Alan Lewis<p>ULTIMATE SPINACH<br>"PLASTIC RAINCOATS / HUNG UP MINDS"<br>Mastodon Post</p><p>PLASTIC RAINCOATS/HUNG UP MINDS<br>Ultimate Spinach - Topic</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBA80uS8b4g" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=zBA80uS8b4</span><span class="invisible">g</span></a></p><p>"Plastic Raincoats" is a fun song. The Ultimate Spinach, a prime example of The Boston Sound, was a better group than I remembered. If any band members ever stop by, I will apologize.</p><p>The Boston Sound, which came to be called Bosstown, was a major label promotion (MGM Records). It fizzled and Bosstown became a joke; but this was not entirely deserved. Some very good music came out of the Boston Sound and the better tracks recorded then hold up very well to this day.</p><p>At the time, I was of the view, which would seem to put me in the minority now, that the Jeff "Skunk" Baxter lineup of the Ultimate Spinach was the best.</p><p>Hooray for the all-around great John Cooke, Earth Opera, David Grisman, The Ramrods (renamed "Puff"), Peter Rowan, Teddy and the Pandas, the Ultimate Spinach, John Lincoln Wright, and a whole host of others. New England hippies had a wicked good time.</p><p>One of the Bosstown-era singers, who came out of Boston, went on, in the 1970s, to become the biggest dance music star in the world: - Donna Summer. I am a big fan. Donna Summer's late '60s Boston band, The Crow, played innovative psych/pop arrangements at the Psychedelic Supermarket.</p><p>:</p><p>Music Museum of New England (MMone) Ultimate Spinach article</p><p><a href="https://www.mmone.org/ultimate-spinach-2/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">mmone.org/ultimate-spinach-2/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>:</p><p>Music Museum of New England (MMone) article about The Boston Sound (Bosstown)</p><p><a href="https://www.mmone.org/the-boston-sound/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">mmone.org/the-boston-sound/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>:</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/1960sbands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1960sbands</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/1960smusic" 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