Six decades after the fact, Cyril Jordan doesn’t waver when asked how the Flamin’ Groovies , one of rock’s favorite cult bands, found its name.

“We were the Chosen Few, which I thought was extremely pretentious,” says Jordan, who was 16 or 17 when he, singer-guitarist Roy Loney, guitarist Tim Lynch, bassist George Alexander and drummer Ron Greco formed the band in 1965.

“Then we found out there were like 15 Chosen Fews in the Bay Area, so they changed the name to the Lost and Found,” he says. “Which was better than the Chosen Few, but it wasn’t that great.

“We didn’t become the Flamin’ Groovies until the day after the Beatles ‘ last concert in ’66,” Jordan continues. “Roy took me to the show. He had an extra ticket because he’d just broken up with his girlfriend.”

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