Artist "White Witch" Lots of info

I'm from Tampa where White Witch (band)got together. I have some of their lyrics & can figure out most of the ones on the album of the same name (White Witch). Their music is so incredible, I don't know why they never hit the 'big time"!

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White Witch

Background information
Origin Tampa, Florida, USA
Genre(s) Glam rock, Hard rock, Psychedelic rock
Years active 1971 — 1975
Label(s) Capricorn

White Witch was a glam rock/psychedelic/hard rock band from Tampa, Florida that made two albums with Capricorn Records in the early 1970s. Their name was a paean to "white magic", contrary to the "black magic" of a group like Black Sabbath. As the group announced before their shows: "To bring good where there once was evil, to bring love where there once was hate, to bring wisdom where there once was ignorance; this is the power of White Witch".[1]

The group was inducted into the Florida Musicians Hall of Fame in Tallahassee [2].

Contents [hide]
1 History
2 Music
3 Discography
3.1 White Witch
3.2 Spiritual Greeting
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History
White Witch formed in 1971 in Tampa. The band originally featured lead singer Ronald "Ronn" (or "Ron") Goedert, guitarist Charles "Buddy" Richardson, keyboardist Hardin "Buddy" Pendergrass, drummer Robert "Bobby" Shea and bassist Loyall "Beau" Fisher. Several of the band members had belonged to a popular late-60s Tampa-area band called The Tropics. [3]

After touring small venues around the southeast for almost a year, White Witch signed with Capricorn Records, a label that included mainly southern rock outfits such as the Allman Brothers Band and the Marshall Tucker Band. Though somewhat uneasy about how they would work with the label, the members agreed to the contract without a manager or any legal representation [4] and quickly recorded their self-titled debut album in Capricorn's Macon, Georgia studios. The band toured extensively to support the record, opening for established acts like Alice Cooper, Grand Funk Railroad, Billy Preston, and others.

Fischer left the group sometime after the first album and was replaced by Rabbi Barbee, who left before the group began recording their second album in 1974. Bassist Charlie Souza and drummer Bill Peterson also joined the band before the second album.

Due to displeasure with their record label, Buddy Richardson left the group immediately after the second album was recorded [5]and was replaced by guitarist George Brawley, who had spent the past year as a session guitarist in Los Angeles after leaving the southern rock group "Brother" from Columbia, SC. Drummer Bobby Shea stayed with the group as percussionist and back-up singer. A third album was in the making and four tracks were recorded on demo, but the group broke up in the late 1970s before a third album was recorded. After White Witch, Goedert made some solo recordings, Pendergrass wrote commercial jingles and opened a recording studio, and Richardson played in other bands ("Revolver").

Some of the original group members were planning a reunion in the late 1990s that became impossible when lead singer Ron Goedert died of cancer on July 16, 2000. Pendergrass was also a victim of cancer on March 16, 2003. [6]

[edit] Music
Though primarily known as a glam band, White Witch's music cannot be easily classified into a single genre [7]. Songs on each album ranged from progressive and psychedelic to hard rock to honky tonk and southern boogie. The common threads through their work were lyrics with a new age/spiritual theme and the use of an early moog synthesizer.

Most of the songs on their first album were written by Goedert and Pendergrass, with contributions from the other band members. All of the songs on the second album were written by Goedert, Pendergrass, and Richardson. Both albums were released on CD in 1999.

[edit] Discography
White Witch, LP (1972, Capricorn Records 0107)
A Spiritual Greeting, LP (1974, Capricorn Records 0129)
"And I'm Leaving", 45 (1972, Capricorn Records)

[edit] White Witch
all songs by Goedert and Pendergrass except as noted
Parabrahm Greeting/Dwellers of the Threshold (Goedert, Pendergrass, Richardson, Shea, and Fischer)
Help Me Lord
Don't Close Your Mind (Goedert, Pendergrass, and Richardson)
You're the One
Sleepwalk
Home Grown Girl
And I'm Leaving
Illusion
It's So Nice to be Stoned (Richardson and Fischer)
Have You Ever Thought of Changing/Jackson Slade
The Gift (Goedert, Pendergrass, Richardson, Shea, and Fischer)

[edit] Spiritual Greeting
All songs by Goedert, Pendergrass, and Richardson
We'll All Ride High (Money Bag$)
Slick Witch
Walk On
Class of 2000
Showdown
Crystallize and Realize YouTube
Black Widow Lover
Auntie Christy/Harlow

[edit] References
^ http://www.orlandojams.com/reviews.html
^ http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu … =152894639
^ http://www.orlandojams.com/Richardson.html
^ http://www.orlandojams.com/Richardson2.html
^ http://www.orlandojams.com/Richardson2.html
^ http://www.orlandojams.com/wwpg2.html
^ http://www.orlandojams.com/reviews.html
The Rolling Stone Record Guide, edited by Dave Marsh with John Swenson, 1979, ISBN 0-394-41096-3

[edit] External links
Official site for White Witch
MySpace site for White Witch
Allmusic.com entry for White Witch
Review of second album
Pendergrass obit
White Witch info
Florida Music Hall of Fame
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I TRIED to do the songbook thing but found no "add to songbook" so I'm not a good editor. Everyone should hear the White Witch album once IMO.
KV