Before The Doobie Brothers put San Jose on the Rock ’n’ Roll map, we had The Syndicate Of Sound (who had a national hit in ’66 with "Little Girl". By ’68 they playing at high schools again, and at my Senior All-Night Party, held in a bowling alley ;-), People (a regional hit with a cover of The Zombies "I Love You"), The Count Five (famous for their Garage classic "Psychotic Reaction", a shameless rip-off of The Yardbirds), and the aforementioned Stained Glass (I first saw them in ’65 as a 4-piece, when their name was The Trolls. They did the best live versions of Beatles songs I’ve ever heard) and The Chocolate Watchband (three albums on Tower).
And of course Fritz, the San Jose Garage band whose members included Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham. There are pics on the 'net of them playing on the stage at Mother Butler High School (I played their once), Stevie wearing a 1-piece A-line dress (ask your mother ;-), her hair done in the bouffant style! She was barely out of high school then, but looked like a student at one of them.
