“I can still rock,” according to Danny Weis, co-founder of Iron Butterfly. The guitarist, who lived in Canada at the time of the interview, spent the majority of his youth in El Cajon. The founding ...
Doug Ingle, the lead singer and organist of Iron Butterfly, the San Diego-bred band that turned a purportedly misheard lyric into “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida,” the 17-minute magnum opus that propelled ...
His biggest hit, “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida,” was a 17-minute psychedelic journey that epitomized 1960s rock indulgence. But after just a few years in the limelight, he walked away. By Alex Williams Doug ...