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Incredible String Band's missing member

13 Jan 26 - 02:00 PM (#4234257)
Subject: ISB's missing member
From: GUEST,johnmc

If reports are accurate, Licorice (sic) has been found alive in the USA, all this time later.


13 Jan 26 - 02:42 PM (#4234260)
Subject: RE: ISB's missing member
From: DaveRo

Reports where?


13 Jan 26 - 02:52 PM (#4234262)
Subject: RE: ISB's missing member
From: Helen

Yes, more details please.

I love the Incredible String Band.


13 Jan 26 - 03:11 PM (#4234264)
Subject: RE: ISB's missing member
From: Reinhard

Daily Mail on 15 November 2025:
A British hippie era Sixties icon who mysteriously vanished without trace 35 years ago presumed dead is ALIVE... as Mail tracks elusive singer down to new life in California.

Just google for "Licorice McKechnie alive".


13 Jan 26 - 03:31 PM (#4234266)
Subject: RE: Incredible String Band's missing member
From: DaveRo

Reinhard wrote: Just google for "Licorice McKechnie alive".
I did. Nothing I could read. Link?


13 Jan 26 - 03:35 PM (#4234268)
Subject: RE: Incredible String Band's missing member
From: DaveRo

Ah. You meant without the quotes.


13 Jan 26 - 03:42 PM (#4234270)
Subject: RE: Incredible String Band's missing member
From: Helen

Thanks Reinhard,

I did a quick search for news but found nothing. Thanks to your hint I found this:

Internewscast article

The Untold Story of Licorice McKechnie: Unraveling the Mystery of the Enigmatic Music Icon


I have wondered, every now and then, about what happened to her especially hearing about serial killers being caught in the US. I always thought that was the most likely scenario.


13 Jan 26 - 03:48 PM (#4234272)
Subject: RE: Incredible String Band's missing member
From: Helen

I couldn't access the Daily Mail article but it is shown in full on the Internewscast site, and yes DaveRo I tried with the quotes - my ex-librarian internet search magic trick - but then tried without the quotes and it worked.


13 Jan 26 - 04:27 PM (#4234274)
Subject: RE: Incredible String Band's missing member
From: GUEST,johnmc

It is discussed on the 'Word in your Ear' podcast on youtube.


13 Jan 26 - 04:40 PM (#4234277)
Subject: RE: Incredible String Band's missing member
From: Helen

I Know You • The Incredible String Band [with lyrics] ~ Tribute to Licorice McKechnie


13 Jan 26 - 07:53 PM (#4234282)
Subject: RE: Incredible String Band's missing member
From: Thomas Stern

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15291505/British-hippie-era-icon-mysteriously-vanished-without-trace-presumed-dead-ALIVE.html


14 Jan 26 - 06:45 AM (#4234295)
Subject: RE: Incredible String Band's missing member
From: Paul Burke

Perhaps a more accessible link.

ISB were one of the stages by which I moved from rock music, which I often found too violent and aggressive, to folk. The next step was Fairport Convention. Then Martin Carthy and Shearwater, so so much for the violence.


14 Jan 26 - 11:26 AM (#4234322)
Subject: RE: Incredible String Band's missing member
From: Helen

Thanks for the link, Paul.

It is the same article as the Internewscast link I posted because I couldn't access the original Daily Mail article. Just curious, is the article accessible on the link I posted?


14 Jan 26 - 03:28 PM (#4234336)
Subject: RE: Incredible String Band's missing member
From: DaveRo

Helen wrote: Just curious, is the article accessible on the link I posted?
Yes. What suprises me is that the Dail Mail should have published this. Not their kind of subject, I'd have thought.


14 Jan 26 - 03:51 PM (#4234339)
Subject: RE: Incredible String Band's missing member
From: Reinhard

Well that's what the tabloid press considers "investigative "journalism - solving an alleged mystery by hunting up and bothering someone who just wants to be left alone and in peace.


14 Jan 26 - 04:09 PM (#4234340)
Subject: RE: Incredible String Band's missing member
From: DaveRo

My thought too.


14 Jan 26 - 04:56 PM (#4234343)
Subject: RE: Incredible String Band's missing member
From: Helen

I agree.

And also, is it really Licorice or is it just some poor old ordinary lady being bothered by the media because it will draw in an audience? I haven't seen any other media outlets picking up the story so it could just be knitted out of old fluff to create a short term sensational news item.

Excuse my cynicism, please.