Read about the Sacramento Local Music Scene at Playlist Research Kak Kak, led by Gary Lee Yoder, was a psychedelic rock band from Davis. Signed to Epic Records, they released on self-titled album in 1968 that gained critical acclaim over time. The band gained airplay on freeform station 98.5 KZAP in its early days. The single was "Everything's Changing" while "Lemonaide Kid" was a standout 6-minute hypnotic guitar tune with laid-back folk-style vocals. Yoder was involved in an earlier band from Davis called Oxford Circle, as was Dehner Petten. Other Kak members included Joe Dave Damrell and Chris Lockheed. After Kak, Yoder released solo music on Epic in 1969. He then joined San Francisco Bay Area band Blue Cheer, which split up for awhile in 1971. Yoder remained active in the Davis and Sacramento music scenes for many years. He died at age 75 in 2021. Here is a tracklist for the 1968 album Kak on Epic Records:
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