“Summertime Blues” (Blue Cheer) #14 5/4/1968

Blue Cheer was certainly one of the loudest bands of the 60’s. The group took their name from a laundry detergent ad. They started as a guitar-bass-drums trio, expanded to six members, then cut back to a trio after seeing Jimi Hendrix perform in that setup at Monterey. This remake of the 1958 Eddie Cochran classic surely influenced hard rockin’ groups for years. Video is from Germany’s “Beat Club.”