Library Rock's Backpages

Enter General Puckett and the Union Gap...

Peter Jones, Record Mirror, 27 April 1968

AT LAST the General and his men have made progress in the charts here. Stories of the musical ability of the Union Gap have seeped through to this country, via such emissaries as Eric Burdon and Tony Garland, but now their version of 'Young Girl' is making progress via CBS. The General is actually one Gary Puckett, who sings songs and plucks at guitars. Then there is Sergeant Dwight Bement, who plays tenor; and "mere" privates, Gary Withem, on woodwind and piano; and Paul Wheatbread, on drums.

Total word count of piece: 464

Subscribe

Becoming a member is easy. Membership gives you access to all the thousands of articles in the library.

Click here to go to Subscribe page.

Click here for academic and other group subscriptions.