Origin: Kingsburg, CA, USA
Bentley Road evolved out of a group called the Sedate Sunshine Company, which formed in 1965 and hailed from Kingsburg, CA, a town just southeast of Fresno. Original members included brothers Craig (guitar, vocals) and Jeff Anderson (bass, vocals), along with Pat Erickson (vocals, flute, tambourine), Woody Bell (vocals), Jonnie Sue Bartell (keyboards, vocals) and Chuck Zendner (drums). They were primarily a folk-rock band with psychedelic overtones and actually labeled themselves as being "folkadelic". They were inspired by and covered many of the well-known L.A. area bands, including the Byrd…