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Dan Hicks
Dan Hicks
American singer-songwriter
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Erik Jacobsen
Erik Jacobsen
American record producer
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The Lovin' Spoonful
The Lovin' Spoonful
American band
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Stanley Mouse
Stanley Mouse
American artist
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Flamin' Groovies
Flamin' Groovies
American rock music band of the 1960s and 1970s
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Sopwith Camel
Sopwith Camel
musical group
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The Daily Flash
The Daily Flash
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The Sermon
The Sermon
American rock band from Syracuse, New York
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Quicksilver Messenger Service
Quicksilver Messenger Service
American psychedelic rock band formed in 1965 in San Francisco
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The Beau Brummels
The Beau Brummels
American rock band
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The Loading Zone
The Loading Zone
American band
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Ron "Pigpen" McKernan
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan
American musician
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Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead
American rock band
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The Final Solution
The Final Solution
garage rock band from San Francisco
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The Jaggerz
The Jaggerz
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Jefferson Airplane
Jefferson Airplane
American rock band
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The 13th Floor Elevators
The 13th Floor Elevators
American rock band
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Dan Crary
Dan Crary
American musician
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Big Brother and the Holding Company
Big Brother and the Holding Company
American rock band
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New Riders of the Purple Sage
New Riders of the Purple Sage
American country rock band
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The Oxford Circle
The Oxford Circle
American rock band
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The Vejtables
The Vejtables
American rock band
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Donna Jean Godchaux
Donna Jean Godchaux
musician
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Janis Joplin
Janis Joplin
American singer and songwriter
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The Great Society
The Great Society
American band
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Bob Johnston
Bob Johnston
American record producer and musician
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Bill Graham
Bill Graham
German-American impresario and rock concert promoter
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The Mystery Trend
The Mystery Trend
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Country Joe and the Fish
Country Joe and the Fish
American psychedelic rock band
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The Music Machine
The Music Machine
band that plays garage rock
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Roky Erickson
Roky Erickson
American recording artist, singer, songwriter
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Pete Sears
Pete Sears
British musician
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The Mojo Men
The Mojo Men
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American band that plays psychedelic rock
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The Charlatans were an American folk rock and psychedelic rock band that played a role in the development of the San Francisco Haight-Ashbury music scene during the 1960s. They are often cited by critics as being the first group to play in the style that became known as the San Francisco Sound.

Exhibiting more pronounced jug band, country and blues influences than many bands from the same scene, the Charlatans' rebellious attitude and distinctive late 19th-century fashions exerted a strong influence on the Summer of Love in San Francisco. The band's recorded output was small. Following difficulties with various record labels, their only album, The Charlatans, was recorded and released by a reconstituted lineup (with only two members of the original group) in 1969.

Original drummer Dan Hicks went on to form Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks, a more commercially successful ensemble that amalgamated elements of country, folk and jazz in a predominantly acoustic setting.