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We'd like to say thanks
to all the bands that have contributed their stories over
the years, but it's time to move on. It's been over 12 years
now, and other pursuits are calling. We hope that we've kept
you all entertained. Keith and I would like to give special
thanks to our friends Edward and Blair Tanner, Allen Tindol
and Tom Patterson of the Ancestors out of Dublin GA...our
first submission here at MFB. We've actually made a lot of
friends here along the way, and have been pleased to hear
reports of old bandmates reconnecting and even doing reunion
shows as a result of our website! But don't despair...even
though we're no longer taking submissions, we'll keep the
lights on here at MFB as long as we can!
My First Band™
Did you have a garage band back in
the 60's between 1964 and 1970? With the advent of the
British invasion, it seemed like there was a rock and roll
band on every block in those days. Tons of kids were buying
guitars, amps, and drum kits, loading up old beat up vans or
their parents station wagons and heading out to local
parties, teen clubs and dances all across America. They were
crankin' up their amplifiers and those Fender and Gibson
guitars (or how 'bout a Danelectro thru a Sears Silvertone
amp?) seeking fame and fortune. They were playing songs by
groups like the Ventures, Beach Boys, Chuck Berry, Beatles,
Animals, Byrds, Kinks, Rolling Stones, Moby Grape, and of
course, The Electric Prunes, Iron Butterfly and the whole
psychedelic thing. While hanging out one
evening playing guitars and old songs from the
60's, Dan and Keith were talking about their old
garage band Clear Blue Sky, and
wondering about all the other rock bands from their
neighborhood in northwest Detroit back in the mid
to late psychedelic 60's. What ever happened to all
those rock and roll wannabe's? Who's still playing
music, how many hung it up after high school or
college? What are these baby boomer musicians up to
now?
Musicians Keith Buckley and Dan Angott tracked down a lot of
those kids, all grown up now and possibly enduring their own
kid's (or grand kid's) band practice sessions in the garage
or basement, to contribute to their web site:
One thing led to another and they decided to put
together a web site to reach out to all those garage band
members not only from Detroit, but all across America who
like them, never made it much past the state
line.
"One chord is fine.
Two chords is pushing it.
Three chords and you're into jazz."
- Lou Reed
The Bands
The publishers of My First Band™ do not check facts submitted by contributors. All information is expected to be as truthful and factual as possible. My First Band™ is not responsible for any lapses in memory, lack of good taste, assassination of character, disparaging remarks on musicianship, outing of sexual preferences, public exposure of alcohol or pharmaceutical abuse, paternity suits, or any other kinds of vindictiveness festering over 40 years. Information submitted is the sole responsibility of the contributor.
My First Band™ accepts no responsibility for erroneous or fabricated information concerning the bands or individuals listed as members of said bands, so if you're out to humiliate that guitar player that got all the girls and kicked you out of the band, piss off, we're just trying to have a little fun here.
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digitizing,
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...heck we'll even shrink-wrap it if you'd
like!
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