Magic Carpet Band Chicago

The band is best known for their hit singles born to be wild and magic carpet ride.

Magic carpet band chicago.

The band members were clem alford sitar. Magic carpet honors ancient music while taking a bold step into the future. Hypnotizing intoxicating and exotic. Magic carpet independently released their debut album in flight in the fall of 2007.

The band originally consisted of john kay vocals guitar michael monarch guitar rushton moreve bass goldie mcjohn keyboards and jerry edmonton drums. The band played on the wilson ave stage. This album documents their five years of regular friday night performances at the popular ethiopian restaurant in chicago s edgewater neighborhood ras dashen. Magic carpet performed at the chicago cultural center part of the 14th annual world music fest in chicago.

After sparrow disbanded kay relocated to the west coast and formed steppenwolf named after the herman hesse novel. For more info about the band s music and where they might be touring next check out. Steppenwolf has sold over 25 million records worldwide released eight gold albums and 12 billboard hot 100 singles of which six were top 40 hits including three top 10 successes. German immigrant kay got his professional start in a bluesy toronto band called sparrow recording for columbia in 1966.

Feb 2020 1 song. Chicago illinois magic carpet was a pioneering anglo indian united kingdom uk band of musicians that first appeared in the early 1970s. They have performed at various music and art festivals over the years. The jazz band magic carpet appears at the chicago square roots festival on july 21 2012.

The magic carpet album has been described as a jewelled crown in the treasure trove of psyche tinged folk music magic carpet being one of the first bands to truly combine indian and western instrumentation. Born to be wild their third single on ab. Steppenwolf is a canadian american rock band formed in late 1967 in los angeles.