Black Merda

Black Merda - Black Merda (1967)

Tracklisting

1. Black Merda - Prophet (2:54)
2. Black Merda - Think Of Me (2:33)
3. Black Merda - Cynthy-Ruth (3:05)
4. Black Merda - Over And Over (5:31)
5. Black Merda - Ashamed (3:52)
6. Black Merda - Reality (2:01)
7. Black Merda - Windsong (4:14)
8. Black Merda - Good Luck (3:46)
9. Black Merda - That's The Way It Goes (3:16)
10. Black Merda - I Don't Want To Die (3:52)
11. Black Merda - Set Me Free (0:31)

Black Merda - Reality



Black Merda - Long Burn The Fire (1971)

Tracklisting

1. Black Merda - Long Burn the Fire (3:23)
2. Black Merda - Sometimes I Wish (3:46)
3. Black Merda - I Got a Woman (4:57)
4. Black Merda - We Made Up (3:40)
5. Black Merda - For You (4:41)
6. Black Merda - Folks from Mother's Mixer (4:13)
7. Black Merda - My Mistake (5:28)
8. Black Merda - Lying (4:28)

Black Merda - Long Burn the Fire



Black Merda - The Psyche Funk of Black Merda

Tracklisting

1. Black Merda - Cynthy-Ruth (alt take) (2:58)
2. Black Merda - People Let Me Know [as Linnie Walker w/Black Merda] (3:13)
3. Black Merda - Foxy lady [as The Soul Agents] (3:35)
4. Black Merda - Got Me Running [as VC L. Veasey] (2:47)
5. Black Merda - As Sisters and Brothers [as VC L. Veasey] (4:40)
6. Black Merda - We've Got The Power [as VC L. Veasey] (6:26)
7. Black Merda - Reality (alt take) (2:00)
8. Black Merda - Darn Well [as Linnie Walker w/Black Merda] (3:12)
9. Black Merda - Foxy Lady (instrumental) [as The Soul Agents] (3:13)
10. Black Merda - Do Nothing Wrong [as VC L. Veasey] (3:46)
11. Black Merda - The Original Man [as VC L. Veasey] (3:41)

Black Merda - Foxy lady [as The Soul Agents] 

"Black Merda were a funky rock combo with a significant debt to Jimi Hendrix, mixing fuzz-toned, psychedelic blues-rock with folky acoustic passages and contemporary late-'60s soul. Featuring guitarists Anthony and Charles Hawkins, bassist VC Veasey (aka Veesee L. Veasey), and drummer Tyrone Hite, the group got its start in the late '60s after Veasey, Hite, and Anthony Hawkins had spent time in a band called the Soul Agents, backing Edwin Starr and Gene Chandler. Inspired by Jimi Hendrix's Are You Experienced?, they added Anthony's younger brother Charles on second guitar and christened themselves Black Merda. Despite some interest around their Detroit base -- including Norman Whitfield and Eddie Kendricks -- Black Merda signed to Chess, thanks in part to the psychedelic soul eccentric Fugi (aka Ellington Jordan), who they also backed on his Mary, Don't Take Me on No Bad Trip LP for Chess."

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