CHILDREN OF THE MUSHROOM -You Can't Erase A Mirror

CHILDREN OF THE MUSHROOM -You Can't Erase A Mirror
ALBUM Children Of The Mushroom
Children Of The Mushroom formed in Thousand Oaks, California, which is a small town near Los Angeles. First they were called The Captives and around the summer of love they became Children Of The Mushroom.
The band consisted of Jerry McMillen (guitar, vocals, flute), Bob Holland (organ), Al Pisciotta (bass), Dennis Christensen (drums) and Paul Gabrinetti (guitar, vocals). The band was inspired by The Doors, Iron Butterfly and similar groups, which appeared around the L.A area. In 1968 the Soho label out of Hollywood released their incredible single.
The A-side, 'August Mademoiselle', was written by Holland while the B-side, 'You Can't Erase A Mirror', was written by McMillen and Holland. 'August Mademoiselle' is one of the best garage/psych singles of all time in our opinion and consists of wicked Vox organ playing, huge amount of fuzz and the haunting atmosphere with crazy fast tempo that really blows your brains out.
'You Can't Erase A Mirror' is just the opposite; slow but again a very haunting number from the band. It's easy to say that the band represents the true garage spirit of the late '60s when there were tons of bands with one or two singles out. Some of them were good, some of them just OK, but the Mushroom people released one the most celebrated ones, which is a must to any psych/garage collector.

[@user-vh2pk6bd3g]

The keyboards do sound like the Doors

[@Everyonesmom1980]

My Papa is the drummer!🎶🍄

[@DennisSwansonP1022]

Yes I sure am!

[@GrafySkater]

When i got stoned for the first few times i always had this music on, back when i was around 14 in the early 2000s. The world is a completely different place now, those times are never coming back but they were great. There was so much freedom pre-2001, and i imagine even more in the 60s..

[@Reggie-The-Dog]

Yes there was a lot more freedom pre-9/11. But the most freedom was before cell phones, especially smart phones, and the internet. I despise both yet I use them every day. It's hard not to. They run today's world.

[@Reggie-The-Dog]

This song is definitely one of the best garage ballads ever recorded in the 1960s. I mean top shelf, gold standard brilliant. In my top 5 garage songs for sure. Thank you for rescuing it!

[@alaineid4048]

Nice and garage

[@iagoribeiro4940]

outstanding organ and guitar work

[@ricardogonzalezbackit3808]

Marvelous garage work, one of my top songs of that music era..

[@jenslindberg5019]

Pure magic...

[@despinarnr7762]

Wonderful!!!

[@user-vh2pk6bd3g]

I wonder how much of the Wrecking Crews thumb prints are on this song

[@Reggie-The-Dog]

None

[@user-vh2pk6bd3g]

A Lot more than we think