Orpheus

Orpheus is a Worcester, Massachusetts-based rock band that enjoyed brief popularity in the 1960’s. Original members included guitarist/vocalists Bruce Arnold and Jack McKennes, bass guitarist Eric "The Snake" Gulliksen, and drummer Harry Sandler. Orpheus recorded three albums and four singles for MGM Records produced by musical legend Alan Lorber, including their best known hit, Can’t Find The Time. The band’s origins began in the summer of 1964 ... more

Orpheus is a Worcester, Massachusetts-based rock band that enjoyed brief popularity in the 1960’s. Original members included guitarist/vocalists Bruce Arnold and Jack McKennes, bass guitarist Eric "The Snake" Gulliksen, and drummer Harry Sandler. Orpheus recorded three albums and four singles for MGM Records produced by musical legend Alan Lorber, including their best known hit, Can’t Find The Time. The band’s origins began in the summer of 1964 when Arnold and McKennes of Worcester, MA, formed a folk duo called The Villagers (based on their origins as a house band of a Cape Cod coffee house called the Villager). While the pair at first performed cover songs, they began developing Arnold's original material in the Fall of 1964 and Winter of 1965, and soon began playing regularly at the Carousel in Hyannis. By early 1967, the Villagers had gained wider popularity, performing at venues such as the Loft, the Odyssey, the Unicorn, and the Pesky Sarpint. That summer bass guitarist... less