Banana
Cream Weather
Balloon
Chadron,
Nebraska
1968-1970
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We mostly played
at teen dances in Western and Central
Nebraska, southern South Dakota and
Eastern Wyoming. Our "booking agent" used
a photo of Big Brother and the Holding
Company on our poster. Drew em in like
flies.
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Personnel:
Robert
Holst - lead guitar/drums
Bobby Powell - bass
Monte McGinnis - rhythm guitar
Lowell Rosfeld- trumpet
Keith Reid - rhythm guitar
Wad Milburn- organ/vocals
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Influences:
Animals,
Troggs, Cream, Doors
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Equipment:
Fender, Selmar trumpet, Gibson,
unidentifiable
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Rehearsal
Space:
Keith's
basement
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Band
Vehicles:
"The
Brown Bear", a 65 Ford Galaxy (one member
was the son of a Ford dealer),48
Lincoln--when we could.
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Fashion
Statement:
Our "BCWB
Flight Jackets"--army surplus airmen's
jackets bought for $1.25 ea at an Army
surplus store, worn with levis and high
gear boots. Our "show costumes" were black
nehru jackets, white Levis, black high
gear boots.Of course medallions and love
beads.
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Best
Gig:
Peetz
Colo. at a 3.2 bar (low alcohol beer
served to 18 year olds and we got served.
But we were still only 16)
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Gig
from
Hell!:
Fort
Pierre SD....no one could get in
tune(musically or mentally) due to being
pharmaceutically
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Last
Gig:
Just
faded away. Lowell still plays his trumpet
to amuse his grandson.
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Comments:
The hot spot to play was
the "Pink Panther", which at the time was operated by our
"booking agent". The Panther was located outside the city
limits of Chadron, a small college town in western Nebraska.
It was a renovated 40's supper club with a wood dance floor.
There were dances every Friday and Saturday night, and
booked bands from all over the midwest, including bands from
Lawrence KS and Denver CO. Would like to hear from any
former members of bands that had played at the Pink
Panther.
Robert Holst died in 1978, Lowell is a rancher in Nebraska,
Keith is a landscaper in Idaho, Monte is a rancher in
Nebraska, Wad is a Ford dealer in Nebraska, Bob Powell is a
retired teacher living in Montana.
Information contributed by
Lowell Rosfeld
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