Gypsy (band)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Gypsy


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Origin = Flagicon|USA Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Genre = Progressive rock
Rock
Years_active = 1969 – 1975
1996
Label = Metromedia Records
UA
RCA
AJK
Bedrock
Metro

Associated_acts = Calvin James
The James Walsh Band
James Walsh Gypsy Band
Current_members = James Calvin Johnson (lead guitar, vocals)
Enrico Rosenbaum (guitar, vocals, percussion)
James "Owl" Walsh (keyboards, vocals, percussion)
Doni Larson (bass)
Randy Cates (bass)
Willie Weeks (bass)

Bill Lordan (drums)
Jay Epstein (drums) Gypsy is a former American progressive rock band from Minnesota, formed as The Underbeats (1962-1968). Gypsy was the house band at the Whisky a Go Go, West Hollywood, California for about eight months from September 1969 to 1970 and were known in 1970 for their US Billboard charting single "Gypsy Queen Part 1 and 2". Most of Gypsy's music was composed and written by the late guitarist and singer Enrico Rosenbaum. Drummer Bill Lordan went on to play with Sly & the Family Stone and a long career with Robin Trower. Keyboardist James Walsh continued the band in various incarnations as The James Walsh Gypsy Band.

Discography

*"Gypsy" (1970
*"In the Garden" (1971)
*"Antithesis" (1972)
*"Unlock the Gates" (1973)
*Gypsy Queen Part One/Dead and Gone, 45 RPM Single, Metromedia
*Day After Day/Lean on Me, 45 RPM Single, RCA RecordsThe James Walsh Gypsy Band

*"The James Walsh Gypsy Band" (1978), RCA
*"20 Years Ago Today" (1996), Metro
*"Muscle Shoals 1979" (2008), Gypsy Family Productions

References

* [http://www.midwesttribute.com/gypsy_today.html Gypsy Band today at midwesttribute.com]
* [http://www.midwesttribute.com/rico.htm Enrico Rosenbaum Biography Page at midwesttribute.com]
* [http://www.gypsy-queen.net Official Gypsy Site]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:39fpxqr5ld0e Gypsy] at Allmusic
* [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/index.jsp?pid=12803&aid=24151 Gypsy 1970] at [http://www.billboard.com/ "Billboard" official site]
* [http://www.hollywoodhangover.com/List%20of%20people.htm Gypsy at Whisky a Go Go]
* [http://www.chickenonaunicycle.com/Whisky-A-Go-Go%20History.htm Gypsy at Whisky a Go Go history page (see: 1969)]

* [http://www.calvinjames.com/page3.htm James Calvin Johnson Biography Page at calvinjames.com]
* [http://www.calvinjames.com/TomTribute.htm Promotional photos and notes: The Underbeats]