- The Avant-Garde
The Avant-Garde was an American
psychedelic pop group formed byChuck Woolery and Elkin "Bubba" Fowler in 1967. They released three singles onColumbia Records in 1967 and 1968, backed by differentsession musician s on each release: "Yellow Beads", "Naturally Stoned" (which hit #40 on the BillboardHot 100 charts in mid 1968) [http://wc07.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:jnfrxqwgldfe~T1 Biography] , Allmusic.com] , and "Fly With Me". Despite the success of "Naturally Stoned", the group disbanded after "Fly With Me" and never released a full album.After The Avant-Garde, Fowler went on to a career as a folk singer. Columbia released his LP "And Then Came Bubba" in 1970, and he played guitar on albums by
Bob Dylan andLeonard Cohen . Woolery became agame show host, appearing on "Wheel of Fortune", "Scrabble", "Love Connection ", "Greed", and "Lingo". "Naturally Stoned" was also used as the theme to a short-livedreality television series onGSN that starred Woolery, entitled "Chuck Woolery: Naturally Stoned".References
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