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Ed Wool and The Nomads was an American rock band from Watertown, NY. The band was active and popular in the Central New York and North Country, New York areas in the mid and late 1960s. The group covered popular hits of the day and were in high demand at bars and clubs as well as high school and community dances. Teens and young people could be counted on to flock to any performance by Ed Wool and The Nomads dressed as impeccably as The Beatles themselves were in that period. In return, the young crowd could count on a four hours of well-rehearsed, polished, loud and faithful covers of the familiar, chart-topping tunes. There was always lots of dancing and lots of requests.

There were many bands in the Watertown area, including artists such as Bob and Dick Kissel and Joe and Al Bouchard who later helped form Blue Oyster Cult, but Ed Wool and The Nomads were generally regarded as the best of the best. [Wikipedia]

Syracuse, New York was the stomping ground for this R'n'B/blues-influenced combo dominated by vocalist Ed Wool, whose strong raucous style could be compared to Eric Burdon, especially on numbers like the cover of Brown-Terry's Please Please (Don't Go). The LP is bluesy rock-pop, if that's your bag, whose highlight is undoubtedly Love Love Love Love Love, another vocal tour-de-force, by Tom Haskell.
Nowadays Wool resides in Albany, N.Y. and continues to record and tour with The Ed Wool Band, playing jazz-rock and big band dance music. Tom Haskell is now a freelance photographer.
Compilation appearances include: I Need Somebody on Mind Blowers (LP).
(Max Waller)

This is a review of Max Waller, my opinion is that Wool are very near to Big Brother and the Holding Co. Maybe that's why I like this band. [lost-in-tyme.blogspot.com]