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the freudian slips - woodside girls rock....


Another day and yet another band i know little about but maybe you do? the freudian slips were a bunch of woodside high schoolers who formed an all female group sometime in 1965. The line-up was : gayle hayden/wendy haas/mimi bluford/lynda walnum & rounded off by drummer teda bracci.What they sounded like is open to question but they played basically a set of cover material and by all accounts not the most musical band around the city of san francisco except for keyboard player wendy haas.Bracci did at one time try-out to be an comedienne and auditioned at san francisco club 'the purple onion' but unfortunetely it didn't turn out too well...

photo shoot.


For reasons unknown they played the 'ark' over in sausalito many times and were a popular attraction for the 'hip' crowd sharing stages with the likes of 'moby grape/wildflower/baltimore steampacket/sparrow and more...




looking around it seems that no recording's were made but in many cases like this now and again a live tape surfaces and hopefully one will! It also seems they didn't play much further that san francisco and bay area and maybe their aspirations didn't stretch beyond that?




At one stage things did look brighter for the band with a try-out at the fillmore ballroom and i have included a local newspaper cutting telling it's story but did they play?

i'd love to know if they did?





another picture from a photo shoot.

As you can see from poster's and clippings things were certaainly looking bright for the band but by late '67 it was all over why? maybe graduating from high school was a major factor and new horizons opened up...what became of the band? wendy haas went on to Santana and Azteca playing on several albums and marrying comedienne martin mull....Gayle hayden went on to have a photo shoot for playboy magazine! and along with teda bracci a place in the los angeles production of the musical 'hair' for a couple of seasons...bracci with a love of tamla motown was offered a recording contract with the label but turned it down for an acting career where she appeared in 'the trial of billy jack/RPM and c.c.and company' plus a few more...she later had a long term relationship with brit singer dusty springfield.

 

gayle hayden centre appearing in the 'hair' musical.

Again i ask if anyone has further information/photo's or posters to get in touch so i can ammend the blog.

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  1. Unknown17 February 2021 at 12:58

    Girl garage/psych bands have a special place in my heart, especially the drummers. The MOJO MEN had a jewel in that department along with countless others. It must have been hard to get a break in such a male dominated arena. God bless 'em all x

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