The Goldebriars were an American
folk quartet in the early 1960s, most notable for including a young
Curt Boettcher as a guitarist and vocalist. The group also included two sisters, Dotti and Sheri Holmberg, with Ron Neilson as lead guitarist and banjo player.
Career
They recorded two obscure albums for
Epic Records
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in 1964 before adding drummer Ron Edgar to their lineup, who would later be a part of the groups
The Music Machine and
The Millennium. They recorded a third album in late 1964. A
single
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from this proposed album, "June Bride Baby" b/w "I'm Gonna Marry You" was released in early 1965, but the group broke up afterwards and the album remains unreleased.
Boettcher would go on as a
record producer,
songwriter and
musician
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, eventually putting together
The Millennium. Nothing has been heard from the others, except for Dotti Holmberg, when
Sundazed Records released an album of
demos
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that she recorded in the mid-1960s called ''Sometimes Happy Times'', including one that had ended up on the ''
Magic Time'' anthology, and the song ("I Sing My Song") that would later be included on the second
Sagittarius album. She also maintains a website dedicated to the group, and has published an
eBook
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about the group titled "Whatever Happened to Jezebel?".
A compilation CD of The Goldebriars' Epic material, with additional demos, was issued by Now Sounds in 2015. The 30-track collection was produced by
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Early life
Raised in Oklahoma i ...
, with liner notes written by
Curt Boettcher scholar
Dawn Eden Goldstein
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Discography
*"Your Special Introduction to the Goldebriars" (7" EP)
* "Pretty Girls and Rolling Stones" (Boettcher/Neilson) b/w "Shenandoah" (trad. arr.) Epic 9673 (7" single)
*''The Goldebriars'' (album, Epic LN 26087)
*''Straight Ahead!'' (album, Epic BN 26114 (stereo), LN 26114 (mono))
* "Castle on the Corner" (Goldsteinn) b/w "I've Got to Love Somebody" (trad. arr.) (Epic 9719 (single))
*"June Bride Baby" (Goldsteinn/Ross) b/w "I'm Gonna Marry You" (Goldsteinn) (Epic 9806 (single))
*''Climbing Stars'' (CD album of unreleased material released September 20, 2006, Sony Music Direct, Japan)
Sony Music Direct in Japan released CDs of the first two Goldebriars' original albums on March 24, 2006.
References
External links
*http://www.thegoldebriars.com - The Goldebriars official site
*http://www.curtboettcher.com - Curt Boettcher discography and information site
American folk rock groups
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