Also known as: Flying Circus, The
Origin: San Anselmo, CA, USA
This group formed outside of San Francisco in the summer of 1966. Original members included Bill Berry (vocals), brothers Kevin "Kid" Haapala (guitar) and John Haapala (bass), Jim Grandjean (guitar) and Don Perkins (drums). In the fall of 1966, they won a "Battle of the Bands" competition, which resulted in a recording contract with Golden State Recorders. They laid down two 45s at GSR, which were produced by Hank Levin and Larry Goldberg who also produced records for the Other Half and many other artists that recorded at GSR. Their second single ('Green Eyes Green World') is an excellent, hig…