The Jagged Edge Brooklyn, New York 1963-1967     Formed in 1963 by Harley and Artie as the Jaguars, a trio, drums, guitar and bass, changed to Jagged Edge. Signed with Gallant Records, then Scepter Records. Played DJ shows all over tri-state area. We played with many of the top 100 acts of 1966, Percy Sledge, Lenny Welsh, the Critters, the Association, Question Mark and the Mysterians. We all were pushing our records at the WMCA good guy shows. One night the back up band that was hired to accompany Percy Sledge and Lenny Welsh didn't make it to the gig because of a car accident, a pretty bad one. At the last minute the Jagged Edge were asked to fill in for them. We rehearsed in a classroom with Percy Sledge and Lenny Welsh and backed them up during their performance. It was so cool. 1st single: "You Can't Keep A Good Man Down" and "How She's Hurtin Me" on Gallant Records, second single as the Offset on Jubilee Records, "A Change is Gonna Come" and "Xanthia", also three acetates with four unreleased tunes. Managed by CisTrans productions, a partnership between Barry Inkeles, Sid Lienwand and Eric vonLustbader. Took care of all business arrangements, bookings, a&r, and good friends. They really looked after us and took care of us. Broke up when rhythm guitarist's parents made him quit the band.   Personnel: Elliot Ingber - lead vocals Harley Wishner - bass Kenny Bennett - drums Art Steinman - lead guitar Drew Georgopulos - rhythm guitar Influences: Stones, Hollies, Beatles, Yardbirds, Mike Bloomfield, Great Exuma, Nick Gournaris Equipment: Gretsch Tennessean, Fender P-Bass, Danelectro Amp, hacked Ampeg Reverberocket with an extra horn tweeter and a plug in distortion booster on a black Gretch Anniversary Teardrop, also used Vox Wha Wha pedal, and a Craftsman deep socket for slide guitar Rehearsal Space: Lead singer's bedroom Band Vehicles: Drummer's station wagon Drew: "I remember hauling all that crap on the bus!" Fashion Statement: Had none, the managers dressed us (see photo from April 1966 16 Magazine) Best Gig: Artie: WMCA Good Guy Show at Madison High School, Brooklyn NY Drew: WMCA Good Guys show at St. John's University Brooklyn, NY Gig from Hell!: Artie: Campaign truck for Abe Beame, candidate for Mayor of NY Drew: La Mer Country Club Last Gig: 1966, one of the Good Guy Shows/Record store promotion for Xanthia Comments: Drew: I remember the night we recorded Xanthia. The studio up at RCA was huge, and part of the office had a great view of the city at night. The engineer on that gig was Bill Symsyc (spelling?), and we did it late, started at about 8:00 p.m., but I didn't get home until six in the morning (you could ride the QB train over the Brooklyn bridge at that hour in those days <g>). Summer in the City was playing then, it should have been us. Artie: We were only 15 when we started recording. Played many clubs in the Village - Cafe Wha, Cafe Au Go Go, Bitter End. The music is still great, if we were older who knows? Might have gone all the way.   The Jagged Edge with a fan in Central Park, March 1966, NYC Flip side of "You Can't Keep A Good Man Down" Jagged Edge 45 May 1966 Copy of 16 magazine announcing the latest Jagged Edge release   Listen to a sample of The Jagged Edge's "You Can't Keep A Good Man Down"    for more information on The Jagged Edge, visit their web site at: http://home.att.net/~asteinman/wsb/html/view.cgi-home.html-.html  Where are they now? Drew is a software guru in New Jersey, he does database designs for distributed database systems, still plays and gigs at open mikes around northern New Jersey and southern Rockland county, Art works for Lucent Technologies in New Jersey, Elliot owns Audio Video Systems in New York, Harley is a urologist in Van Nuys, Cal. Kenny is a retired postal worker.   Art Steinman - still wowing the crowds 30 years later!   Information contributed by Art Steinman and Drew Georgopulos

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