sung in Spanish

With his encyclopedic knowledge of music and boundless curiosity for new sounds

as Tom Fleming puts it

Inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 2001 (as performer)

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Black Merda - Black Merda u.f.o. sung in SpanishBlack Merda were a funky rock combo with a significant debt to Jimi Hendrix, mixing fuzz toned, psychedelic blues rock with folky acoustic passages and contemporary late '60s soul. Featuring guitarists Anthony and Charles Hawkins, bassist VC Veasey (aka Veesee L. Veasey), and drummer Tyrone Hite, the group got its start in the late '60s after Veasey, Hite, and Anthony Hawkins had spent time in a band called the Soul Agents, backing Edwin Starr and