The group originated in Houston, Texas and began in 1966 as a folk rock group called The Bostwick Vines. They changed their name to Fever Tree a year later after the addition of keyboard player Rob Landes. The band briefly entered the public consciousness when their song "San Francisco Girls (Return of the Native)" reached No. 91 in the U.S. on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in June 1968.Like most of the band's material, it was written by the couple of Scott and Vivian Holtzman, who also were their producers. This four-minute track captured all the band's trademarks: Dennis Keller's incantation-like vocals, the quick shifting between slow parts with an almost sacral feeling and faster, more rock-oriented parts, and especially the searing guitar work by Michael Knust. Fever Tree also released their self-titled debut album, Fever Tree, in 1968, which charted at No. 156 on the Billboard 200 Chart. A second album, Another Time, Another Place, followed in 1969 and peaked at No. 83 with a third album Creation, charting at No. 97 on the Billboard 200 Chart in 1970. Apart from "San Francisco Girls", they never had another hit, although they later also tried writing songs themselves when they had dropped the Holtzmans as producers. The group disbanded in 1970, but reformed in 1978 with only guitarist Michael Knust remaining from the original line-up. The new formation of the group had little commercial success; Fever Tree was not heard of again until 2003 when Michael Knust died.
Tracklist
I Put A Spell On You 3:23 You're Not The Same Baby 3:46 She Comes In Colors 3:04 Hey Mister 2:06 Come On In 2:50 Girl Don't Push Me 2:39 Hey Joe 12:56
Credits
Backing Vocals – The Blackberries* Bass – E. E. Wolfe, Joe Osborne* Design – Dean O. Torrence* Directed By – Jay Alden Drums – Hal Blaine, Kevin Kelley Guitar – David Cohen, Michael*, Walt Mescal* Keyboards – Grant Johnson (2) Lead Vocals – Dennis Keller Piano – Larry Knechtal* Producer – Mike Leitz*, Scott Holtzman, Vivian Holtzman
