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From: San Francisco, CA, USA

Nothing much is known about the mysterious Sweet Smoke except for what is written in the liner notes contained on the back of the very rare 1968 Colstar psychedelic rock compilation LP San Francisco International Pop Festival, Volume 1, which claims they were famous and from San Francisco like most of the artists on the record. Interestingly, the photo of Sweet Smoke on the back of the album, shown to the right and looking more like a high school graduation picture, is of a single female thus speculating it could have been her nickname.

The sole track credited to Sweet Smoke on the LP is the excellent 'The Great Evacuation Of Haight Ashbury', which contains some standout female vocals and interesting tempo changes. Another notable factoid about this record is that quite a few of its tracks, including this Sweet Smoke song, were written by a person named Ray Columbus, who also produced the album.

If you have any further information on this group, please e-mail to paulmaze@techwebsound.com.

Artist information sources include: The book, 'Fuzz, Acid, and Flowers Revisited' by Vernon Joynson.