Indian Rope Man - Frumpy

One of the 'Krautrock" bands, Frumpy, were based in Hamburg and released four albums between 1970–1973. Their music combined jazz, soul and eastern elements with the Hammond organ as the most important instrument. Frumpy started as; singer Inga Rumpf, a distinctive "un-feminine" sounding vocalist often compared favourably with Janis Joplin, French organist Jean-Jacques Kravetz, bassist Karl-Heinz Schott and drummer, Carsten Bohn. Formed in March 1970, Frumpy (a play on singer Rumpf's surname inspired by seeing the word "frumpy" in a CBS record catalogue) wanted to play music that was "a fusion of rock, blues, classical, folk and psychedelic."

They recorded their debut album, “All Will Be Changed” in August 1970 which was all original with the exception of a Richie Havens cover, the excellent and often covered, “Indian Rope Man”. To promote the album the band embarked on a fifty-night German tour with Spooky Tooth, as well as playing supporting slots with Yes, Humble Pie and Renaissance. The album received both critical acclaim and commercial success and proved that rock music from Germany could live up to international standard.