Iron Butterfly

He was also the band's organist and wrote most of their songs, including "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida."

It is the last day of march, and that means the last day of our in and out theme on My Lost Treasure.  We are closing out the month and the theme with a really long one. This was a suggestion from my facebook friend Matt Price, as so many lost treasures are...

Happy Birthday today (Sept. 9) to Iron Butterfly founding member, organist, primary composer and lead vocalist Doug Ingle. He turns 70. Most famously, he wrote the band's biggest hit 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida'. The song clocks in at just over 17 minutes and is considered significant in rock history as one of the early transitions of psychedelic rock into heavy metal along with music by bands like Blue C

He'd been missing for four years when hikers discovered the remains in 1999.

The recently dormant Iron Butterfly might finally be grounded for good. In announcing his own departure, guitarist Charlie Marinkovich all but confirmed the end of the group most famous for 'In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida.'