The Deep Six

The Deep Six

The Deep Six is a United States folk rock group associated with the 1960s. The name is also used by more than one band, but the group most closely identified with the material here is a folk-rock ensemble formed around 1965 in San Diego.

History

The San Diego line-up begins as a folk group and then quickly switches to electric instrumentation as the folk-rock movement develops. The band releases an album in 1966 and also issues singles. One of the better-known tracks is a cover of Neil Diamond’s Solitary Man; another single, Rising Sun, receives some radio airplay. The group’s sound includes folk rock with some light psychedelic and garage rock elements, and the recording features a large number of session musicians. The album and singles do not perform strongly, and the band breaks up not long afterwards.

Other band of the same name

Another act called The Deep Six forms in Jacksonville, Florida in the mid-1960s. That group includes Maurice Samples on lead vocals, Ted Vaughn on drums, Billy Harden on rhythm guitar, Larry Dreggors on lead guitar, and Ken Fuller on bass. It releases the single Last Time Around with One and One on the B-side on Soft Records, later adds horns and keyboards, and changes its name to Mouse and the Boys. Under that name it records Dancing to the Beat, Love is Free, and Xcedrin Headache #69.