Also known as: Mandrake Memorial, The
Origin: Philadelphia, PA, USA
The Mandrake Memorial was one of the better late 60s through early 70s psychedelic acts to hail from the Philadelphia area, most believe second only to Nazz . Their music can best be described as a baroque version of 1969/70 era Pink Floyd , with heavy use of keyboards and deep lead vocals. Members included Randy Monaco (lead vocals, bass), Michael Kac (keyboards, vocals), Craig Anderton (guitar, sitar) and J. Kevin Lally (drums). The group formed in 1967 through promoter Larry Schreiber who knew Kac and introduced him to Lally. Kac and Lally hit it off and subsequently brought in an additiona…