Velvett Fogg

Velvett Fogg were a British psychedelic rock band between 1968 and 1969. Tony Iommi was a member in mid-1968, but soon left to form Black Sabbath. Their lone eponymous album was released in January 1969, and re-released on CD by Sanctuary Records in 2002. Velvett Fogg were one of many new bands within the underground scene, that were formed at the end of the 1960s that would attempt to take pop music to a higher level of creativity. Birmingham also had its own flourishing underground music scene during that time with a variety of innovative groups emerging. The line up of Velvett Fogg all came from within this alternative music scene in the city.
Velvett Fogg were formed in 1968 from members of a Birmingham band Gravy Train. Up front was soul singer Ernie Handy, Bob Hewitt was lead guitarist, with Graham Mullett on drums, and Mick Pollard on bass guitar. Londoner Frank Wilson who played Hammond organ, was also on vocals, eventually becoming band leader and lead vocalist. The newly formed band spent most of the year touring Germany playing at army bases and clubs. Their stage act included a light show and a go-go dancer.
== Links to Peel ==
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Peel wrote sleevenotes for their 1969 debut and only album, where he mentioned how he discovered the record:
"Actually producer Jack Dorsey of Pye Records and his secretary brought me this record as I huddled in my mean bed wracked with jaundice with the unoccasional, long-suppressed flicker of pain crossing my boyish features. They left the record, saying they needed the notes that I’m typing by Monday. It’s now Saturday night, tomorrow’s “Top Gear” and I’ve listened five or six times to the Velvett Fogg, liking them more with each hearing. However I forgot to ask anyone for details about the members of the group – In fact I don’t even know how many there are within it. Perhaps that information will be elsewhere on this sleeve. I don’t know their names, what they play, when they were born, the colour or not of their eyes, hair, teeth. I have never heard even the faintest rumour about their taste in breakfast foods, furniture, musicians or girls." 
On his 06 July 1987 show, Peel mentioned a person called Matthew at a gig he did, requesting Yellow Cave Woman by Velvett Fogg, which he mentioned embarrassingly that he wrote the inner sleeves of their self titled LP. Instead of the Velvett Fogg track, Peel played a Dead Kennedys song on the show that someone else from the gig requested.
== Shows Played ==
*None, according to available playlists.
== External Links ==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*Official Website
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