Effective period / Period of releases: 1998

Members: Paul Speer, Neal Speer, John Purviance, Dan Merrell, Gary Speer, Russ Pratt, David Lee (89)

Psychedelic group from Lewiston, Idaho, USA, mid 1960s to 1972.
The Knights Of Sound were the Speer brothers - Gary (guitar, lead vocals), Paul (guitar) and Neal (drums, piano) - and their bassist neighbour and schoolmate Dan Merrell. In 1967 they renamed Stone Garden, name taken from a psychedelic poster. In early 1969 the quartet add multi-instrumentalist John Purviance. In the same time the group signed a deal with Doug Smith, an recording engineer owner of a recording studio. The band recorded two tracks that would be pressed as a single in a total quantity of 300 copies. In the following years various personell changes occurred until 1972, when Paul Speer (the leader of the group) decided the break-up. He subsequently became a prolific record producer and engineer, also recording extensively as a solo act.