Band from the Baltimore area.
Great mellotron drenched early stuff.
Morphed into Food for Worms in the early 80's then back to OHO for a boring synth pop lp in 84.

What's gonna come out of my mouth is gonna come out of my soul."Skip Prokop"

Hmmm, I suggested these guys to the eclectic team back in...2011. Don't know what happened to them aftter that.

Websites I work with:

http://www.progressor.net
http://www.houseofprog.com

My profile on Mixcloud:
https://www.mixcloud.com/haukevind/

They were suggested for Prog Folk back in late March of 2009: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=56752. Bob replied that they certainly weren't Prog Folk, and dropped a link to the suggestion in the RIO/Avant team thread. They duly listened to the samples that were available at that time and the conclusion was a 'move' (presumably to Eclectic, which as Olav suggests, is probably gonna be the most appropriate sub for them).

Oho

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I guess the evaluation in Eclectic is nearing completion now, since eight years or so have passed since it began LOL

(only joking - that team is much more efficient these days since Kevin joined them).

There is some stuff available on cdbaby, including the 'Recollections' album: https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/oho3, which unusually for that site, allows streaming of full track samples for 12 of the 17 tracks, and includes an extensive band biography at the foot of the page.

This is a somewhat shorter summary from the 2003 'Up' compilation album: https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/oho:

"OHO: an artistic collective of musicians and artists based in the Baltimore, MD area who interweave sophisticated songwriting, slashing lava-like guitarism, and muscular rhythms with stunning female vocals, lush production, and state-of-the-art basement technology. The ensemble has existed since 1973. Nowadays, 35 years and two radical transformations later, they are a little more settled with an acid folk underpinning and a womanly presence from the keyboards and vocals of Jane Brody, Angela Lazaroni, Elise Major, and the warbling of Grace Hearn, Mary O'Connor, Sue Ellen Sacco, and most recently Kelly G and Liz Murphy, not to mention significant contributions from a couple dozen OTHER PEOPLE. OHO offers rare proof that the unforgiving dragon of rock, with its voracious appetite for youth and novelty, can be slain by silver throats, silver hair and/or a bald pate. OHO have released a new (03/2008) 2 disc CD/DVD digipak entitled "Bricolage." It is NOW available at CD Baby. Both albums are being offered at bargain prices and are guaranteed to urge your spirit to soar from "over here to over there."

The band's music is indeed all over the map - here's a review of the 2003 'Up' compilation album: https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/oho by Peter Thelen, (Expose #29):

"Best known for their work in the 70s, especially the quirky, psychedelic masterpiece 'Okinawa' and the more overtly progressive 'Vitamin OHO,' both of which have seen re-release on vinyl in recent years, we've also seen archival CD releases from that period as well, like 'Ecce OHO' and 'Recollections.' But OHO soldiered on through the 80s and sporadically through the 90s and in fact is still intermittently going to this day. As one might imagine, the years have brought changes, and for the period covered by this release (1985-2002) OHO was a trio with various other musicians revolving through the lineup, fronted by a succession of female singers. The disc starts off with 3 tracks of recent vintage with vocalist Jane Brody at the fore. These have a very pleasing sort of west-coast psychedelic sound with jangly guitars (think the Vejtables or early Airplane) mixed with some Celtic/folky elements, all updated with a modern sounding production; opener 'Shouts In the Street' and follow-up 'The Secret' are positively contagious. From there we go back further in time with Grace Hearn--who occasionally sounds a bit like Stevie Nicks; songs here are a bit more earthy, many having a less acoustic, more produced pop character. Many gems here as well, but the overtly psychedelic and 'live' closer 'Dream Lifted Up' is a standout. Fans of finely crafted female fronted pop will surely enjoy 'UP.'

- Peter Thelen, (Expose #29)

The full biography as featured on cdbaby's 'Recollections' album page can also be read on the band's official website: http://www.ohomusic.com/bio/, and you can listen to their music at http://www.ohomusic.com/listen/.

http://www.ohomusic.com.

https://www.facebook.com/ohomusic.

That'll do for now... Smile

Yeah I remember this suggestion back in 2009. I didn't think Prog Folk was the right place then and in listening to them now I still don't think that's the right place. There is no basis in folk arrangements, tradition or really even key parts of the instrumentation to suggest a progressive folk connection.

Their catalog is rather uneven but when they're on they do sound like a group that belongs here. I suggested Avant back then (as yam yam pointed out above), perhaps Eclectic is a better fit.

"Peace is the only battle worth waging."

Albert Camus

I vaguely recall that a couple issues of Progression magazine had articles about this band. I believe the Recollections album came with one issue, and possible another EP came with another issue.

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http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=10091