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Right now, the underpaid, overwhelmed webmaster for this site cannot keep up with all the great stuff that's happening in Cyril's world, so please log onto the official Magic Christian website for the latest details......

Update: July 14, 2004

Cyril's new band MAGIC CHRISTIAN is up and running! After the official unveiling at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco in April, the band peformed in June at the Haight Ashbury Street Fair and at Thee Parkside. The next performance shall be in a few days at the Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco on Friday, July 16, 2004.

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Update: March 12, 2004

Cyril Jordan's new group MAGIC CHRISTIAN will make it's live premiere on April 1st at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. The band will be part of a bill that includes The Romantics, the Chesterfield Kings, and The Gentlekin. Tickets for the show will go on sale on Sunday, March 14th.

For more details on the show and ticket sales, go to the Great American Music Hall webpage.

Update: February 1, 2004

Cyril Jordan is proud to announce the formation of a new band- MAGIC CHRISTIAN! This group features Cyril Jordan on vocals and guitars, Praire Prince on drums, Alec Palao on bass, and Paul Kopf on vocals.

You can download a sample MP3 of their upcoming first single "Too Close To Zero."

The band is currently evaluating record labels for the release of their first album. Be sure to sign up for the newsletter to get the latest updates.

On the weekend of October 26, 2003, Cyril Jordan and his new band were featured on Little Steven's Underground Garage Band radio show .

Update: December 15, 2003

OK, so it's been a hectic year! We've been so busy, we've barely had time to post info to the website. The latest news:

We are proud to announce the first Flamin' Groovies merchandise ever authorized by Mr. Cyril Jordan. Thanks to the fine folks at Cafe Press, you can now order:

Update: December 9, 2002

It's been a busy month for Cyril. A lifetime achievement award. A guest appearance onstage with the band Oranger at the Great American Music Hall. New recordings with a new band. A partial reunion of old Flamin' Groovies bandmates. Lots of new paintings. If there's one Cyril can't be accused of, it's sitting around idly.

The Lifetime Achievement award from the San Francisco Bay Guardian newspaper honored Cyril's creative output in a grandiose manner. An awards ceremony took place on Friday, November 8th at 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco, with writer John O'Neill providing a glowing introduction to one of his musical heroes. Friends, family, and fans came out to celebrate Cyril's special moment.

For fans of the Flamin' Groovies, a bit of magic took place a few days later on November 13th at the Parkside nightclub when Cyril Jordan decided jump onstage for a couple songs with The Dilettones, Roy Loney's new band, featuring James Ferrell, and Larry Lea. Introduced by Roy as "my best friend," Cyril joined his old bandmate to share vocals on "Flight 505" and "Teenage Head." Those that attended this event were treated to a very special moment as three members of the FlaminÍ Groovies shared the stage once again. Roy's new band sounded excellent at their debut performance, and Cyril's surprise attendance at this show provided an unexpected treat to a packed house of euphoric music lovers.

If that wasn't enough for one week, Cyril also joined local band Oranger for a few songs at their performance at the Saturday segment of the 2002 BayPop Festival, which also featured the Chocolate Watchband and the Electric Prunes. David Greenfield has kindly shared some photos from that particular evening.

By the way, if anyone out there in internet-land has some Flamin' Groovies material that they think might be a good addition to the eventual Flamin' Groovies video documentary, please contact us with some details of your collection. We are on the lookout for film, video, still photography, publications, and other memorabilia that features the band. Drop an email or snail mail to us, and we'll try to work out some type of mutually rewarding arrangement. Contact:Octalouie LLC, Attention- Flamin' Groovies project, PO Box 2430, Santa Clara, CA 95055-2430, or email the web-manager for this site.

It's interesting to see the impact of the Flamin' Groovies in unexpected territories. Recently, in an issue of Music Connection, an industry trade magazine, a new band was described as a cross between "Buddy Holly and the Flamin' Groovies." It's nice to those little mentions.

If you haven't joined the Flamin' Groovies chat-group on Yahoo Groups, you should check it out. It's a hotbed of activity over there....

The Flamin' Groovies - Yahoo Groups discussion group

While you're at it, check out Roy's Yahoo Groups discussion group

The Roy Loney Appreciation Society - Yahoo Groups discussion group

Update: November 7, 2002

As part of it's annual "GOLDIES" awards, the San Francisco Bay Guardian has bestowed Cyril Jordan with a special "LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT" citation. The "GOLDIES" are the Guardian Outstanding Local Discovery Awards, which honors individuals and groups whose works have enriched the lives of those living in the San Francisco region. A full-page tribute to Cyril can be seen in the November 6th issue of the Bay Guardian, which may also be seen online at:

http://www.sfbg.com/goldies02/
http://www.sfbg.com/goldies02/cyril.html

A ceremony will take place at 111 Minna Gallery on Friday, November 8th from 6:30pm to 8:30pm.

Lately, Cyril has been extremely busy with his new recording project- The Magic Christian (as opposed to The Magic Christians), a group that consists of himself, Paul Kopf, Alec Palao, and Prairie Prince. The group has been recording up a storm at Prairie Sun Studios in Cotati, California. So far, they've recorded four new original songs- "Here She Comes," "Someday Soon," "Flash," and "Eye in the Sky," as well as a killer cover of the Who's "I Can See For Miles." Look for the official release of this material sometime in 2003.

Update: September 2, 2002

Good things are on the horizon. Cyril continues to stay very, very busy. His upcoming musical project with Paul Kopf, "Magic Christian" is moving along quite nicely, and soon we hope to share more details about all the new songs that have emerged.

Cyril has also been working hard on some commissioned paintings. Agent Ken Kaffke is the man to contact for further details.

Ken has just created a new series of webpages titled "Cyril Jordan & Ken Kaffke's Tapes, Toys, Tomes 'n' Tunes" as a loving tribute to the joys of popular culture. Take a look at this special site at: http://pages.sbcglobal.net/kenkaffkegoldengate/index.html

For the Flamin' Groovies fan, we've got some very good news. Norton Records has just assembled a killer collection of rare Flamin' Groovies recordings, working closely with Cyril to make this a very special package. The album, which comes out in both CD and vinyl configurations, is scheduled for release on September 10, 2002. Here's the official Norton press release:

FLAMIN' GROOVIES SLOW DEATH- NORTON 297 (CD and LP)

Amazin' high energy rock n' roll 1971-73 never came this wet n' wild! Groovies fans take the reigns and the rest of you rock n' rollers climb aboard for the ultimate blow out posh package that serves up the sensational story of the quintessential American rock n' roll band via the Flamin' Groovies teenage guitar head himself, Mr. Cyril Jordan, in this gargantuphonic loud sound package of all the Groovies self-produced monsters 1971-73 that took them out of post-TEENAGE HEAD doldrums headlong into a collision course with destiny! Dig their bossest self-comps plus thrill as the Groovies serve up Chuck, Freddy and the Stones like nobody else! This killer collection links their un-freakin'-beatable early post-Head bashers with their landmark '73 Hollywood demos, proving once and for all that the Groovies are it, daddy-o!

KEY POINTS: _ features superb demos of Flamin' Groovies classics Shake Some Action and Slow Death! ' posh packaging-- CD's include massive bio booklets and LP's come sleeved in colossal gatefold jax! ' scorchin' interview liner notes by Groovies lead guitar kingpin Cyril Jordan leave no Stone unburned-- from shoppin' for clothes with Cornel Gunter to shoppin' for EC comics with Jimi Hendrix! Thirteen THOUSAND riveting wild wurds from his majesty Mr. Jordan! ' gargantuan master blastering serves up home tapes, studio demos, broadcast romps with equal cranium crashin' super fidelity!

TRACK LISTING:
Demos San Francisco, October 1971:
Sweet Little Rock And Roller
Slow Death
Let Me Rock
Dog Meat
Blues From Phyllis
Jumpin_ Jack Flash
French TV broadcast , November 1972:
Roll Over Beethoven
Demos Los Angeles, July 1973:
Shake Some Action
When I Heard Your Name
UK single, June 1972:
Tallahassee Lassie

Also available:
FLAMIN' GROOVIES - CALIFORNIA BORN AND BRED (CD) 243
FLAMIN' GROOVIES - IN PERSON! (CD) 255
ROY LONEY & THE PHANTOM MOVERS - THE SCIENTIFIC BOMBS AWAY (LP) 209
ROY LONEY & THE PHANTOM MOVERS - FIVE OR SIX BY FIVE LIVE (7' EP) 010
ROY LONEY & THE A-BONES - BOY MEETS BONES (7' EP) 019

Norton Records
http://www.nortonrecords.com/
PO Box 646 Cooper Station NY NY 10276 USA
tel (718) 789 4438
fax (718) 398 9215
nortonrec@aol.com

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