Read about the Sacramento Local Music Scene at Playlist Research The Oxford Circle The Oxford Circle was a Davis garage rock band, led by Gary Lee Yoder from 1964 to 1967. Other band members included Dehner Patten, Jim Keylor and Paul Whaley. The band auditioned for Mercury Records but the label passed on them. They only released one single, a catchy rock tune with psychedelic tones called "Foolish Woman" on indie label World United. The flipside was "Mind Destruction," when was an even more surreal mental journey. In San Francisco they frequently played at Avalon Ballroon, where they recorded a live album in 1966 that was issued in 1997 on Big Beat Records. Yoder went on to gain more attention in the music industry when his next band, Kak, was signed to Epic Records in the late sixties. But they only released one album before Yoder got a solo deal with the label and released the song "Flight From The East." Yoder went on to play with Blue Cheer for many years then performed frequently in the Sacramento region until his death at age 75 in 2021. Here is a tracklist for the 1997 album Live At The Avalon on Big Beat Records:
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