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Average age 14
-15...Stones fanatics for the most part, and trying
hard to be crude, rude and nasty, though I, at
least, didn't get that down till
later...astonishment when Eddie actually drank a
BEER at the first gig...gat along rather
tentatively, with my first experience with
alliances within a band, esp. with the rhythym
section being set apart...
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Personnel:
Eddie Smith - Rhythym Guitar/Vocals
Joe Smith - Lead Guitar/Vocals
Jack Jones - Drums
Ray Harris - Bass/Vocals
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Influences:
British
Invasion/American Garage bands
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Setlist
Sample:
Tell Me/Daytripper/You Really Got
Me/Satisfaction/These
Boots../Sleepwalk/Hey Little Girl/Hey
Joe
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Equipment:
Stiles and Silvertone guitars; Airline
bass and bass amp; Silvertone case-amps
for the guitarists/ blue sparkle Jap set
w/pawn shop cymbals that sounded like
garbage can lids and a tambourine on the
hi-hat (absolutely necessary at that
time); vox thru the amps, of course,
augmented by an 18" high frequency horn
stolen from a horseshow arena in the
neighborhood.
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Rehearsal
Space:
My Dad's
open ended garage: no complaints from the
neighbors, either (!!??!)
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Band
Vehicles:
Dad's huge blue Dodge station
wagon.
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Fashion
Statement:
Confused:
Ivy League button downs paired with cords
and the closest what-have-you to Beatle
boots..hair combed down, of
course.
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Best
Gig:
First
time out: frat gig for Saxons: didn't get
beat up and thrown into pool (almost,
though) and paid $5 a man !! Rode home
victorious on the tailgate of Dad's
station wagon and got burgers. Got a
return date, too! ON MY WAY!
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Gig
from
Hell!:
Frat
gig/Barbarian Theme for Centurians:
stomped chickens, flying entrials landing
on the singer's brand new Beatle boots
(lost it immediately: did not enhance our
rendition of Ebb Tide one bit); screaming
girls in togas being carried off into the
scrub brush for what I could, at the time,
only guess at...
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Last
Gig:
Don't
remember, actually.
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