Timeline: Difference between revisions

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1966 summer: Mayo Thompson and Frederick Barthelme work on an unfinished film
1966 summer: The film is abandoned and they form The Red Crayola
1966: The Red Crayola line-up adds Steve Cunningham, Bonnie Emerson, Danny Schacht
1966: The line-up consolidates to Mayo Thompson (guitar, vocals), Frederick Barthelme (drums), Steve Cunningham (bass)
1966-1967: Live shows around Houston, Texas

1967 February: The band's first recording session results in unreleased single Dairymaid's Lament
1967 March: The Red Crayola signs to label International Artists
1967 March?: [[File:|20x20px|link=|]] [[|]] recorded
1967 April-May: Recording sessions for the band's first album
1967 June: First album The Parable of Arable Land is released
1967 ?: Sessions for unreleased album Coconut Hotel
1967 July: Berkeley Folk Festival performance - later released as Live 1967
1967 July: Session for lost Album with John Fahey in California
1967 ?: The band breaks up; Frederick Barthelme moves to New York
1967 late: The Parable of Arable Land is an unexpected success; International Artists asks for another album
1967 late: The band reforms with a new drummer: Mayo Thompson (guitar, vocals), Steve Cunningham (bass), Tommy Smith (drums)

1968 February?: Recording sessions for the band's second commercial album
1968 May: Second album God Bless the Red Krayola and All Who Sail With It is released
1968 ?: The band breaks up

1969 ?: Thompson and Cunningham visit New York to consider working on [[File:|20x20px|link=|]] [[|]]
1969 ?: Mayo Thompson illustrates Frederick Barthelme's first book, Rangoon