Federal Duck Federal Duck 1968 USA, Psychedelic Rock
Federal Duck Federal Duck 1968 (USA, Psychedelic Rock) Federal Duck was the band I belonged to when I was a student at Haverford College back in the 60s. We were originally called the Stomp Jackson Quintet, and then the Guides (don t ask), but we came up with our new and final name one night when we were lying on the bank of the Haverford campus duck pond, and some ducks started waddling toward us in what looked like a purposeful manner, and as we watched them with increasing alarm an oncoming duck squadron in the moonlight the thought struck us that these ducks might be working for the government. And if you are wondering why that particular thought would have struck us, you did not experience the 60s. We were one of many college bands formed in that era by young men with a sincere artistic desire to attract women of the opposite sex. We pretty much failed at that, but we did get hired a lot, because of a distinctive quality we had, which I would describe as a low pr
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