The early '60s birthed all manner of folk scene all over the country. New York's Greenwich Village was probably the most famous and influential, but other major cities had their collective artists and movements as well. Houston's folk scene pulled artists from the city's theater district as well some names you've probably heard before (Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, and Janis Joplin for a brief minute). And it all went down at the now long defunct Jester Lounge. The club even released a private press record of its mainstays in the mid '60s which i am ever in search of. Anyway, in 1966 Scott and Vivian Holtzman wrote a love song to the character Illya from "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." and recruited folk singer Kay Oslin, who would have moderate success in the '80s as country artist K.T. Oslin, to lend her vocals. The end result is the otherworldly "Illya," the artists dubbing themselves Ann Boleyn for their sole 7" release, a record which i am also ever in search of. Listen to the track below, our Daily Jam.
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