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Stan, Joe and Jack, along
with Gary as the sound man, played in a group
called Flesh during 1969 until the damn draft took
Jack. Jack did a stint in the national guard and
when it was over we got together to form SBR. Jack
brought in Butch and Hank and the rest as they say,
is our history of our memories.
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Personnel:
Stan Jankaitis - Guitar/Vocals
Jack Modesto - Drums/Vocals
Butch Gauga - Guitar/Vocals
Hank - Keys (never did know his given
name)
Joe Salvadore - Bass/Vocals
Gary Detroit Mysliwiec - Sound Man/Road
Manager
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Influences:
Creedance,
Motown, Top 40 of the years.
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Setlist
Sample:
Give Me Just A Little More Time, Share The
Land, Funk 49, Timothy, Into The Sun, Bad
Moon Rising, Magic Carpet Ride.
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Equipment:
Hagstrom guitar, Gibson guitar, Hammond
organ.
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Rehearsal
Space:
Usually
our drummer's house near in Selzer City,
Pa. It's near Pottsville and is not a
city, just a small rural town.
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Band
Vehicles:
An old
beat up clunker Van.
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Fashion
Statement:
Usually
whatever we wanted to wear.
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Best
Gig:
Just
about all of them.
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Gig
from
Hell!:
We were
booked to perform at a high school in
Schuylkill county. The school went all out
advertising our appearance and we were
well liked by the patrons. I and our road
manager arrived at the school waiting for
the equipment to come in the van, Van was
late. It broke down and our driver went to
get another van which also broke down. Our
Driver walked to the school and took the
Principal who hired us to show him where
the vans were broke down, since we were
alread over an hour late in starting. When
they got to the spot of the breakdowns
both vans were gone, impounded with our
equipment by the police. We finally got
the equipment to the school and started
the gig at the time we were supposed to
end it. The pictures on this page are from
that gig and show us seting up to at least
salvage a little of the playing time
left.
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Last
Gig:
Shenandoah
high school gym. It was a great gig but a
sad time because we were breaking
up.
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Comments:
The name Simon
Buckwheat Release (SBR) was suggested by our sound
man Gary who was originally from Detroit Mich. and
played in a band in that state named Simon
Buckwheat Release.
Stan was also in a band
from '65 - '67 called Stan
and the
Capris.
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