Flamin’ Groovies did more than shake some action on Teenage Head

Time has an unforgiving habit of burying most bands. If that’s true, then it’s a minor miracle we’re still talking about a little retro band called Flamin’ Groovies a half-century later. They never shifted many records nor shot up any chart with a pebble, let alone a bullet, and yet the name of this cult band gets spoken in hallowed terms among some as progenitors of power-pop and even punk rock. If you have ever heard the Groovies before now, it’s likely been their brilliant failed single “Shake...