The Dearly Beloved (band)
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| Origin | Tucson, Arizona, United States |
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| Years active | 1963–1967 |
| Labels | Columbia, Boyd, Split Sound |
| Associated acts | The Grodes |
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The Dearly Beloved were an American garage rock band from Tucson, Arizona, originally known as the Intruders, who began as an instrumental surf rock combo, but eventually incorporated vocals into their sound after the rise of the British Invasion. After recording their first single as the Intruders, they changed their name to Quinstrels, recording one single under that moniker, but later settling upon the name for which they are best known, the Dearly Beloved. Along with the Grodes, they became one of the top groups in the Tucson area, scoring a #1 hit in there, and were on the cusp of breaking to a wider national audience, even briefly recording with Columbia Records and receiving some airtime on radios stations in other parts of the country, but were unable to maintain the momentum long enough to achieve wider success. Their work is nonetheless highly regarded amongst garage rock and psychedelic enthusiasts.
The Dearly Beloved formed in 1963 as the Intruders in Tucson, Arizona, which along with an Air Force base, was also a college town, and had a healthy music scene and nightlife. Their original lineup consisted of Terry Lee and Tom Walker on guitars, Shep Cooke on bass, and Pete Schuyler on drums. They started out playing Ventures-inspired instrumental surf numbers, but following the arrival of the Beatles and the British Invasion, they decided to enlist the services of a vocalist and brought in Larry Cox. After winning a Tucson battle of the bands contest, the Intruders were awarded a recording contract with a small label, Gallantry Records, whose recording studio was located in the owners' living room.
Their debut single, "Every Time It's You," b/w Let me Stay appeared on the Gallantry label in 1964. By this time the Intruders, along with the Grodes, had become one of Tucson's two most popular local bands. Other popular bands there were the Lewallen Brothers and the Five of Us. They released two singles in 1965 on manager Dan Peters' Moxie label, "Then I'd Know" with the B-side "My Name," then later the fuzz-laden "Why Me" along with "Now She's Gone" on the flipside, before the prospect of legal action from another band in Detroit also called the Intruders prompted them to switch their name to the Quinstrels. The group issued their next Moxie single as the Quinstrels in 1966, "I've Got a Girl" b/w "Tell Her," which was record at Audio Sound Recorders studio in Phoenix, before changing their name to the Dearly Beloved, at the urging of local disc jockey Dan Gates at KTKT.
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