The Golden Dawn are an American

United States

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 psychedelic rock

Psychedelic rock

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 band formed in Austin

Austin, Texas

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, Texas

Texas

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, in 1966, that broke up and then reformed in the early 2000s.

The band released one album, entitled Power Plant, before breaking up soon after the album's release in 1968. Their sound is similar to their well-known Austin contemporaries, The 13th Floor Elevators, and both bands were on the International Artists

International Artists

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 label. In 2002, Eric Arn from the psyche rock music group, Primordial Undermind, asked George Kinney to reunite the other members of the band and play the Texas psyche fest. Kinney formed a new Golden Dawn and recorded the band's second album, titled Texas Medicine, which came out in 2006. The Golden Dawn play around Austin and Houston, and Kinney intends to record a third Golden Dawn album.

George Kinney has also been active in solo projects. He released a CD, After The Fall, under his own name, in 2001. He wrote a novel, THE BANDIT KING, published by Xlibris Press, that is available on line. The adventure/fantasy story is set in modern day Mexico and involves "psychedelic" concepts and ideas.

Band members

• George Kinney - vocals
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  , guitar
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• Tom Ramsey - lead guitar
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• Jimmy Bird - rhythm guitar
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• Bill Hallmark - bass
• Bobby Rector - drums