Member Since: 9/14/2006
Band Website: geocities.com/jinxincorporated
Band Members:
This Is The Order in Which "The Coven" Joined... We Are The "English" Coven & We Are The "American" Coven...One Band United
Jinx Dawson...Lead Singer, Grand Piano, Synths, Business.
Steve Ross...Drums, Percussion, Brother In Arms.
Ozzie Osborne...Bass.
Chris Neilsen...Guitar, Vocals.
Rick Durrett...Ming the Organ.
John Hobbs...Piano.
Wayne Millstein...Percussion.
Many other great musicians were members of Coven incarnations,but my Brother in Arms, Steve Ross, was in them all...
I have to mention my rowdy Coven child, The Equalizers, EQ for short, because there were many talented, well known musicians in this band too, as Glenn Cornick(Jethro Tull), Michael Monarch(Steppenwolf), Linda Nardini & Mark Anthony.
COVEN & GOTH QUEEN HONOR THE "ONE TIN SOLDIER" WARRIORS VIET NAM 1971
IRAQ 2007
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Letter From The Goth Queen: VICTORY IS MINE--ALL COVEN CD's available at Coven Shoppe on this page on NEVOC Musick Worldwide
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To My Dear Cherished Friends...I Have Drawn Blood From Those Who Drew Blood 1st...I HAVE BEEN VICTORIOUS...Amazon has withdrawn the Coven Akarma Albums & CD's...But I still send a JINX HEX out to all other trespassers of my RECORDINGS & my Coven name..."TARDUS EXCESSUM TU EREPTORS"...I humbly thank those many of ye who helped in this battle...I have NEVER before received one penny of record royalties from the millions of my works sold, but that is NOT my main concern.My concern is for thee & that my works are presented properly & with NO inacuracies nor FALSE materials...My IMPROPERLY bootlegged "WITCHCRAFT" CD & album is still being bootlegged at over 30 stores including Tower Records & Circuit City...If you have purchased one of these, it should be returned with an email to the internet seller that you do NOT want inacurate, counterfeit products...The ONLY authorized,accurate COVEN CD's are available ONLY at Coven sites on NEVOC Musick...The Blood In My Veins Runneth Hot...And I Thank Thee...Thy Friend Always, Jinx
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Myth No More- JINX & COVEN 1sts & FACTS
(I.)Jinx 1st Used Sign of the Horns/Coven Horns in 1968 on stage
"SIGN Of The HORNS" FROM
WIKIPEDIA (CLICK HERE!)
Rock and Heavy Metal Music
It also has a variety of meanings in heavy metal and is known by a variety of terms: devil sign, devil horns, goat horns, metal horns, metal sign, throwing the goat, evil fingers, Pommesgabel (Pommes = fries, Gabel = fork), mano cornuto, peka evil, the horns, also "Rock Fist" or Rock on in some U.S. rock music subcultures.Gene Simmons claimed to have first introduced the sign to heavy metal, when he was shown extending his little finger on the cover of KISS' 1977 album Love Gun, although his claim is disputed: "A casual glance at this [1] cover would suggest he is correct. However, there are two points of contention that refute this. First of all, he is holding it hand to his side, jutting from his hip ... Secondly, and most importantly, he isn't really making the sign! We have enlarged the section of the artwork ... to show that his thumb isn't covering his middle two fingers but resting at the side of his index finger." On the other hand Gene Simmons has, even before the Love Gun LP, showed this sign on stage or during photo sessions (for example Japan, April 1977). Gene was inspired by 60's Marvel comics, especially Dr Strange and also Spider-Man. However some believe that the British Heavy metal band Iron Maiden first associated the sign to heavy metal. The grandmother of one of the members of the band had shown it to him when he was little and it was soon adopted as the "Metal Sign".In heavy metal music, Ronnie James Dio also used this sign. His Italian grandmother used it to ward off the evil eye (malocchio). Dio began using the sign soon after joining (1979) the metal band Black Sabbath. The previous singer in the band, Ozzy Osbourne, was rather well known at using the "peace" sign at concerts, raising the index and middle finger in the form of a V. Dio, in an attempt to connect with the fans in a similar manner to Ozzy, wanted to use a similar hand gesture. However, not wanting to copy Osbourne, he chose to use the sign his grandmother always made. Both accounts are predated by the Chicago based psychedelic-Goth band Coven, led by singer Jinx Dawson, who's band made the gesture on their 1969 album cover for "Witchcraft Destroys Minds and Reaps Souls", incidentally, the band also wrote a song called "Black Sabbath" and one of the band members was named Oz Osborne, not to be confused with Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath fame. This is a much truer origin of the hand sign and of the seeds of Heavy Metal.
NOTE:The "Sign of the Horns" Is On Every Coven Album Cover, starting in 1969.
(II.) Jinx Refused To Embellish Coven's Authentic Makeup & Clothing For A Record Deal
(III.)Jinx & Coven Always Signed Their Recording Contracts in Their Own Blood, Starting With Their 1st in 1968
Jinx Dawson (vocals), Oz Osborne (bass), Steve Ross (drums)COVEN, a Chicago Psychedelic Rock band certainly ahead of their time, delivered strongly occult themed proto-Metal on their 1969 released album 'Witchcraft Destroys Minds & Reaps Souls', produced by Bill Traut. Due to the presence of the opening song 'Black Sabbath' and the presence of former MAGIC LANTERNS bassist Mike 'Oz' Osborne some journalists confused the act with BLACK SABBATH.The group, fronted by female vocalist Jinx Dawson, gigging in the Illinois area, attracted the attention of major label Mercury Records, who duly signed the band, naturally in a ceremony that involved the musicians own blood.(Above is the only correct Coven info listed at "Rockdetector")
(IV.)Jinx Was Told Her 1st & 2nd Coven Album Masters Were Destroyed in a Chicago Fire & an L.A. Fire.
Whether there was an occult cause of spontaneous combustion to this mystery or a lie fueled by producer's greed, the fact is that Jinx cannot obtain these 2 masters, as she is now the Master Rights Owner of all her works.She does hold master mixes, but would like to unravel this mystery.
(V.)Gold Record Fact
Jinx was awarded an RIAA Certified Gold Record on Dick Clark's "Touch Of Gold" TV Special for "One Tin Soldier" in 1972, only to have it ripped from her hands by her management people while leaving the stage, never to see it again.Her greatly beloved mother wished to have this award from her all her life.She was not been successful in getting it to her.Her Mother recently crossed over.RIP Betty Jane Adams Dawson...
(VI.)"One Tin Soldier" Lyric Fact
Being an issue of the Left Templar Bloodline, Jinx felt recording this movie title song was most appropriate as a tribute to her Templar ancestors.This recording became THE "Vietnam Protest Anthem" & is being used in videos today to protest the Current Wars. (Reference:The song was written during the anti-war movement of the late 60's. Also going on at that time was the Six Day War of 1967 in Israel. The "Kingdom on a mountain" is none other than The Temple Mount in Jerusalem. It sits on Mt. Moriah. The people of the valley are the Muslim or Palestinian people who live in the Kidron Valley adjacent to Mt. Moriah. The Stone with the
treasure underneath it is the stone that the Muslims claim Mohammed ascended and the Jews claim was the base in The Holy of Holies. The treasure underneath "the stone" which is up to 120ft.under the Temple mount is where the supposed hidden treasure of the Jewish treasury was. The
Templars of the early 1000 a.d. where said to have found this treasure. The song closely discusses details of "The Crusades". The people of the Valley who did not want to share was none other than the leader of the Muslims, Saladin the Turkish leader who had restricted visitation of other religions to Jerusalem which in turn intitiated the crusades. Saladin(the Muslims) did regain the Temple Mount.The One Tin Soldier riding away just says that masses die in war on both sides and only one or a few are left. It sarcastically says "leaders greedily go ahead and do evil in the name of Heaven.")
"ONE TIN SOLDIER" by Jinx Dawson
& The Coven recorded for the film "Billy Jack"
"Blood On The Snow" Review
I am finally finished in the studio, going thru Coven Vault tapes...I have
selected songs for the 1st "GOTH QUEEN--Out Of Thy Coven Vault"© CD... These songs WERE NOT outtakes...These were to be two albums,
put in the vault due to record company & manager litigations at the time they
were recorded... Some great well known musicians are featured, as Tommy Bolin's(Deep
Purple) last recorded screaming guitar, Glenn Cornick (Jethro Tull), throbbing
bass,Dick Wagner(Alice Cooper) hot metal guitar,(former Rolling Stones') percussionist Ollie Brown, Roger Powell moog synthesizers(Todd Rundgren's Utopia) & Michael Monarch (Steppenwolf)outrageously hard core
guitar riffs...
"Jinx Recording at 1313 Miller Drive Hollywood Home Studio"
Influences:
When Coven recorded their 1st album in 1968-69, they didn't have many influences
to draw from as there were no musical groups of their type at that time...
Opera, Horror & Vampire films, the Church Choir, Horror Comics & Gothic Tales were the main influences the notorious Jinx had to draw from when she started the group, as she was still a young teen at the time. But she says her mother was actually her strongest influence as there was a huge record collection in the family home & her mother played musicals starring Judy Garland & Barbra Streisand and she used to make Jinx mimic them. But she would make her spend minimul time with the musicals, as the opera practice was paramount. Jinx would also sneak into to the hidden "evil old blues records" & sing to those when the family was away. Her mother was also her first road manager & had an excellent voice herself...With her 6 octave opera trained voice, in which she could vibrate her vocal chords into a harmony while singing one note, Jinx burst on the recording scene in 1969 with a controversial themed concept album which she called the 1st Rock Opera, the now infamous"Witchcraft"...She speaks of that album now as being devilishly irreverent & a first in music recordings...The early onstage photographs show her with her then trademark whiteface makeup, pale lips & kohl eyes...She says portraying her heartfelt Magick image...
The second Coven album, which included her & her bandmates' Chicago street tough style, also brought Jinx her 1st major hit, "One Tin Soldier" theme to the movie "Billy Jack", which was 1st recorded on the Warner Brother Movie Soundtrack album...Jinx says her main influence for her dynamic & emotionally charged vocal on the the huge worldwide hit Movie Title Song,"One Tin Soldier" was watching the "Billy Jack" movie footage on the studio screen behind the orchestra from the vocal booth as she recorded. It really upset her knowing those wild & majestic, running free horses were literally being pushed over the cliffs & being killed for use in dog food, as there were no CGI effects then & this was actually filmed.She could barely get through the song & you can hear her voice breaking up at the end of the recording.The fourth album she recorded was her Coven's "Blood On The Snow", part a return to her classic gothic opera roots & classic rock Coven California style...As she admits, the decadant Hollywood lifestyle & warmer night air suited her tastes & showed in the music.