Oscar Hamod & The Majestics

Led by guitarist and singer Oscar Hamod, Oscar & the Majestics were a garage rock band from Indiana who enjoyed impressive regional success in their heyday and recorded a handful of singles that have become the stuff of legend among collectors of mid-'60s rock. Oscar Hamod was born and raised in Gary, Indiana; his father was a music fan who ran a nightclub specializing in blues and R&B acts (Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed, and Albert King all graced his stage at one time or another), and Hamod recalls his folks taking him to hear some of the great acts play when he was a kid. While ...