Rusty Ford – bass
Kim King – Moog synthesizer, guitar, Ampex tape decks
Paul Conly – keyboards, audio generator, Moog synthesizer
John Emelin – lead vocals, Theremin (Lothar)
Tom Flye – percussion
Lothar and the Hand People were a late-1960s psychedelic rock band known for their spacey music and pioneering use of the theremin and Moog modular synthesizer.
The band's unusual appellation refers to a theremin nicknamed "Lothar", with the "Hand People" being the musicians in the band, who included John Emelin (vocals), Paul Conly (keyboards, synthesizer), Rusty Ford (bass), Tom Flye (drums) and Kim King (guitar, synthesizer).
The band was notable for being "the first rockers to tour and record using synthesizers, thereby inspiring the generation of electronic music-makers who immediately followed them". Formed in Denver in 1965, Lothar and the Hand People relocated to New York in 1966. The band jammed with Jimi Hendrix and played gigs with groups such as the Byrds, Canned Heat, the Chambers Brothers, Grateful Dead and the Lovin' Spoonful. Lothar and the Hand People played music for Sam Shepard's play The Unseen Hand, and was the opening act at the Atlantic City Pop Festival in August 1969.
Lothar and the Hand People were a late-1960s psychedelic rock band known for their spacey music and pioneering use of the theremin and Moog modular synthesizer.
The band's unusual appellation refers to a theremin nicknamed "Lothar", with the "Hand People" being the musicians in the band, who included John Emelin (vocals), Paul Conly (keyboards, synthesizer), Rusty Ford (bass), Tom Flye (drums) and Kim King (guitar, synthesizer).
The band was notable for being "the first rockers to tour and record using synthesizers, thereby inspiring the generation of electronic music-makers who immediately followed them". Formed in Denver in 1965, Lothar and the Hand People relocated to New York in 1966. The band jammed with Jimi Hendrix and played gigs with groups such as the Byrds, Canned Heat, the Chambers Brothers, Grateful Dead and the Lovin' Spoonful. Lothar and the Hand People played music for Sam Shepard's play The Unseen Hand, and was the opening act at the Atlantic City Pop Festival in August 1969.
Lothar & the Hand People took special pride in augmenting many of their tunes with the Theremin, a then-futuristic instrument most famous for its use in horror movies (as well as the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations," which was used in its incarnation of a Tannerin).
The Theremin was the first real electronic instrument, invented by Russian scientist Leon Theremin in 1920. A box-like construction with a pair of antennae, it’s played by waving one’s hands near the antennae without actually touching them, and it emits an otherworldly tone. In Emelin’s youth, it was mostly the domain of electronics hobbyists.~ https://pleasekillme.com/lothar-hand-people/#
Come Along The Exodus (1966)
Cheers for these, after 50 years more L&THP, absolutely tops!!
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