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An experimental Irish folk group closely affiliated with the <a href="spotify:artist:0tQzBYPjAardhWpGkqVdNW">Incredible String Band</a>, Dr. Strangely Strange was formed in Dublin in 1967 by vocalist/guitarist <a href="spotify:artist:0fqVNkN8mQNJd9sFQBkaQS">Tim Booth</a> and bassist/keyboardist Ivan Pawle (vocals/bass/keyboards). Soon they teamed with multi-instrumentalist Tim Goulding, an aspiring painter, and began living and rehearsing in a house owned by Goulding's girlfriend, backing vocalist Orphan Annie (a.k.a. Annie Xmas), which its tenants nicknamed "The Orphanage." After signing with the <a href="spotify:artist:0tQzBYPjAardhWpGkqVdNW">Incredible String Band</a>'s producer and manager <a href="spotify:artist:2DejLgleOuHvmzJPds4Fwq">Joe Boyd</a>, Dr. Strangely Strange debuted in 1969 with Kip of the Serenes. While on tour with <a href="spotify:artist:1UjdSf7VkNH2AeAGghaSEg">Fotheringay</a>, they enlisted drummer Neil Hopwood, and later in the year appeared on the String Band's Changing Horses LP. After 1970's Heavy Petting, Dr. Strangely Strange began falling apart: Goulding left to enter to a Buddhist monastery, while Pawle and <a href="spotify:artist:3nu5upBa3eLiejjFnda2Tp">Booth</a> teamed with Gay and Terry Woods for a brief tour. The group soon disbanded, but they reunited in 1973 for an Irish tour, and briefly reconvened again in the early '80s, Eventually Booth established a second Orphanage which became a springboard for a new generation of Irish rock, helping launch the careers of <a href="spotify:artist:6biWAmrHyiMkX49LkycGqQ">Thin Lizzy</a>'s <a href="spotify:artist:7yVrX2XZQ8eaRiD1ykz0H7">Phil Lynott</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:23wr9RJZg0PmYvVFyNkQ4j">Gary Moore</a> and others. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi
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