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Stark Reality

Band, 1969-1970 US
R&B/Soul and Jazz

Stark Reality was an American jazz/rock fusion band most famous for their 1970 album The Stark Reality Discovers Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop, a heavily-improvised reinvention of a 1958 children's album by songwriter Hoagy Carmichael, to be used for the show Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop which aired on PBS. The album was re-released by Stones Throw in 2003. Previously unreleased songs were released by Now-Again Records as a compilation called 1969. Now-Again Records reissued the group's entire catalog again in 2013.

     
Members
PortraitJohn Abercrombie
g, eg *1944 US
PortraitVinnie Johnson
dr 1937-2012 US
PortraitMonty Stark
vib, voc
Popular Tracks   
Say Brother on Roller Coaster Ride by Stark Reality
Shooting Stars on The Stark Reality Discovers Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop by Stark Reality
Dreams on The Stark Reality Discovers Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop by Stark Reality
Comrades on The Stark Reality Discovers Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop by Stark Reality
Too Much Tenderness on Roller Coaster Ride by Stark Reality
Junkman's Song on The Stark Reality Discovers Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop by Stark Reality
Thirty Days Hath September on The Stark Reality Discovers Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop by Stark Reality
The Whale on The Stark Reality Discovers Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop by Stark Reality
Merry Go Round on The Stark Reality Discovers Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop by Stark Reality
Blue Pillow on The Stark Reality Discovers Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop by Stark Reality

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Say Brother / Bustin' Out Of DoorsStark Reality2017Single
Acting, Thinking, FeelingStark Reality2013Compil.
Acting, Thinking, FeelingStark Reality2013Compil.
Too Much Tenderness / Red Yellow Moonbeams Pt.2Stark Reality2003Single
NowStark Reality2003Compil.
1969Stark Reality2003Album
Shooting StarsStark Reality2002Single
Discovers Hoagy Carmichael's Music ShopStark Reality1970Album
Junkman's Song / ComradesStark Reality1970Single
Say BrotherStark Reality1968Single
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