Assigned Risk
Leominster, Massachusetts

1966-1967
 

 

 

 

Personnel:
Bruce Smith - Lead Guitar
Bill Ashton - Rhythm Guitar
Burke Leger - Rhythm Guitar and Bass lines
Jim Leblanc - Drums
...eventually replaced by Rob Courtemarche - Drums

Influences:
Pop music of the day

Setlist Sample:
For Your Love (Yardbirds), Gloria (Shadows of Knight), Just A Little (Beau Brummels), I Think We're Alone Now (Tommy James), Spooky (Classics IV), Come on Up (Rascals), Kicks (Paul Revere and the Raiders).

Equipment:
Kingston, Audition and Kent guitars, Sears Twin Twelve amps, Kent drums, Rogers drums, Astatic crystal mics

Rehearsal Space:
Rotated through parents' basements

Band Vehicles:
Parent's 1966 Plymouth station wagon

Fashion Statement:
None listed.

Best Gig:
Pilgrim Congregational Church, junior high dance

Gig from Hell!:
None listed.

Last Gig:
Pilgrim Church

Comments:
Having recently seen photos of the church hall where the Beatles first played together as a skiffle band (soon to be torn down), it is striking how much the Pilgrim Church hall in Leominster looked so similar.

 

  

 

Where are they now?

Bruce Smith went on to play bass in Orion the Hunter, who had a minor national hit with "So You Ran" in 1984...presently lives in California; Bill Ashton is a Deputy Fire Chief in Leominster, MA; Burke Leger resides in northern MA

 

 Information contributed by Bill Ashton palomies@earthlink.net

 

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