Inside The Velvet Illusions, by Randy “Jimmie James” Bowles
[This is my version of the history of the Velvet Illusions, for hard-core fans, journalists and other crazy people. In this story, I sometimes use the term, “we”,...
Randy Bowles
The Velvet Illusion’s Randy Bowles Interviews The Velvet Illusion’s Randy Bowles!
Hello, psych music fans! We managed to track down Randy Bowles, co-founder of Yakima, Washington’s Velvet Illusions, to ask him a series of probing questions. We found him...
When Yakima, Washington’s Velvet Illusions And Tokyo, Japan’s Flowers Came Together
Please note: at times it may seem I’m off on tangents. However, I am simply noting the many coincidences which take place throughout this story. Bear with me?...