Pookah - Pookah (1970)

US American psychedelic rock group, late 1960s.

For a band that released an album on a major label, there's surprisingly little information to be found on Pooka. I can tell you the line-up featured keyboardist Pat Cupo, guitarist John Ippolito, and drummer Dave Ranaletta. Cupo and Ippolito had been members of the mid-'60s Rochester, New York cover band The Trackers. As for the band name, it was either a sly nod to a hookah, or taken from characters found in Irish folklore - spirits known as shape changers which could take the appearance of black horses, goats and rabbits. Given songs like 'Ha! Ha! I Can Fly ' and 'Rain On Your Grave', I'm guessing the former was the inspiration...~RDTEN1