Santa Barbara Machine Head were a short-lived British electric blues combo that formed and disbanded in 1967. They recorded three instrumental songs together for

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; "Albert", "Porcupine Juice" and "Rubber Monkey", written by Jon Lord and Gus Dudgeon, released in 1968 on the compilation album '' Blues Anytime Vol. 3''. All four members later went on to achieve success and notoriety with other bands.Biography
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. ''White Boy Blues'' liner notes, Castle Communications, 1985.
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Members

* John "Twink" Alder - drums *

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- bass * Jon Lord - keyboards * Ronnie Wood - guitar

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