The Contents Are – I Don’t Know

Davenport, Iowa – 1967

members:
Dave Neumann — lead guitar and vocals
Craig Hute — 2nd lead guitar and vocals
Larry Smith — bass and vocals, replaced by Mick Orton — bass, keyboards, vocals
Paul Staack — drums and vocals

High school students Dave Neumann and Craig Hute were in the Blazers when they decided to form a new group to pursue a more original and harmonic direction. Adding Larry Smith and Paul Staack, they started playing live shows in the area, including Cedar Rapids, IA and Rock Island, Illinois.
In April of 1967 they entered the Fredlo studio in Davenport and recorded “I Don’t Know” and “Direction of Mind”. Craig Hute wrote both songs, with arrangements by Dave Neumann.

The track ‘I Don’t Know’ by The Contents Are appears in the following compilations:

– Quagmire vol.4 – CD (Finest Hour, 2004)
– I’m Losing Tonight! vol.6

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