Elephant's Memory
Elephant's Memory were a New York band most notable for acting as the backing band on the John Lennon/Yoko Ono album Sometime in New York City
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)