Though they managed to release only three singles in 1965, The Preachers left an evident mark on the L.A. underground scene with their “howlin’ garage rock”.
The latter is an appropriate description of their sound, best represented on their second single’s sunny-side instro The Zeke, complete with jungle screams and an intro, predating the scary feel of Fogerty’s Run Through The Jungle. The single’s b-side was an exact opposite, in the shape of the Brummels-like folk rocking sound of Quit Talkin’ About Him.
Besides the selection of outstanding originals, the band was best known for their Ramonsized cover of Who Do You Love? (featuring Dewey Martin’s drum-intro idea) which graced the a-side of the debut single, backed with the dance floor filler Chicken Papa, with authentic chicken-sounding guitar fills.
The third single featured the well-known 2-harped garage classic Stay Out Of My World, (the title tune of another Dionysus release, Tony the Tyger’s Fuzz, Flaykes & Shakes Vol.3 comp.) and a moody punk ballad called Pain And Sorrow.
As a bonus, you also get their two jazzy-influenced efforts (though still with snotty garage vocal stylings), released as John English & The Lemondrops, the horn-section fuelled cover of Moanin’ and Just Don’t Complain, a protest r’n’beat, sounding like The Zombies fronted by Sky Saxon.
[Released Bacchus Archives 2002]
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