Santa Barbara Machine Head

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Santa Barbara Machine Head

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| years_active = 1966

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| associated_acts = The Birds, The Creation, Deep Purple, The Faces, The Pretty Things, The Rolling Stones, Tomorrow

| genre = Electric blues

| label = Immediate Records

| past_members = John "Twink" Alder
Kim Gardner
Jon Lord
Ronnie Wood

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Santa Barbara Machine Head were a short-lived British electric blues combo that formed and disbanded in late 1966.{{cite web |title=Woodwork 1966 |url=https://www.nzentgraf.de/books/rw/Wood1.htm |website=The Woodworks |access-date=September 15, 2024}} At the time they formed, Jon Lord was the organist of The Artwoods, Ronnie Wood and Kim Gardner were members of The Birds, and John "Twink" Alder was the drummer for The In Crowd (soon to change their name to Tomorrow). They recorded three instrumental songs together for Immediate Records; "Albert", "Porcupine Juice" and "Rubber Monkey", written by Jon Lord and session producer Gus Dudgeon, released in 1968 on the compilation album Blues Anytime Vol. 3. All four members later went on to achieve success and notoriety with other bands.[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/santa-barbara-machine-head-p121988/biography Biography] by Bruce Eder at allmusic.

[http://discog.fleetwoodmac.net/discog.php?pid=660 White Boy Blues liner notes, Castle Communications, 1985.]