Mouse and the Traps
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Mouse and the Traps is the name of a garage rock
band from Tyler, Texas
that released numerous singles between 1965 and 1969, two of which, "A Public Execution" and "Sometimes You Just Can't Win", became large regional hits. The leader of the band, nicknamed "Mouse", was Ronnie Weiss. Two of their best known songs, "A Public Execution" and a cover of "Psychotic Reaction
", are not actually credited to this band but, respectively, to simply Mouse and Positively 13 O'Clock instead. Their tangled history also included one single that was released anonymously under the name Chris St. John. (The band is, however, unrelated to another 1960s garage rock band, Mouse and the Boys of Jacksonville, Florida
).
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In this time period, they met Bugs Henderson (or Buggs Henderson), lead guitarist for a local instrumental band, the Sensors. Weiss and Knox Henderson – no relation to Buddy (Bugs) Henderson - co-wrote "A Public Execution" and brought the song to Robin Hood Brians, who manages Robin Hood Studios that is still in operation in Tyler, Texas
today. This song – which strongly resembles Bob Dylan
's music in the mid-1960s – was released as the band's first single in 1966 under the name Mouse. Jerry Howell (who was also in Jerry Vee and the Catalinas) and Ken (Nardo) Murray joined the group shortly thereafter, and most of their remaining music was released under the name Mouse and the Traps. Besides Brians, other musicians that have played in various incarnations of the band over the years include Bobby Delk, Don (Levi) Garrett and Tim Gillespie.
After releasing several singles on the Fraternity Records
label, Mouse and the Traps also recorded two singles for Bell Records that were produced by Dale Hawkins
(a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame
, and known as the writer and original recording artist for the early Creedence Clearwater Revival
hit, "Suzie Q
"). The band also performed on two of Hawkins' singles and contributed toward his 1966 album on the label, L.A., Memphis and Tyler, Texas. The band broke up in 1969, but all members remained in music except Jerry Howell (who became a Baptist
minister).
By 1966, the members of Mouse and the Traps – along with Robin Hood Brians and Doug Rhone – were working with singer Jimmy Rabbitt, who was attempting to launch a band under the name Positively 13 O'Clock. Continuing their Dylan connection, the name is an obvious play on Dylan
's hit in the same time period, "Positively 4th Street
". A Los Angeles
studio session at Hanna-Barbera Records in September 1966 resulted in their only recorded single that included a frantic version of Count Five
's "Psychotic Reaction
". However, a planned album for the band never materialized.
than any of their later music and reached as high as #121 on Billboard charts. The single was released on REO Records in Canada
as well and became a regional hit in Ottawa, where many local bands frequently covered the song. The song mimicked both the musical and lyrical features of Dylan's songwriting (particularly "Like a Rolling Stone
") as well as Dylan's singing style to the point of homage
or even parody
. In the original liner notes
of the Nuggets
compilation album
, Lenny Kaye
states of this song: "There are some who say that Mouse does Dylan's Highway 61
period better than the Master himself". Another reviewer remarked: "['A Public Execution'] is to Dylan what the Knickerbockers
' 'Lies' is to the Beatles
: one of the few rip-offs so utterly accurate that it could easily fool listeners into mistaking it for the original article".
Their second, punkier
single, "Maid of Sugar, Maid of Spice", is regarded by many as being their best recording but did not repeat their earlier chart success. The next single was a novelty song
that went in a completely different direction. Titled "Would You Believe", it was a take-off on the running gag of that name by Don Adams
on the television sitcom Get Smart
. A promo exists that shows the artist of this third single as only Mouse. However, a more subdued, later single "Sometimes You Just Can't Win" spent one week at #125 and was a regional hit in Tyler, Texas, Nashville, Tennessee
and Louisville, Kentucky
.
Allmusic describes Mouse and the Traps as "a fine band who was probably too chameleon-like to find their niche in the national market".
By 1968 Bugs Henderson had formed another band call "The Dream" and was playing night club venues around Dallas.
Ronnie (Mouse) Weiss continues to tour and perform regularly, and often with his former bandmates; he is also a writer and is in demand as a session player.
Bugs Henderson has had a renowned career as an influential blues/rock guitarist
with 8 albums to his credit. His 2004 release on No Guru Records, Stormy Love includes a version of "Maid of Sugar, Maid of Spice".
Dave Stanley and Ken (Nardo) Murray, together with Larry Stanley
founded the Lone Star Ramblers. They were featured performers at Dolly Parton
's theme park, Dollywood
from 1988 to 1996, and also appear annually at the Texas State Fair. They have released 10 albums and several video productions and also perform as the Stanley Murray Stanley Band and (at Christmas
time) the Strolling Santas.
Jimmy Rabbitt has had a long and varied career as a rockabilly
musician. He is also a celebrated Dallas and Los Angeles
disc jockey
who has had an internationally syndicated radio program, The Rabbitt Report since 1971. (Although the vocalist's name for Positively 13 O'Clock is sometimes spelled as "Jimmy Rabbit", he was evidently not a member of an obscure 1960's garage rock
band, Jimmy Rabbit and the Karats).
Rabbitt was signed to Capitol Records
as Jimmy Rabbitt and Renegade. An album was produced by Waylon Jennings
and the band consisted of former Sweathog (band)
bass player, David L. Johnson.
s on retrospective albums. The first was an LP called Public Execution
that was released in 1982 (on Eva Records), which included nearly all of their singles, including the Positively 13 O'Clock record. The LP was re-released on CD by New Rose Blues Records in 1995 with 4 bonus tracks, including both sides of the 45 that was released under the name of Chris St. John. Out of the 25 recordings on their various singles, the only un-reissued tracks are on their final Bell Records single, "Knock on My Door" and "Where's the Little Girl". (The reason that there is an odd number of recordings is that "Cryin' Inside" was released as the "B" side of a 1968 single after its original release in 1967).
Also, in 1997, a CD was released on Ace Records/Big Beat Records
with 7 previously unreleased songs that is still in print. Both retrospective albums are comprehensive overviews of the band's career, although the two albums have several tracks that are not in common. Their recordings are also widely available on numerous compilation album
s of garage rock
music.
Maid of Sugar, Maid of Spice
Lie, Beg, Borrow & Steal
Good Times
I Satisfy
Sometimes You Just Can't Win
Psychotic Reaction
Garage rock
Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 to 1967. During the 1960s, it was not recognized as a separate music genre and had no specific name...
band from Tyler, Texas
Tyler, Texas
Tyler is a city in and the county seat of Smith County, Texas, in the United States. It takes its name from President John Tyler . The city had a population of 109,000 in 2010, according to the United States Census Bureau...
that released numerous singles between 1965 and 1969, two of which, "A Public Execution" and "Sometimes You Just Can't Win", became large regional hits. The leader of the band, nicknamed "Mouse", was Ronnie Weiss. Two of their best known songs, "A Public Execution" and a cover of "Psychotic Reaction
Psychotic Reaction
"Psychotic Reaction" is an early garage rock song released by the American rock band Count Five in 1966, and also the title of their only album. The song Psychotic Reaction was written by the five members of the Count Five, Craig "Butch" Atkinson, John Byrne, Roy Chaney, Kenn Ellner and John...
", are not actually credited to this band but, respectively, to simply Mouse and Positively 13 O'Clock instead. Their tangled history also included one single that was released anonymously under the name Chris St. John. (The band is, however, unrelated to another 1960s garage rock band, Mouse and the Boys of Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida in terms of both population and land area, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968...
).
Early history
Ronnie (Mouse) Weiss and Dave Stanley (both born 1939) were members of a local band named Jerry Vee and the Catalinas (or simply the Catalinas) in 1964. Weiss had also performed on a regional hit single "Lucky Lips" by Steve Wright and The Catalinas that was later released nationally by Dot RecordsDot Records
Dot Records was an American record label and company that was active between 1950 and 1977. It was founded by Randy Wood. In Gallatin, Tennessee, Wood had earlier started a mail order record shop, known for its radio ads on WLAC in Nashville and its R&B air personality Bill "Hoss" Allen...
.
In this time period, they met Bugs Henderson (or Buggs Henderson), lead guitarist for a local instrumental band, the Sensors. Weiss and Knox Henderson – no relation to Buddy (Bugs) Henderson - co-wrote "A Public Execution" and brought the song to Robin Hood Brians, who manages Robin Hood Studios that is still in operation in Tyler, Texas
Tyler, Texas
Tyler is a city in and the county seat of Smith County, Texas, in the United States. It takes its name from President John Tyler . The city had a population of 109,000 in 2010, according to the United States Census Bureau...
today. This song – which strongly resembles Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
's music in the mid-1960s – was released as the band's first single in 1966 under the name Mouse. Jerry Howell (who was also in Jerry Vee and the Catalinas) and Ken (Nardo) Murray joined the group shortly thereafter, and most of their remaining music was released under the name Mouse and the Traps. Besides Brians, other musicians that have played in various incarnations of the band over the years include Bobby Delk, Don (Levi) Garrett and Tim Gillespie.
After releasing several singles on the Fraternity Records
Fraternity Records
Fraternity Records was a small record label based in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was started by Harry Carlson and silent partner Dr. Ashton Welsh in 1954.The first hit was local girl Cathy Carr's rendition of a Tin Pan Alley song, "Ivory Tower" in 1956...
label, Mouse and the Traps also recorded two singles for Bell Records that were produced by Dale Hawkins
Dale Hawkins
Delmar Allen "Dale" Hawkins was a pioneer American rock singer, songwriter, and rhythm guitarist who was often called the architect of swamp rock boogie...
(a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame
Rockabilly Hall of Fame
The Rockabilly Hall of Fame was established on the internet on March 21, 1997, to present early rock and roll history and information relative to the artists and personalities involved in this pioneering American music genre....
, and known as the writer and original recording artist for the early Creedence Clearwater Revival
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Creedence Clearwater Revival was an American rock band that gained popularity in the late 1960s and early 1970s with a number of successful singles drawn from various albums....
hit, "Suzie Q
Susie Q (song)
"Susie Q" is a song by Louisiana-born singer and guitarist Dale Hawkins . He wrote the song himself, but when it was released, Stan Lewis, the owner of Jewel/Paula Records, and Eleanor Broadwater, the wife of Nashville DJ Gene Nobles, were also credited as co-writers to give them shares of the...
"). The band also performed on two of Hawkins' singles and contributed toward his 1966 album on the label, L.A., Memphis and Tyler, Texas. The band broke up in 1969, but all members remained in music except Jerry Howell (who became a Baptist
Baptist
Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
minister).
By 1966, the members of Mouse and the Traps – along with Robin Hood Brians and Doug Rhone – were working with singer Jimmy Rabbitt, who was attempting to launch a band under the name Positively 13 O'Clock. Continuing their Dylan connection, the name is an obvious play on Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
's hit in the same time period, "Positively 4th Street
Positively 4th Street
"Positively 4th Street" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan, first recorded by Dylan in New York City on July 29, 1965. It was released as a single by Columbia Records on September 7, 1965, reaching #1 on Canada's RPM chart, #7 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and #8 on the UK Singles Chart...
". A Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
studio session at Hanna-Barbera Records in September 1966 resulted in their only recorded single that included a frantic version of Count Five
Count Five
The Count Five was a 1960s garage rock band from San Jose, California, best known for their Top 10 single "Psychotic Reaction".The band was founded in 1964 by John "Mouse" Michalski and Roy Chaney took over bass duties, two high school friends who had previously played in several short-lived...
's "Psychotic Reaction
Psychotic Reaction
"Psychotic Reaction" is an early garage rock song released by the American rock band Count Five in 1966, and also the title of their only album. The song Psychotic Reaction was written by the five members of the Count Five, Craig "Butch" Atkinson, John Byrne, Roy Chaney, Kenn Ellner and John...
". However, a planned album for the band never materialized.
Musical highlights
The first single by Mouse, "A Public Execution" was much more DylanesqueBob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
than any of their later music and reached as high as #121 on Billboard charts. The single was released on REO Records in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
as well and became a regional hit in Ottawa, where many local bands frequently covered the song. The song mimicked both the musical and lyrical features of Dylan's songwriting (particularly "Like a Rolling Stone
Like a Rolling Stone
"Like a Rolling Stone" is a 1965 song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Its confrontational lyrics originate in an extended piece of verse Dylan wrote in June 1965, when he returned exhausted from a grueling tour of England...
") as well as Dylan's singing style to the point of homage
Homage
Homage is a show or demonstration of respect or dedication to someone or something, sometimes by simple declaration but often by some more oblique reference, artistic or poetic....
or even parody
Parody
A parody , in current usage, is an imitative work created to mock, comment on, or trivialise an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation...
. In the original liner notes
Liner notes
Liner notes are the writings found in booklets which come inserted into the compact disc jewel case or the equivalent packaging for vinyl records and cassettes.-Origin:...
of the Nuggets
Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968
Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era is a compilation album of American garage rock singles released in the mid- to late 1960s. It was assembled by Jac Holzman, founder of Elektra Records, and Lenny Kaye, later lead guitarist for the Patti Smith Group...
compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
, Lenny Kaye
Lenny Kaye
Lenny Kaye is an American guitarist, composer and writer who is best known as a member of the Patti Smith Group.- Early life :...
states of this song: "There are some who say that Mouse does Dylan's Highway 61
Highway 61 Revisited
Highway 61 Revisited is the sixth studio album by singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. It was released in August 1965 by Columbia Records. On his previous album, Bringing It All Back Home, Dylan devoted Side One of the album to songs accompanied by an electric rock band, and Side Two to solo acoustic numbers...
period better than the Master himself". Another reviewer remarked: "['A Public Execution'] is to Dylan what the Knickerbockers
The Knickerbockers
The Knickerbockers were an American pop/rock music group, best remembered for their 1965 Beatles sound alike hit single, "Lies."-Formation:The band was formed in 1962 in Bergenfield, New Jersey by brothers Beau Charles and John Charles with fluctuating personnel until 1964, when they met...
' 'Lies' is to the Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
: one of the few rip-offs so utterly accurate that it could easily fool listeners into mistaking it for the original article".
Their second, punkier
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
single, "Maid of Sugar, Maid of Spice", is regarded by many as being their best recording but did not repeat their earlier chart success. The next single was a novelty song
Novelty song
A novelty song is a comical or nonsensical song, performed principally for its comical effect. Humorous songs, or those containing humorous elements, are not necessarily novelty songs. The term arose in Tin Pan Alley to describe one of the major divisions of popular music. The other two divisions...
that went in a completely different direction. Titled "Would You Believe", it was a take-off on the running gag of that name by Don Adams
Don Adams
Don Adams was an American actor, comedian and director. In his five decades on television, he was best known as Maxwell Smart in the television situation comedy Get Smart , which he also sometimes directed and wrote. Adams won three consecutive Emmy Awards for his portrayal of Smart...
on the television sitcom Get Smart
Get Smart
Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created by Mel Brooks with Buck Henry, the show starred Don Adams , Barbara Feldon , and Edward Platt...
. A promo exists that shows the artist of this third single as only Mouse. However, a more subdued, later single "Sometimes You Just Can't Win" spent one week at #125 and was a regional hit in Tyler, Texas, Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
and Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...
.
Allmusic describes Mouse and the Traps as "a fine band who was probably too chameleon-like to find their niche in the national market".
By 1968 Bugs Henderson had formed another band call "The Dream" and was playing night club venues around Dallas.
Post breakup
The band reformed briefly in 1972 but had a genuine reunion in 1986 with the original members during the Texas Sesquicentennial celebration, with a performance at Flag Pole Hill in Dallas before an estimated 7000 people. A videotape of the 1986 reunion concert is reportedly available from Marc Hood Productions.Ronnie (Mouse) Weiss continues to tour and perform regularly, and often with his former bandmates; he is also a writer and is in demand as a session player.
Bugs Henderson has had a renowned career as an influential blues/rock guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
with 8 albums to his credit. His 2004 release on No Guru Records, Stormy Love includes a version of "Maid of Sugar, Maid of Spice".
Dave Stanley and Ken (Nardo) Murray, together with Larry Stanley
Larry Stanley
Larry Stanley was an Irish sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Caragh and was a member of the Kildare senior inter-county team from 1916 until 1930. Stanley captained Kildare to the All-Ireland title in 1919. He is regarded as one of th greatest players of all-time...
founded the Lone Star Ramblers. They were featured performers at Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk...
's theme park, Dollywood
Dollywood
Dollywood is a theme park owned by entertainer Dolly Parton and the Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation. It is located in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Dollywood has 3,000 people on its payroll, making it the largest employer in that community....
from 1988 to 1996, and also appear annually at the Texas State Fair. They have released 10 albums and several video productions and also perform as the Stanley Murray Stanley Band and (at Christmas
Christmas
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
time) the Strolling Santas.
Jimmy Rabbitt has had a long and varied career as a rockabilly
Rockabilly
Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, dating to the early 1950s.The term rockabilly is a portmanteau of rock and hillbilly, the latter a reference to the country music that contributed strongly to the style's development...
musician. He is also a celebrated Dallas and Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
disc jockey
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
who has had an internationally syndicated radio program, The Rabbitt Report since 1971. (Although the vocalist's name for Positively 13 O'Clock is sometimes spelled as "Jimmy Rabbit", he was evidently not a member of an obscure 1960's garage rock
Garage rock
Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 to 1967. During the 1960s, it was not recognized as a separate music genre and had no specific name...
band, Jimmy Rabbit and the Karats).
Rabbitt was signed to Capitol Records
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...
as Jimmy Rabbitt and Renegade. An album was produced by Waylon Jennings
Waylon Jennings
Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing at eight. He began performing at twelve, on KVOW radio. Jennings formed a band The Texas Longhorns. Jennings worked as a D.J on KVOW, KDAV and KLLL...
and the band consisted of former Sweathog (band)
Sweathog (band)
Sweathog was an American rock band.Group members Lenny Goldsmith and David Leonard Johnson first met in 1967 while Johnson was playing in a group called The Persuaders at the Wayne Manor nightclub in Sunnyvale, California. After Johnson did a stint with the Beach Boys and Dr...
bass player, David L. Johnson.
Retrospective albums
The music by Mouse and the Traps and the other associated bands has been assembled by two European record labelRecord label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
s on retrospective albums. The first was an LP called Public Execution
Public Execution
Public Execution is a Mouse and the Traps retrospective album that has been released in both LP and CD formats. The LP has an unusually large number of tracks , while the CD includes 4 bonus tracks and catalogues almost all of the released music by Mouse and the Traps and their associated bands: ...
that was released in 1982 (on Eva Records), which included nearly all of their singles, including the Positively 13 O'Clock record. The LP was re-released on CD by New Rose Blues Records in 1995 with 4 bonus tracks, including both sides of the 45 that was released under the name of Chris St. John. Out of the 25 recordings on their various singles, the only un-reissued tracks are on their final Bell Records single, "Knock on My Door" and "Where's the Little Girl". (The reason that there is an odd number of recordings is that "Cryin' Inside" was released as the "B" side of a 1968 single after its original release in 1967).
Also, in 1997, a CD was released on Ace Records/Big Beat Records
Big Beat Records (Ace subsidiary)
Big Beat Records is a British record label and import distributor owned by Ace Records, specialising in garage rock.-Roster:Releases include:*Big Star*Dean Carter*The Chocolate Watchband*Count Five*The Cramps*The Flaming Stars*Frumious Bandersnatch...
with 7 previously unreleased songs that is still in print. Both retrospective albums are comprehensive overviews of the band's career, although the two albums have several tracks that are not in common. Their recordings are also widely available on numerous compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
s of garage rock
Garage rock
Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 to 1967. During the 1960s, it was not recognized as a separate music genre and had no specific name...
music.
Mouse ("A Public Execution").
- Ronnie (Mouse) Weiss, 12-String Guitar and Vocals.
- Dave Stanley, Bass Guitar.
- Bugs Henderson, Guitar.
- Don (Levi) Garrett, Drums.
- Randy Fouts, Piano.
- Robin Hood Brians, Farfisa Organ.
Mouse and the Traps (Original Lineup).
- Ronnie (Mouse) Weiss, Guitar and Vocals.
- Dave Stanley, Bass Guitar.
- Bugs Henderson, Lead Guitar.
- Jerry Howell, Keyboardist.
- Ken (Nardo) Murray, Drummer.
Mouse and the Traps (1972 Reunion Lineup).
- Ronnie (Mouse) Weiss, Guitar and Vocals.
- Dave Stanley, Bass Guitar.
- Bobby Delk, Keyboards.
- Ken (Nardo) Murray, Drums.
Mouse and the Traps (1980 - 1981 Lineup)
- Ronnie (Mouse) Weiss, Guitar and Vocals.
- Dave Stanley, Bass Guitar.
- Brady Mosher, Guitar and Vocals.
- Ron Mason, Keyboards.
- Ken (Nardo) Murray, Drums.
Mouse and the Traps (Occasional Reunion Lineup More Recently).
- Ronnie (Mouse) Weiss, Guitar and Vocals.
- Dave Stanley, Bass Guitar.
- Bugs Henderson, Lead Guitar.
- Ken (Nardo) Murray, Drums.
Positively 13 O'Clock ("Psychotic Reaction").
- Jimmy Rabbitt, Guitar and Vocals.
- Ronnie (Mouse) Weiss, Guitar and Vocals.
- Dave Stanley, Bass Guitar.
- Bugs Henderson, Lead Guitar.
- Doug Rhone, Guitar.
- Robin Hood Brians, Keyboards.
- Ken (Nardo) Murray, Drums.
Retrospective albums
- Public ExecutionPublic ExecutionPublic Execution is a Mouse and the Traps retrospective album that has been released in both LP and CD formats. The LP has an unusually large number of tracks , while the CD includes 4 bonus tracks and catalogues almost all of the released music by Mouse and the Traps and their associated bands: ...
; Eva Records (#EV-12001); 1982 release on LP - Public ExecutionPublic ExecutionPublic Execution is a Mouse and the Traps retrospective album that has been released in both LP and CD formats. The LP has an unusually large number of tracks , while the CD includes 4 bonus tracks and catalogues almost all of the released music by Mouse and the Traps and their associated bands: ...
; New Rose Blues Records (#4015); 1995 re-release on CD (with 4 bonus tracks) - The Fraternity YearsThe Fraternity YearsThe Fraternity Years is a retrospective album that has been released in CD format. As the name implies, the album collects most of the music from the many singles that Mouse and the Traps released on Fraternity Records, so the last two singles released by the band in 1969 on Bell Records are...
; Ace/Big Beat Records (#CDWIKD 171); 1997 release on CD
As Mouse
- "A Public Execution" b/w "All For You"; Fraternity Records (#F-956) – 1966
- "A Public Execution" b/w "All For You"; REO Records (#8912X) – 1966 (Canadian release)
- "Would You Believe?" b/w "Like I Know You Do"; Fraternity Records (#F-971) – 1966 (promo only)
As Mouse and the Traps
- "Maid Of Sugar, Maid Of Spice" b/w "I Am The One"; Fraternity Records (#F-966) – 1966
- "Would You Believe?" b/w "Like I Know You Do"; Fraternity Records (#F-971) – 1966
- "Do The Best You Can" b/w "Promises Promises"; Fraternity Records (#F-973) – 1967
- "Cryin' Inside" b/w "Ya Ya"; Fraternity Records (#F-989) – 1967
- "L.O.V.E. Love" b/w "L.O.V.E. Love"; Fraternity Records (#F-1000) – 1967 (promo only)
- "L.O.V.E. Love" b/w "Lie, Beg, Borrow and Steal"; Fraternity Records (#F-1000) – 1967
- "Sometimes You Just Can't Win" b/w "Cryin' Inside"; Fraternity Records (#F-1005) – 1968
- "I Satisfy" (long version) b/w "I Satisfy" (short version); Fraternity Records (#F-1011) – 1968 (promo only)
- "I Satisfy" b/w "Good Times"; Fraternity Records (#F-1011) – 1968
- "Requiem For Sarah" b/w "Look At The Sun"; Fraternity Records (#F-1015) – 1968
- "Wicker Vine" b/w "And I Believe Her"; Bell Records (#850) – 1969
- "Knock On My Door" b/w "Where's the Little Girl"; Bell Records (#870) – 1969
As Positively 13 O'Clock
- "Psychotic Reaction" b/w "13 O'Clock Theme For Psychotics"; Hanna-Barbera Records (#HBR-500) – 1967
As Chris St. John
- "I've Got Her Love" b/w "As Far As The Sea"; Fraternity Records (#F-983) – 1967
Compilation albums
A Public Execution- Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era is a compilation album of American garage rock singles released in the mid- to late 1960s. It was assembled by Jac Holzman, founder of Elektra Records, and Lenny Kaye, later lead guitarist for the Patti Smith Group...
(LP). - Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era is a compilation album of American garage rock singles released in the mid- to late 1960s. It was assembled by Jac Holzman, founder of Elektra Records, and Lenny Kaye, later lead guitarist for the Patti Smith Group...
(CD box set). - Excerpts from Nuggets (CD).
- More Nuggets (CD).
- Nuggets, Volume 6 (LP).
- Texas Music, Volume 3 (CD).
Maid of Sugar, Maid of Spice
- Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era is a compilation album of American garage rock singles released in the mid- to late 1960s. It was assembled by Jac Holzman, founder of Elektra Records, and Lenny Kaye, later lead guitarist for the Patti Smith Group...
(CD box set). - Nuggets, Volume 12 (LP).
- Acid Dreams Testament (CD).
- The Complete Acid Dreams (CD box set).
- Glimpses, Volume 1 (LP).
- Glimpses, Volumes 1 and 2 (CD).
- Uptight Tonight (CD).
Lie, Beg, Borrow & Steal
- Beat It (CD).
- Ace 30th Birthday Celebration: Garage, Beat & Punk Rock (CD).
Good Times
- Sixties Archives, Volume 2 (CD).
- Texas Punk Groups in the Sixties, Volume 1 (LP).
- Zona de Obros Especial, Volume 3 (CD).
I Satisfy
- Sixties Archives, Volume 2 (CD).
- Texas Punk Groups in the Sixties, Volume 1 (LP).
- Psychedelic Unknowns, Volume 4 (LP).
- Psychedelic Unknowns, Volume 4 (CD).
Sometimes You Just Can't Win
- Instant Garage (CD).
Psychotic Reaction
- Pebbles, Volume 1Pebbles, Volume 1Pebbles is a compilation of US underground and garage single record releases from the mid- to late-1960s. It had a limited original release in 1978 and a more general release in 1979 ; this album was followed by several subsequent Pebbles compilations and albums...
(LP) - Pebbles, Volume 1Pebbles, Volume 1Pebbles is a compilation of US underground and garage single record releases from the mid- to late-1960s. It had a limited original release in 1978 and a more general release in 1979 ; this album was followed by several subsequent Pebbles compilations and albums...
(CD) - Pebbles BoxPebbles BoxThe Pebbles Box is a 5-LP box set of mid-1960s garage rock and psychedelic rock recordings, primarily by American bands. Several years later, a similar 5-CD box set was released that was called the Trash Box...
(LP box set). - Great Pebbles (CD).
- Trash BoxTrash BoxThe Trash Box is a 5-CD box set of mid-1960s garage rock and psychedelic rock recordings, primarily by American bands. This box set is similar to the earlier Pebbles Box and includes almost all of the same recordings in that box set , along with numerous bonus tracks at the end of each disc...
(CD box set). - Songs We Taught the FuzztonesSongs We Taught The FuzztonesSongs We Taught The Fuzztones is a garage rock compilation album. The album, released in 1993, contains the original versions of songs covered by The Fuzztones.- Track listing :# Blues Magoos – Dante's Inferno - 4.33# Davie Allan – Blues Theme -...
(LP). - Songs We Taught the FuzztonesSongs We Taught The FuzztonesSongs We Taught The Fuzztones is a garage rock compilation album. The album, released in 1993, contains the original versions of songs covered by The Fuzztones.- Track listing :# Blues Magoos – Dante's Inferno - 4.33# Davie Allan – Blues Theme -...
(CD). - Psychedelic Archives USA Garage, Volume 1 (cassette).