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[[The Rockin' Blue Diamonds]] was a short-lived jazz-rock group that performed in 1972.

== Background ==
Originally [[Mayo Thompson]] and [[Frederick Barthelme]] with Rock Romano and Tucker Bradley.

Final line-up<ref>https://archive.org/details/fokpft197302ia/page/n11/mode/2up?q=rockin+blue+diamonds</ref>:
* [[Mayo Thompson]] - writer, rhythm guitar
* Fred McLain - lead guitar
* [[Bobby Henschen|Bob Henschen]] - piano
* Bernard Sampson - saxophones and flute
* Don Jones - bass
* Art Kidd - drums
* Rock Romano - vocals
* Tucker Bradley - vocals

== Performances ==
See: [[Shows/1972]]

== Demo ==
* "Thompson then turned to John Fahey, still at the helm of his Takoma label, who fronted $250 for a demo."
** "His wife didn't like it, and neither did he," remembered Mayo.<ref>Fortune, Fate article</ref>

== Retrospectives ==
[[Frederick Barthelme]]<ref>https://www.frederickbarthelme.com/nonfiction/the-red-crayola/</ref><blockquote>Playing well was what we [The Red Crayola] were against. It was what everybody else did. Much later, in the second (and little known) band that Mayo and I put together, the Rocking Blue Diamonds, playing well became an issue, so we solicited the talent—coerced it, is probably more accurate. But in the mid-’60s, with the Red Krayola, that wasn’t the deal. The deal was to participate in the party and do something surprising while you were at it.</blockquote>[[Mayo Thompson]], 2023<ref>https://www.psychedelicbabymag.com/2023/10/red-krayola-interview-mayo-thompson.html</ref><blockquote>[...] A later band—The Rocking Blue Diamonds—played The Old Quarter, and Rocky Hill’s Club.</blockquote>

== References ==

[[Category:Groups|Rockin' Blue Diamonds, The]]