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No footnotes|date=December 2010Infobox musical artist|name = Gypsy|image =|caption =|background = group_or_band|origin = Minneapolis-Saint Paul , Minnesota , United States |genre = Progressive rock Rock music|Rock |years_active = 1969–1975 1996|label = Metromedia|Metromedia Records United Artists Records|UA RCA Victor|RCA AJK (record label)|AJK Bedrock Records|Bedrock Metro Records|Metro |associated_acts = Calvin James The James Walsh Band James Walsh Gypsy Band|past_members = James Calvin Johnson Enrico Rosenbaum James "Owl" Walsh Doni Larson Randy Cates Willie Weeks Bill Lordan Jay Epstein Gypsy is a former United States|American progressive rock rock band|band from Minnesota , formed as The Underbeats (1962–1968). Gypsy was the house band at the Whisky a Go Go , West Hollywood, California for about eight months from September 1969 to 1970 and were known in 1970 for their US Billboard Hot 100 single "Gypsy Queen Part 1 and 2". Most of Gypsy's music was composed and written by the late guitarist and singer Enrico Rosenbaum . Drummer Bill Lordan went on to play with Sly & the Family Stone and a long career with Robin Trower . Keyboardist James Walsh continued the band in various incarnations as The James Walsh Gypsy Band.
The group has no relation to the United Kingdom|British band of the same name formed in 1968, who recorded two albums for United Artists Records in the UK.
Discography
Albums
Gypsy (Gypsy album)|Gypsy (1970)
In the Garden (Gypsy album)|In the Garden (1971)
Antithesis (Gypsy album)|Antithesis (1972)
Unlock the Gates (Gypsy album)|Unlock the Gates (1973)
Singles
"Gypsy Queen Part One" / "Dead and Gone", (Metromedia)
"Day After Day" / "Lean on Me", (RCA)
The James Walsh Gypsy Band albums
The James Walsh Gypsy Band (1978), RCA
20 Years Ago Today (1996), Metro
Muscle Shoals 1979 (2008), Gypsy Family Productions
External links
http://www.gypsy-queen.net Official Gypsy website
http://www.midwesttribute.com/gypsy_today.html Gypsy Today, online since 2000
Allmusic|class=artist|id=p15400|pure_url=yes Gypsy at Allmusic
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/index.jsp? pid=12803& aid=24151 Gypsy 1970 at http://www.billboard.com/ Billboard official site
http://www.hollywoodhangover.com/List%20of%20people.htm Gypsy at Whisky a Go Go
http://www.chickenonaunicycle.com/Whisky-A-Go-Go%20History.htm Gypsy at Whisky a Go Go history page (see: 1969)
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