Also known as: Lewis And Clarke Expedition, The
Origin: Los Angeles, CA, USA
This L.A. band formed in 1966 and consisted of various established folk musicians that had already been playing regularly around the area since the mid 60s. Members included Michael Martin Murphey aka "Travis Lewis" (guitar, harmonica), Owen Castleman aka "Boomer Clarke" (guitar, percussion), John London (guitar, bass, percussion), Ken Bloom (lead guitar, autoharp, clarinet, saxophone, flute, organ) and John Raines (drums, percussion). Murphey, Castleman and London were all Texas natives and friends of Monkees member Mike Nesmith, who they had played with previously in a folk band called the S…