Timeline/1960s

1966

Summer 1966: Mayo Thompson and Frederick Barthelme work on an unfinished film
Summer 1966: The film is abandoned and they form The Red Crayola
September 1966: The Red Crayola line-up adds Steve Cunningham, Bonnie Emerson, Danny Schacht
September 1966: The line-up consolidates to Mayo Thompson (guitar, vocals), Frederick Barthelme (drums), Steve Cunningham (bass)
Late 1966-1967: Live shows around Houston, Texas

February 1967: The band's first recording session results in unreleased single Dairymaid's Lament
March 1967: Following a performance in the KNUZ Battle of the Bands, The Red Crayola signs to independent label International Artists
March? 1967: Records demos for the band's first album
April 1, 1967: "Free Form Freak-Out" recording session with The Familiar Ugly
April-May 1967: Recording sessions for the band's first album
June 1967: First album The Parable of Arable Land is released
1967: Sessions for unreleased album Coconut Hotel
1967: Les Blank photoshoot
July 1967: Angry Arts & Berkeley Folk Festival performance - later released as Live 1967
July 1967: Session for lost Album with John Fahey in California
1967: The band breaks up; Frederick Barthelme moves to New York
Late 1967: The Parable of Arable Land is an unexpected success; International Artists asks for another album
Late 1967: The band reforms with a new drummer: Mayo Thompson (guitar, vocals), Steve Cunningham (bass), Tommy Smith (drums)

February? 1968: Sessions for the band's second commercially released album
May 1968: Second album God Bless the Red Krayola and All Who Sail With It is released
1968: The band breaks up

1969: Thompson and Cunningham visit New York to consider working on [[File:|20x20px|link=|]] [[|]]
1969: Mayo Thompson illustrates Frederick Barthelme's first book, Rangoon