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Wendy & Bonnie Flower were an American singing sister duo who recorded the album Genesis in 1969 for Skye Records.

The album was produced by jazz percussionist/producer Gary McFarland. At the time, McFarland was part owner of the Skye label, along with Latin percussionist Cal Tjader (who was Wendy and Bonnie’s godfather) and jazz guitarist Gábor Szabó.

Wendy and Bonnie grew up in Millbrae, California, in the San Francisco Bay suburbs. Their parents, Art and Jeane Flower, were professional musicians. In 1967, Wendy played and recorded with an early San Francisco psychedelic band called Crystal Fountain; Bonnie later joined the band as drummer. The following year, Tjader heard some of the Flower sisters’ acoustic home demos and arranged a recording session with Skye. The sisters, who were teens at the time the album was recorded, composed all the songs. McFarland served as arranger on the sessions, crafting a post-psychedelic soft rock sound with Brazilian overtones. Musicians who performed on the album included guitarist Larry Carlton, drummer Jim Keltner, and keyboardist Mike Melvoin.

The Skye label went bankrupt shortly after the album’s release. In 1971, while planning for additional recording with the Flower sisters, McFarland was mysteriously murdered in a New York bar.

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1	By The Sea full track	24
2	I Realized You full track	20
3	The Winter Is Cold full track	15
4	Children Laughing full track	13
5	Let Yourself Go Another Time full track	12
5	You Keep Hanging Up on My Mind full track	12
5	The Paisley Window Pane full track	12
8	It's What's Really Happening full track	11
9	Endless Pathway full track	8
10	The Night Behind Us (Crystal Fountain Acetate) full track	7
10	Five O'clock in the Morning	7
12	Paisley Window Pane	5
13	The Ice Cream Man Song (demo) full track	4
14	December Sun [Demo Version]	3
15	The Night Behind Us	2

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Faltain wrote:
November 2009

Let yourself go, another tiiiiiimeeeee....

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arhi wrote:
October 2009

genius genesis. i think sisters influenced on many contemporary female vocalists

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Hilde_lp wrote:
August 2009

Good girls, i loved her songs *--*

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odyshape wrote:
July 2009

♫ Daydreams of love, of looooooove ♫

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Uboris wrote:
July 2009

I completely obsessed with 'Genesis'.

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bear_panda wrote:
June 2009

"Хорошо девушки поют.Это не какие-нибудь Ночные Снайперы сраные..." (с)

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BillStrange wrote:
July 2008

GREAT!!! 4 stars, simply fab.

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cnwb wrote:
April 2008

Very nice.

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robbymmiv wrote:
October 2007

yeah what is up with the indie pop tag? i've even seen songs by the who tagged as indie pop.

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Ghost_train wrote:
August 2007

amazing. the winter is cold is perfect!

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Rojj88 wrote:
July 2007

Beautiful.

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Wigu wrote:
June 2007

What does Wendy & Bonnie have to do with Indie pop? Seriously... Nice music though!

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larslindahl wrote:
April 2007

Good shit.

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