Biography
In 1965 Nagle played a key role in launching the Terrazzo Brothers, an R&B group based in San Francisco, California, USA, that soon transformed into the Mystery Trend and helped shape the emerging San Franciscan Sound. Performing on keyboards and vocals, Nagle and his bandmates drew strong local audiences yet found themselves eclipsed by rising acts such as the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane. By 1967 he had started the Fast Bucks, whose lineup featured John Blakely. Three years afterward, Nagle turned down an invitation to join Blakely in Stoneground and instead cut the album Bad Rice under Jack Nitzsche’s production; the sessions brought together players from Stoneground alongside Commander Cody’s Lost Planet Airmen and Ry Cooder. Nagle’s compositions ranged from hard-edged rock numbers to gentle, expansive ballads, all sharpened by his understated humor. He later broadened his work to include film scores for horror pictures and the Tubes’ track “Don’t Touch Me There.” In 1978 he assembled the Durocs, a project that disbanded in 1980. Nagle has since established himself as a prominent ceramic artist.
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