Tim Dawe

Had he recorded his best-known tune, "Junkie John," a few months earlier, Tim Dawe (real name: Jerry Penrod) might have been a star. A catchy, psychedelic folk-rock tune, it had begun getting radio airplay when the FCC began to crack down on drug-oriented recordings. Stations stopped playing the single, while Dawe faded quickly into obscurity. An early member of <a href="spotify:artist:3cdvlbCYf4WoBdy89RWkNS">Iron Butterfly</a>, Dawe was managed by <a href="spotify:artist:6ra4GIOgCZQZMOaUECftGN">Frank Zappa</a>'s manager, Herb Greene. His debut album, Penrod, released on <a href="spotify:artist:6ra4GIOgCZQZMOaUECftGN">Zappa</a>'s label, Straight-Warner Bros., in November 1969, was produced by one-time <a href="spotify:artist:7CCn4PFRRRZF127jtCBAUe">Lovin' Spoonful</a> member <a href="spotify:artist:3RZO2sUvl6ysgVzdT44WvR">Jerry Yester</a>. <a href="spotify:artist:6ra4GIOgCZQZMOaUECftGN">Zappa</a> served as executive producer. Dawe had a long relationship with San Francisco band <a href="spotify:artist:0Cob8rMmlxp4OtRYaVKGY8">It's a Beautiful Day</a>. The group recorded his tune "Places of Dreams and Wine" on its Choice Quality Stuff/Anytime album in 1991, while ex- <a href="spotify:artist:0Cob8rMmlxp4OtRYaVKGY8">It's a Beautiful Day</a> bass player Mitchell Holman produced his 1976 "comeback" album, Timothy and Ms. Pickens with Natural Act. Dawe also produced a multi-artist compilation of live folk and blues performances, A Night at the Wine Cellar, in 1979. ~ Craig Harris, Rovi