Inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 2001 (as performer)

With his encyclopedic knowledge of music and boundless curiosity for new sounds

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Latterly his sound has been more orientated towards rock music

Black Merda - Black Merda u.f.o. Inducted into Rock And RollBlack Merda were a funky rock combo with a significant debt to Jimi Hendrix, mixing fuzz toned, psychedelic blues rock with folky acoustic passages and contemporary late '60s soul. Featuring guitarists Anthony and Charles Hawkins, bassist VC Veasey (aka Veesee L. Veasey), and drummer Tyrone Hite, the group got its start in the late '60s after Veasey, Hite, and Anthony Hawkins had spent time in a band called the Soul Agents, backing Edwin Starr and