Farquahr was an American folk band from Branford, Connecticut. Playing often-humorous folk music, the group enjoyed regional popularity in New England in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Farquahr's members all took pseudonymous

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s, three of them were actually brothers. Review of Farquahr AllMusic All sang and played guitar. They were previously known as The McGowan Brothers, playing folk and

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. They released two albums under the Farquahr designation, the first as Fabulous Farquahr and the latter under the shortened designation.

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produced their sophomore effort, which was released in 1970 and reached #195 on the ''Billboard'' 200 in December of that year.

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Members

*Bobby McGowan (Hummingbird Farquahr) *Dennis McGowan (Condor Farquahr) *Frank McGowan (Flamingo Farquahr) *Doug Lapham (Barnswallow Farquahr) *Jim Ricker (Buzzard Farquahr) (joined the group when Doug Lapham left) *Jack Huber (Mary Farquahr) bass player with McGowans, and then with Fabulous Farquahr until his death in 1968

Discography

*''The Fabulous Farquahr'' ( Verve Records, 1968) *''Farquahr'' (

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, 1970) *''The Third Album'' ( Warpt Records, 1982)

References

American folk musical groups Musical groups from Connecticut Elektra Records artists {{US-folk-band-stub