mentally. The writing was on the wall. Everything had clicked with us, and we figured this is the way it’s always gonna be. So we assumed that because this group was so successful, the next one was only gonna be even better, whomever we wound up with. Of course that wasn’t the case. But we didn’t have any problem with disbanding, so to speak.”

THE OXFORD CIRCLE #3 (JULY 1967 - JULY 30, 1967)
1) Jim Keylor
2) Gary Lee Yoder
3) Joe Louis Walker lead guitar, vocals
4) Bruce Stephens drums

Oxford Circle #3, July 1967 - from left: Gary Lee Yoder, Joe Louis Walker and Jim Keylor

Oxford Circle #3, July 1967 - from left: Joe Louis Walker and Jim Keylor

Oxford Circle #3, July 1967 - from left: Gary Lee Yoder, Joe Louis Walker, Jim Keylor, and Bruce Stephens

Friday, July 14, 1967: ‘Summer Flower Dance,’ Freeborn Hall, UC Davis (University of California, Davis) campus, 286 East Quad, Davis, Yolo County, California
Also on the bill: Underground Chamber Ensemble. Lights by The Edison Light Company. The show, which lasted from 9pm to 1am, was presented by Provodos.

Thursday, July 27, 1967: ‘The First Annual Chuck Roast Memorial Benefit Ball For P.O.O.R.,’ Womens Gym, Sacramento State College campus, 6000 J Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
The show, which lasted from 9pm to 1am, was presented by Thunderheaven. Also on the bill: Working Class, Milk. Lights by Edison Light Co.

Sunday, July 30, 1967: ‘Band Concert - Sunday Afternoon In The Park,’ Central Park, 5th Street and B Street and 401 C Street, Davis, Yolo County, California
The Oxford Circle apparently played unbilled (their name was not mentioned in a newspaper review of the show but photos showed that Jim Keylor and Gary Lee Yoder were there) during the first of a series of free outdoor shows presented by The American Television Theatre, Inc., a group of UC Davis students and professional people, every Sunday afternoon in Central Park. Also on the bill: Andrew Staples, Underground Chamber Ensemble, Joint Amusement Park, Parish Hall Blues Quintet, Milk, Working Class, Public Nuisance. Reportedly, about 300 people attended the event. Anyway, this was probably the Circle last gig together before disbanding for good. At that point, Jim Keylor and Joe Louis Walker moved back to San Francisco where they continued to play together for a while (Walker later goes solo, while Keylor played with a band called Kampf Route around 1969), while Gary Lee Yoder and Bruce Stephens also continued to play together in a new band called the Davis Tower. Meanwhile, their former bandmate Dehner Patten, fresh out of jail, also formed a new band called Cherry Jam. Then, in 1968, Yoder and Patten reunited in a new band called Kak, with whom they released an eponymous album in December 1968, and three singles between September 1968 and February 1969, for Epic Records. Then, in early 1969, Kak disbanded and meanwhile in San Francisco, Bruce Stephens teamed up with Paul Whaley in Blue Cheer (at that point Bruce had switched from drums to lead guitar). In December 1969 Gary Lee Yoder released a solo single for Epic, on which he was backed by, amongst others, Jim Keylor and Paul Whaley. Last but not least, Yoder replaced Stephens as the new lead guitar player in Blue Cheer in late February 1970, and stayed with them until they disbanded in early 1971. From then on, Yoder still makes his living from performing until he passed away in 2021, Patten plays on a part time basis, Whaley had relocated to Germany where he passed away in 2019, and Keylor probably gained the most post-Circle notoriety when, as owner of BSU Studios in San Francisco, he documented much of the city’s nascent punk rock rumblings in the late 1970s and 1980s; producing among other things the Dead Kennedy’s epochal first single ‘California Uber Alles’ in June 1979.

Jim Keylor, Central Park, Davis, July 30, 1967

1997
The Oxford Circle’s CD album, ‘Live At The Avalon 1966’ (CDWIKD 178; Tracklist: 1. Mystic Eyes (Van Morrison) (Paul Whaley on lead vocals) / 2. Since You’ve Been Away (Gary Lee Yoder) / 3. You’re A Better Man Than I (Mike Hugg, Brian Hugg) / 4. Soul On Fire (Gary Lee Yoder) / 5. I Got My Mojo Working (Preston Foster) / 6. Baby Please Don’t Go (Joe Williams) / 7. Foolish Woman (Gary Lee Yoder, Dehner Patten) / 8. Troubles (Gary Lee Yoder) / 9. We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) / 10. Today (Gary Lee Yoder) / 11. Silent Wo,an (Gary Lee Yoder) / 12. Little Girl (Van Morrison) / 13. Hoochie Coochie Man (Willie Dixon) (Paul Whaley on lead vocals) / 14. I’m A Man (Elias McDaniel) / 15. Foolish Woman (Gary Lee Yoder, Dehner Patten) / 16. Mind Destruction (Gary Lee Yoder, Dehner Patten, Jim Keylor, Paul Whaley) / 17. The Raven (Gary Lee Yoder) / 18. Troubles (Gary Lee Yoder)), was released only in the UK by Big Beat Records as part of their Nuggets From The Golden State series. The tracks from 1 to 14 were recorded live at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco in 1966, while tracks from 15 to 18 were recorded in studio in 1966.