I'd also add BS contemporaries Nice Strong Arm from Austin, whose first album in particular is a great psyche post-punk blast http://youtu.be/7ej7nrYpLR8

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Had vaguely heard of Whistler, Chaucer, Detroit and Greenhill though, didn't they evolve into a 70s band called Space Opera who I saw mentioned in a Shindig! article a few years back?

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Yes, also T-Bone Burnett and the Alpha Band are all offspring