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This Tyler, TX, group from the mid-'60s is most known for their uncanny imitation of Highway 61-era <a href="spotify:artist:74ASZWbe4lXaubB36ztrGX">Dylan</a>, "A Public Execution." Featured on the Nuggets compilation, it is to <a href="spotify:artist:74ASZWbe4lXaubB36ztrGX">Dylan</a> what <a href="spotify:artist:3L13VZ9rCpmR1p7p6A2WGu">the Knickerbockers</a>' "Lies" is to <a href="spotify:artist:3WrFJ7ztbogyGnTHbHJFl2">the Beatles</a>: one of the few rip-offs so utterly accurate that it could easily fool listeners into mistaking it for the original article. Spearheaded by singer/songwriter Ronnie Weiss, the group actually recorded quite a few decent singles between 1965 and 1969 without approaching any sort of national recognition. "Mouse" never got as explicitly <a href="spotify:artist:74ASZWbe4lXaubB36ztrGX">Dylanesque</a> again, but there's no doubt that <a href="spotify:artist:0MIlVcFgL7pDFqaZRmYDeE">Weiss</a> often recalled a non-atonal <a href="spotify:artist:74ASZWbe4lXaubB36ztrGX">Dylan</a> with his nasal delivery, and several of their singles were a much more melodic, pop-oriented extension of <a href="spotify:artist:74ASZWbe4lXaubB36ztrGX">Dylan</a>'s mid-'60s sound. Recording almost exclusively original material, they were one of the better regional groups of the time, and also waxed some capable Texas punk-psychedelia and good-time pop/rockers. ~ Richie Unterberger, Rovi
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