Sugar And Spice - Music

Gary Usher Born December 14 1938 Died May 25 1990 Was An American Surf Rock Musician Songwriter And Record Producer. Though A Musician In A Number Of Californian Bands In The Late 1950s Usher Gained Notoriety In The Early Sixties Writing And Producing A Number Of Hits For Various Surf Rock Artists. He Was A Long-Time Collaborator Of The Beach Boys And Was Involved In Many Of Their Early Hits. Later In The Decade He Worked With The Byrds Dick Dale Gram Parsons And Was The Force Behind A Number Of "studio Created" Bands Including The Hondells And Sagittarius. He Also Discovered The Seminal Comedy Group The Firesign Theatre Using Them On Several Of His Projects For Columbia Records And Producing Their First Few Albums. In 1969 He Decided To Form A Record Label Called Together Records With Friends Curt Boettcher And Keith Olsen. Though Several Albums Were Released Through The Label And Though It Did Have Limited Success On The Charts The Label Folded When Their Distributor Backed Out Of The Deal Later That Year. Though His Career Waned After The Sixties He Continued To Write Songs And Even Released Several Albums Of Original Material. read less