The Gordian Knot-The Year of the Sun 1968

According to the liner notes on their sole album, The Gordian Knot came together in 1964 at the University of Mississippi. Graduating from school, singer/guitarist Pat Kincade, drummer Dulin Lancaster Jr., keyboardist J.D Lobue, bassist Leland Russell and guitarist James Dexter Weatherly relocated to Erie, New York. From New York they ended up in Los Angeles where they began playing local clubs and celebrity parties. A party thrown by Nancy Sinatra led to a USO tour of South Vietnam (big rock audience), followed by exposure at a number of LA clubs and eventually a contract with Verve.

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• The Year of the Sun
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• Nancy Sinatra
• Sunshine Pop
• The Left Banke

[DawnVita]

@MattHatter Leland Russell - their bass player.

[richnews1]

@Borilla1223

I knew your Dad well. We went to school together from 2nd grade thru high school. He was a great drummer!

Richnews

[Borilla1223]

That's my Dad on the drums.

[MattHatter]

Whose name is that for the writing credit?! I see L. Russell. As in LEON RUSSELL.

[jpinnacle]

Brilliant. Had no idea that this was a single! I play this song for my friends and they are consistently blown away by it. Really they do not make 'em like this any more.

[firebombclipper]

Thank you. Great tune. I close my eyes, and I'm back on my paper route with my transistor radio, in 68.

[ahniditab]

Outstanding harmony vocal arrangement by Clark Burroughs. He also arranged for The Association on "Insight Out" and "Waterbeds In Trinidad".

[hollies65]

Beautiful!

[NcicHit2]

@mikey9607 Where were you at?

[mikey9607]

Seen these guys and Nancy Sinatra in a USO show in Vietnam in 1967. Don,t remember where or the date. 1st time we had seen a round-eyed woman in months.