Elephant's Memory (Band)

Elephant's Memory were a New York band most notable for acting as the backing band on the John Lennon/Yoko Ono album Some Time in New York City. Two of their songs appear in the soundtrack to the movie Midnight Cowboy, "Jungle Gym Zoo" and "Old Man Willow". The band also appear in the 1983 documentary Hell's Angels Forever, in which they appear at the Hell's Angels' Pirates Party held on the SS Bay Belle on September 5 1973, together with the Jerry Garcia Band. The first incarnation of Elephant's Memory between 1967 and 1968 was: In 1968 they briefly added Carly Simon as a vocalist. In 1969 the line-up was:
  • Stan Bronstein - sax/clarinet/vocals
  • Rick Frank - drums
  • John Ward - guitar
  • Chester Ayres - guitar
  • Myron Yules - bass/trombone
  • Richard Sussman - keyboards
  • Michal - vocals
adding, later in the year, Chris Robinson on guitars and vocals. Between late 1969 and 1973 the line up remained more less constant around the following members:
  • Stan Bronstein - sax/clarinet/vocals
  • Rick Frank - drums
  • Wayne "Tex" Gabriel - guitar
  • Gary Van Scyoc - bass/vocals
  • Adam Ippolito - keyboards/vocals
The final manifestation of the band was:
  • Stan Bronstein - sax/clarinet/vocals
  • Rick Frank - drums
  • Gary Van Scyoc - bass/vocals
  • Chris Robison - guitar/keyboards/vocals
  • John Sachs - guitar/vocals
They released the following albums:
  • Elephant's Memory (1969)
  • Take it to the Streets (1970)
  • Elephant's Memory (1972)
*Angels Forever (1974)

 

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