Rising Sons
One of the most legendary groups, the Rising Sons consisted of Taj Mahal, Ry Cooder, Kevin Kelley, Gary Marker, Ed Cassidy and Jesse Lee Kincaid. Formed in Los Angeles, USA in 1965, the group was signed to Columbia Records but their album was never issued. One single, Candy Man/’The Devil's Got My Woman’, did surface but the group had by then disbanded. Mahal soon became a prominent blues/folk performer, Cooder made his name playing sessions and later recorded successfully under his own name. Kelley briefly joined the Byrds and Cassidy became a mainstay in Spirit. For many years their recordings remained unreleased, in 1993 all the remaining tapes were remastered and issued for general release.