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We the People were an American garage rock band from Orlando, Florida that were formed in late 1965 and professionally active between 1966 and 1970.
Although none of their singles charted nationally in the U.S., a number of them did reach the Top 10 of the local Orlando charts. The band are perhaps best remembered for their song Mirror of Your Mind which reached the Top 10 in a number of regional singles charts across the U.S. during 1966.

Band members

* Randy Boyte - Organ (1966–1970)
* David Duff - Bass (1966–1970)
* Tommy Talton - Guitar (1966–1968)
* Wayne Proctor - Lead Guitar (1966–1967)
* Tom Wynn - Drums (1966)
* Lee Ferguson - Drums (1966–1967)
* Terry Cox - Drums (1967–1970)
* Carl Chambers - Guitar (1968–1969)
* Skip Skinner - Guitar (1969–1970)

From an interview with Wayne Proctor
In 1965, I was in another band based out of Clermont, Florida, called the The Trademarks , along with Randy Boyte, our keyboard player and singer. During that same time, David Duff, Tommy Talton, and Tom Wynn, were in a band in Orlando, Florida, called the Offbeets. Both bands had the same manager as the Trademarks, and he suggested that Randy and I meet with the three members of the The Offbeets , to possibly form a new band. We followed up on that suggestion, met with Duff, Talton, and Wynn, and we all decided it was a good match for the times. During one of our first meetings in the Jungle Auto Parts Garage in Leesburg, Florida, (Randy’s dad owned the Jungle Auto Garage where we practiced), we were discussing a name for our newly formed band.

I remember everyone suggesting various names for the band, when I noticed a copy of the preamble to the United States Constitution hanging on the office wall. It read in part, “We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”

When I silently read the first sentence to myself, I then uttered out loud, “We the People!” Our manager and the guys loved it. And, so it was…..

ALBUMS


APPEARANCES +


Mystic Braves
Desert Island
2014
The Repeaters
Do The Alligator Walk (With A Crocodile Tongue)
2012, 12", EP + CD, EP, Omnivox
Various
Pop À Paris (Psyché-Rock Et Minijupes)
2003, 2x CD, ,
Lounge/Chanson/Psychedelic Rock/Pop Rock
Fuzztones*
Face Of Time / My Brother The Man
1994
Playboys*
Girl
1987, LP, Album, Stop It Baby Records
Various
The Big Freeze Vol. 1 (Belgian 60's Garage "Forgotten Heroes")
LP, Comp, Num, Dodecaphone, Dodecaphone
Various
Pushin' Too Hard (American Garage Punk 1964-67)
2024, 3xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Cla, Strawberry (26), ,
Garage Rock
Various
Can't Seem To Come Down - The American Sounds Of 1968
2024, 3xCD, Comp + Box, Grapefruit Records, ,
Psychedelic Rock
Various
Energía Musical Para Destruir El Coronavirus #2
2020, File, MP3, Comp, Not On Label
Various
Looking Stateside: 80 US R&B, Mod, Soul & Garage Nuggets
2016, 3xCD, Comp, RPM Records (2), ,
Mod/Beat/Rhythm & Blues/Garage Rock
Various
The Teenage Wasteland News (Real-r-Rock N Roll Vol. 15)
2015, CD, Comp, pre, Teenage Wasteland Records
Various
The London American Label Year By Year 1966
2015, CD, Comp, RM, Ace, ,
Rhythm & Blues/Garage Rock/Rock & Roll/Soul
Jon Savage
Jon Savage's 1966 (The Year The Decade Exploded)
2015, 2x CD,
Various
Allergic To Flowers (Garagebeat & Popsike) (Challenge Records Part Two 1965-1968)
2008, CD, Comp, RPM retrodisc, RPM retrodisc
Various
Rock - 5CD - 100 Titres
2008, 5xCD, Comp, Warner, ,
Beat/Garage Rock/Glam/Heavy Metal/Punk
Various
Garage Beat ’66 6 (Speak Of The Devil…)
2007, CD, Comp, Mono, Sundazed Music, ,
Garage Rock
Various
Oxford American 2006 Southern Music CD
2006, CD, Comp, Oxford American
Various
Songs We Taught The Fuzztones Volume Two
2006, 2xCDr, Album, Comp, Money Maniac Records, ,
Garage Rock/Punk/Rock & Roll
Various
Garage Beat '66 2 (Chicks Are For Kids!)
2004, ,
Garage Rock
Various
The Psychedelic Sixties Music French EP Collection
2003, 14xCD, EP, RE, RM + Box, Comp, Magic Records (2), ,
Garage Rock/Pop Rock/Psychedelic Rock
Various
Mindrocker
2002, ,
Garage Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Pop Rock/Folk Rock
Various
Psychedelic States: Florida In The 60s Vol. 3
2001, CD, Comp, Gear Fab Records
Various
Nuggets (Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968)
1998, 4x CD WEA Pressing, Box Set, ,
Garage Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Rock & Roll
Various
I Turned Into A Helium Balloon
1994, CD, Comp, Mono, Big Beat Records, ,
Garage Rock/Psychedelic Rock
Various
Eva Production 1994 - Eva Records
1994, CD, Comp, Promo, Eva (8)
Various
Songs We Taught The Fuzztones
1990
Various
Orange, Sugar & Chocolate (Psychedelic Microdots Of The Sixties... Vol. 1)
1989, ,
Garage Rock/Psychedelic Rock
Various
Even More Nuggets - Classics From The Psychedelic Sixties, Vol. 3
1989, ,
Garage Rock/Psychedelic Rock
Various
Mayhem & Psychosis Volume Two
1986, LP, Comp, Roxy Records (4)
Various
Garage Punk Unknowns Vol. 4
1985
Various
Nuggets Volume Six: Punk, Part II
1985, Vinyl, ,
Garage Rock/Psychedelic Rock
Various
Mindrocker Volume 6
1983, ,
Garage Rock/Psychedelic Rock
Various
The Sound Of The Sixties
1983, ,
Garage Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Rhythm & Blues
Various
Mindrocker Volume 5 (An Anthology Of US-Punk From The Sixties)
1982, ,
Garage Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Folk Rock/Bubblegum
Various
The Original Psychedelic Unknowns Volume #4
1982
Various
Psychedelic Unknowns
1979
Various
Bee Jay Sampler
1970, LP, Comp, Smplr, Bee Jay Booking Agency
Various
It Happend
Cass, Comp, Mississippi Records
Various
Pebbles Box
2012, 10xLP, Comp, RE, Unofficial + Box, Ltd, Num, BFD Records, ,
Garage Rock/Folk Rock/Surf/Psychedelic Rock/Beat
Various
Psychedelic Unknowns Volume 4
1997
Various
Filling The Gap
1989
Various
Pebbles Vol. 7
1980
Various
Billy Presents The Psychedelic Unknowns Vol. 2
1979
Various
60s Fever Diamonds Vol. Promo / Provo (Psych - Flower - Punk)
LP, Comp, Ltd, Unofficial, Freak Out Records (2), ,
Garage Rock/Psychedelic Rock
Various
Psychedelic Unknowns