The origins of Cobra Collective are unclear. Some say the music was born out of a hippie compound near Potomac, Maryland sometime during the 1960s, though the music is decidedly not of a psychedelic bent. To be sure, there are many influences evident in their sound, perhaps, most notably, that of white Irish blues great Rory Gallagher. It was Gallagher, the band once said, who best conveyed the anguish of Mississippi delta blues. With that in mind, the band recalled the bevy of ripe ears that...
The origins of Cobra Collective are unclear. Some say the music was born out of a hippie compound near Potomac, Maryland sometime during the 1960s, though the music is decidedly not of a psychedelic bent. To be sure, there are many influences evident in their sound, perhaps, most notably, that of white Irish blues great Rory Gallagher. It was Gallagher, the band once said, who best conveyed the anguish of Mississippi delta blues. With that in mind, the band recalled the bevy of ripe ears that proliferated the down and out culture of the greater metropolitan DC area. "We were merely filling a void," they opined, "made apparent by the gaps between Panera Bread and Jared's."
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