![]() ![]() The secret was kept intact right up until the moment they took the stage, unfurled the ‘Mystics’ banner & started playing – “Didn’t We Have A Good Time, Baby”. 1, 2011, at the new Double Tree hotel, Central Expwy & Campbell Rd., in Dallas. They contacted the other guys, plus Al & his current band, ‘Chill Factor’, and made it all happen Sat. I asked David & Glenn back in early March about the idea of making a surprise appearance at our 45th class reunion. who sent me these two great photos of the original band: left to right: Ron Jobe, Glen Struble, Danny Fugate (on top), Robert Farris, David Mitchell left to right: Danny Fugate, Robert Farris, David Mitchell, Glen Strubble and (in front) Ron Jobe Thanks to David Mitchell for sending in the photos, above and answering my questions about the Mystics. My son plays drums and has been in bands as well, Speed Trucker, Boy Named Sue, Tall Paul and The Hot Rod Hillbillies to name a few. He also played some with the two Vaughan brothers. Robert Farris went on to play with Sam The Sham and later with The Bellemy Brothers. The band broke up in 1968, as we all started getting drafted. Ron was a good song writer, he later wrote songs for Glenn Campbell. At the time we had won a battle of the bands and a record contract, Ron was working with Spectra records which was also Knight Records and many other label names they wanted to use. The one name I can find connecting the Mystics and the New Breed is the songwriter Ron Price, did you know him? May have been the same players that backed Jimmy Rabbit on his records. The record company we were with used our name and said it was the Mystics with a new name. None of The Mystics were a part of The New Breed. Were you still in the band when it became the New Breed? That is a Thunderbird bass in that picture. Is that a Gibson Thunderbird you’re playing? I asked bassist David Mitchell a few questions about the band: The In Crowd label used the Mystics name as a way to give credibility to the New Breed, which was actually a batch of studio musicians based out of Robin Hood Brians’ studio in Tyler. The Mystics went on to open shows for the Beach Boys, Sam the Sham, the Lovin’ Spoonful and others, but for some reason never released another 45.Ĭontrary to what has been written before, the Mystics did not develop into the New Breed, who recorded Ron Price songs like “High Society Girl” and “P.M. The 45 reached #1 on Dallas stations KLIF, KBOX (see survey front and back) and KFJZ and was picked it up by Dot Records for national distribution. ![]() Robert Farris wrote the b-side, “Now and For Always”, a well-executed if ordinary ballad. Spectra hired rockabilly legend Dale Hawkins to produce, and Ron Price (songwriter of “Wishy Washy Woman” and “My Girl” for Jimmy Rabbit) contributed the very catchy “Didn’t We Have a Good Time”. In 1966 they won a local battle of the bands with the prize being a record contract with Bob Sanders’ Spectra Records, which is when they changed their name to the Mystics. Their original name was the Glorytones, and they often played the Heights Theater. Members were Ron Jobe vocals, David Mitchell bass, Robert Farris and Danny Fugate on guitars, and Glenn Struble on drums. The Mystics came out of the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas, Texas. ![]()
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