The Comfortable Chair

The Comfortable Chair is a West Coast musical group that released one self-titled album, The Comfortable Chair, in 1968.

Name

The name of the band refers to sitting in a comfortable chair while meditating. Several members were involved with Maaharishi’s Transcendental Meditation program.

Members
(1968–1971)
  • Bernie Schwartz - lead vocals
  • Barbara Baczek-Wallace - lead vocals
  • Gene Garfin- woodwinds, percussion, vocals
  • Greg LeRoy - bass guitar
  • Warner Davis - percussion
  • Tad Baczek - guitar
  • Gary Davis - keyboards

History

The group was never big outside of the 1960s California circuit. The album features original songs written collectively by the band. Lou Adler produced the album, along with John Densmore and Robby Krieger of The Doors. The record was released on CBS-Ode Records in 1968.

Songs on the album include: "Ain't No Good No More"; "Be Me”; "Now", written by Barbara Baczek-Wallace; "Let Me Through", by Keith Wallace and Barbara Baczek- "Princess", "The Beast", and "Some Soon, Some Day", written by Bernie Schwartz; "Pale, Night of Quiet", written by Schwartz and Tad Baczek; "The Stars in Heaven" by Garfin, Schwartz, Wallace, Baczek.

The group appeared in the 1968 Bob Hope and Jackie Gleason comedy movie How to Commit Marriage as a rock group associated with the young people in the plot, performing their protest song "A Child's Garden".


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