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Here are links to other bands the guys have been in.

When Dan “Lunar” Ray was birthed into this world, he landed in Arkansas! Born to Jack and Ruby Ray in November, 1954, he started out in Nashville, Arkansas, perhaps not aware of what the future held. Dan Ray, less than a year old, still knows enough to take his shoes off before you get inContinue reading “Part 3: Wild Ass Country Boy”

Meanwhile, as the Govette boys were sprouting,  there were big goings on for Harvey and Irma Ische in early 1952 as well. Rumor has it that Allan, (Baby Boom Boom) was birthed in a log cabin. Allan was a smiley kid and had what passes for some kind of normal childhood, as we all did.Continue reading “Episode 2: A Sonic Boom in Washington”

The Origins of the Ointment Project take us to Texas, 1951. Bill & Dixie Govette welcomed their first child, Mike, (Baby Brain Damage), into the stifling, cloying, infernal heat of the North Central Plains of Fort Worth. Baby Brain Damage with his first and most personal playmate. I was whisked away to California at 6Continue reading “Chapter 1: How They Fell Together”