The
Majestics
Nashville,
Tennessee
1965-1966
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Personnel:
Alan Gregory - Lead Guitar, Lead
Vocals
Larry Reid - Bass Guitar, Backup
Vocals
Eddie Lunn - Rhythm Guitar, Backup
Vocals
Sandy Latimer - Drums
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Influences:
Alan
Gregory had that whole blue-eyed soul
thing going for him and although we did
some pop stuff we covered Motown, Chess
records, etc.
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Setlist
Sample:
What's Your Name?, Watermelon Man, Louie
Louie, Sleepwalk, Fever, It's A Man's
World.
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Equipment:
I (Larry Reid) played a Framus electric
bass through a homemade cabinet with two
12" Jensen speakers and a Gregory amp
head. Alan had a Gibson 335 ( brown
sunburst) through a Gibson with one 12"
speaker. Eddie played a Gibson SG through
a Silvertone amp with two 12' speakers.
Can't remember what kind of drums Sandy
played. We ran our mikes through the
second channel on the amps. Pretty bad
sound compared to the Classic Rock band
I'm in right now.
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Rehearsal
Space:
We mostly
rehearsed in Eddie Lunn's upstairs
playroom. His parents had a huge house in
the best part of town and we wallowed in
that.
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Band
Vehicles:
We could
get everything but Sandy's drums in the
trunk of my Dad's 1959 Cadillac
DeVille.
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Fashion
Statement:
We wore
coats and ties. We all got red sports
coats because no one wanted them and they
were on sale. During a break at a
performance someone came up to a member of
the band and asked where the restrooms
were. We were a bit flustered and the guy
said, "You guys are ushers, aren't you?"
We burned the coats.
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Best
Gig:
A
sorority at Western Kentucky State in
1966. The theme was "Slumber Party" and it
was a night to remember!
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Gig
from
Hell!:
We once
did two gigs in one night. One was in a
restaurant. It was difficult to set up and
after a short set we had to tear down and
head for the next performance. Can we say
"labor intensive?" I knew we
could...
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Last
Gig:
Don't
remember.
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Comments:
Thanks for a great
website. I was in several other bands and will
probably make other entries.
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Where
Are they Now?
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Fall,
2003
Alan Gregory owns his own
glass company in Franklin, Tennessee and is
independently wealthy. Larry Reid was nealy killed
in Vietnam on several occasions and managed to get
home alive only to endure several divorces, various
business failures and admittedly some pretty cool
adventures along the way. Eddie Lunn inherited his
father's business and is independently wealthy.
Don't know where Sandy Latimer is these days or
what he's been up to.
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Larry's current band
Boomerang:
left to right are: Larry
Reid - Lead Guitar (that's a Danelectro 12 string)
and vocals, Frank Feinstein - Rhythm Guitar and
Lead Male Vocals, Tommy Becker - Drums/Vocals, Mary
Becker - Percussion\ Vocals, Dean Trathon - Bass
Guitar, and Beverly Feinstein -
Keyboards/Percussion/Vocals. We began rehearsals in
the spring of this year (2003) and just started
performing. Having the time of our
lives.
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Information contributed by
Larry Reid gaian2000@yahoo.com
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