Origin: San Francisco, CA, USA
This obscure band was formed in 1967 by a bunch of San Francisco transplants that had moved there in the hopes of making it big in the Bay Area music scene. They named themselves after Nina Simone's incredible recording of the aria 'Black Swan' from Gian Carlo Menotti's opera The Medium . Members included Austin native Tom Bright (drums), Saul Chait (bass), Jeffrey Cohen (guitar, keyboards), Mark Hanesworth (guitar) and Bruce Good (lead guitar). In 1968, the group was signed by producer and manager Matthew Katz ( Moby Grape , Jefferson Airplane , Indian Puddin' And Pipe ) and recorded a couple…