Stone Garden

Psychedelic group from Lewiston, Idaho, USA, mid 1960s to 1972. The Knights Of Sound were the Speer brothers - Gary (guitar, lead vocals), Paul (guitar) and Neal (drums, piano) - and their bassist neighbour and schoolmate Dan Merrell. In 1967 they renamed Stone Garden, name taken from a psychedelic poster. In early 1969 the quartet add multi-instrumentalist John Purviance. In the same time the group signed a deal with Doug Smith, an recording engineer owner of a recording studio. The band recorded two tracks that would be pressed as a single in a total quantity of 300 copies. In the following years various personell changes occurred until 1972, when Paul Speer (the leader of the group) decided the break-up. He subsequently became a prolific record producer and engineer, also recording extensively as a solo act.