Fact #194638
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It is announced in Austin, Texas, USA, newspaper the Austin American Statesman, that local guitarist/songwriter Roky Erikson has formed a new band, the Thirteenth Floor Elevators. They will become one of the world's first psychedelic groups.Full article:
Clementine Hall (wife of Tommy Hall of the Elevators ) : There has been a lot of confusion about who actually named the group the 13th Floor Elevators, but I clearly remember how it happened. I was sitting in our bedroom with Tommy when he asked me what they should call the band. I suggested the Elevators to Tommy, not only because the band was making psychedelic music, but because I thought it would sound like a black band who had names like The Miracles or The Temptations. We would always listen to R And B groups, especially at this one place where we always ate barbeque.
A few days later Tommy came back and said the rest of the band liked the suggestion of the Elevators, but they thought it wasn't long enough. It was then that I suggested the 13th Floor Elevators. Adding 13th Floor to the name E1evators provided various interpretations. The most obvious being the thirteenth floor was nonexistent in the older high rise buildings. "M" is also the thlrteenth letter in the alphabet and so "M" could stand for marijuana. Thirteen is, and always has been, my lucky number.
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