The Something of Mind
Brookhaven, Mississippi
1967-1969
Marty Smith, Tony Owens, Bob Pittman, Keith Boyte, Alan Becker, Lane Burgess, and Tommy East

 

 I ( Marty) started playing guitar immediately after the Ed Sullivan Revelation! Met the other guys at school, we had everything but a good mike, we let Pittman in the band and Keith used his Shure, we stuck Pittman on the side and gave him a tamourine..boy, did he get us back !

 

Personnel:
Marty Smith - Lead Guitar
Lane Burgess - Rhythm Guitar
Keith Boyte-Vocals
Bob Pittman - Backing Vocals/Tambourine
Tommy East - Bass
Tony Owens - Drums
Alan Becker - Organ

Influences:
Beatles, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Animals

Setlist Sample:
I'm Not Your Stepping Stone, Gloria, Summer in the City

Equipment:
Marty - Harmony Stratotone, Fender Mustang, Princeton Amp
Lane - Fender Mustang
Tommy - Hagstrom Bass, Gretsch Amp
Tony - Ludwig Drums
Keith - Pittman's Shure 55S
Pittman - Dooky mike
Alan - Farfisa Organ

Rehearsal Space:
Tony's storeroom.

Band Vehicles:
Lane's Girlfriend Mitzie Henderson's Mother's 1964 Chevy II Station Wagon.

Fashion Statement:
Blue blazers.

Best Gig:
1967 Coffee House, Mississippi Arts Festival, we got to play with the Big Guys !

Gig from Hell!:
Senior Party, Utica Mississippi, 1969...everything broke !

Last Gig:
Senior Party, Utica
Comments:
Don't pick it or it won't heal.

 

 

Where are they now?
Keith and Lane are dead ( drugs of course). I'm Playing music still in Jackson Mississippi, I don't know about Tommy and Tony and Alan, Bob Pittman went on to found MTV and now is CEO of America Online. Maybe I'll see him at our 40th Reunion

 Information contributed by Marty Smith stacyandmarty@yahoo.com

 

 
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