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Name: George
Band Name: Dirty Eddie
Band Hometown: Detroit
Comments: My boss was the lead singer in this band.
a local newspaper dubbed them a "progressive" rock
act. I forwarded information about this site to
him, but I'm curious as to whether anyone else
remembers them.
Name: Brian DeFusco
Band Name: Better Dayz
Band Hometown: Warren, R.I.
Comments:
Name: Gordy Hunt (from
Red Weather @ www.red-weather.com )
Email: ghe@gateway.net
Band Name: Harvey Khek
Band Hometown: Clawson, Michigan
Year: 1969
Comments:Great site Dan, Red Weather would love to
know whatever happened to the guys from "Harvey
Khek" we used to do gigs with them from time to
time, if anybody knows of their whereabouts please
have them get in touch with us.
- Detroit rock lives on.
Hey, why not get in
touch with us too...let's put together a Harvey
Khek page for My First Band -Dan
Name: Holly Vandegriff
Band Name: Hitchcock Railroad
Band Hometown: Muncie,IN
Comments: I just wanted to post to the guy from the
band with John Hiatt that I am Chris Vandegriffs
daughter and if you want to know where he is...he
lives in Greenwood, IN and is soon moving to Cincy.
He has over the years played in several bands, but
mainly he works for computer companys. Thought you
might want to know.
Thanks Holly, I'll add
this info to the Hitchcock Railroad page
-Dan
Name:Josh
Email: joshbeu@yahoo.com
Band Name: The Lourds
Band Hometown: Detroit
Comments: Anyone got tapes of Lourds recordings? I
never got a chance to get any tapes/records, and
would love to have some record. Please go ahead and
email me.
Thanks,
Josh
Name: Maria Tonelli
Hometown: Memphis, TN
Band Name: The Guilloteens
Band Hometown: Memphis,. TN
Year: 1965
Name: Martin
Band Name: The Gang
Band Hometown: Detroit
Comments: Dan, I belive Greg Arama is dead-at least
that's what I read
on the liner notes on the Amboy Dukes CD release of
Migration.
Name: Gary Shelton
Email: Shelton1@cox-internet.com
Hometown: Mountain Home Arkansas
Band Name: VIPERS
Band Hometown: Mountain Home Arkansas
Year: 1963-1967
Comments: I was the bass player. It was the best
time of my life. We still to this day have
reunions. We all get together and talk over old
times. The drummer owns a recording studio. We are
planing to get together and record all of our
original songs sometime this year. I think your web
sight is fantastic. Thanks alot.
Well, thanks for the
positive comments Gary. But hey, how about sending
in a complete history of the VIPERS - it's great
that you're all still in touch...why not get
together with them and submit a page for the band!
O.K? -Dan
Name: Bonnie
Email: bonet311@aol.com
Hometown: Detroit
Band Name: White Mud Blues Band
Band Hometown: St. Clair Shores, MI
Year: late 60's
Comments: I just want to know why Rudy Zontini is
always picking his nose in all the
pictures you have of him?
Name: Dr. Greg Hormone
Email: maxsecinc@hotmail.
Hometown: St. Clair Shores
Band Name: White Mud Blues Band
Band Hometown: St. Clair Shores, MI
Year: 1967
Comments: Dan , we are already on the web site.
Thanks for allowing us to enjoy our 15 minutes of
fame...and thanks for doing the site on behalf of
all of us who grew up loving rock and roll and the
bands that played it. You da man!
You're welcome Greg, I
only wish I had a chance to check you guys out back
then...White Mud captures the true spirit of the
times...rock and roll chaos! -Dan
Name: Burnzy
Hometown: Royal Oak
Band Name: Woolies
Band Hometown: Dearborn/East Lansing
Year: 1966
Name: Dale Siefker
Hometown: Plymouth, MI
Band Name: Moriah
Band hometown: Livonia, Plymouth, Westland
Year: 71-75
Comments: There were alot of good bar bands around
the west side of Detroit in those days. Moriah held
their own in the company of such others as Mugsie,
4th Chapter, Mariner and Blind Man's Bluff (had a
blind guitar player/singer). Mike Grass (lead
guitar), Gary Jackson (lead vocals, rhythm guitar)
and Ed Dee (keyboards) were the main players. Mike
Grass owns and operates a music store in Brighton,
MI, called The Music Man. He can be reached there
and can provide much more information. Highlight of
the band's career - opening for the Eagles in Ann
Arbor. Video and old tapes available.
Name: Judith (Cagle)
Herndon
Email: jacrh@bellsouth.net
Band name: BOMARCS
Band hometown: Indianappolis
Year: 1964
Comments: Please give my E-Mail to
Bob Goodson the drummer.
Name: Thomas Bannister
Email: tbannist@maine.rr.com
Hometown: Ogunquit, Maine
Band name: Thee Wytches
Band hometown: Salem, Massachestts
Year: 1965
Comments: http://wytches.cjb.net/
...time stands still, these guys are as fresh today
as they were 36 years ago.
Name: Nathan Konopka
Email: nathan@amazingjourneyband.com
Hometown: Sterling Heights, MI
Band Name: Greenbriars
Band Hometown: Clawson
Year: '65-'68
Comments: Hey Dan -- Great website! Just thought
I'd fill you in for your records... Rick Galloway
is still playing out live every month with our
band, Amazing Journey! Still has great vocal range,
and probably has the same cheap bass from Sears!
Anyone interested in seeing what he looks like 30
years after the Greenbriars can visit our
website
at
www.amazingjourneyband.com.
Rock on!
Name: Doug Stull
Email: drumfunkgroove@aol.com
Hometown: Cape Coral, Florida
Band Name: Cruik Shank
Band Hometown: Greenville, Ohio
Year: 1967-1970
Comments: Arnold, Byram, and Stull.
More info later.
cause we're old, fat, and we just don't
know.
Name: Louis Paul
Email: louispauljr@netscape.net
Hometown: Memphis, Tennessee
Band Name: Guilloteens
Band Hometown: Memphis, Tennessee
Year: 1965
Comments: I am one of the orginal Guilloteens. I
have a site.
http://sites.netscape.net/louispauljr/guilloteens
Please visit me there if you are a fan of the
Guilloteens.
"I Don't Believe" was our hit single in
1965.
Name: Tom Zimmerman
Your Hometown: Lansing, Michigan
Band Name: The One's
Band Hometown: Lansing Michigan
Year: 1966
Comments: They were friends of my brother Chuck
(Class of 67). They sang songs like (These Eyes). I
remember they sounded as good as "Three Dog
Night".
Name: Dennis Preston
www.den.cc
Email: ArtByDenPreston@aol.com
Your Hometown: Lansing, MI
Band Name: Plain Brown Wrapper, Paxton Center,
The Dogs, The Cloud, Otis
Band Hometown: Lansing
Year: late 60's / early 70's
Comments: I don't know if it's fair for me to be on
the fan page or not since I'm also in the band
section ... but I thought I'd give it a go.
The Wrapper: Such a high quality local band that no
other local band could equal.Great vocals,
musicians and personalities. I remember them mostly
for their originals and their covers of The Beatles
and Chicago.
Paxton Center: I really liked the way they did Time
of the Season by The Zombies! Later members of that
band and members of The Mace became BEAST.
The Dogs: Lansing's Cream. Mary on bass, Loren on
guitar and Art on drums were such a unit!
The Cloud: They were especially good at covering
The Stones. There were times when they would let me
perform with them at some of their gigs. Two of the
members died young ... Don Hess - bass (who took
the photos in the collage on the BEAST page and was
also a rock concert photographer) and Randy Miller
- drums.
Otis: Lansing's Spirit. I remember them best for
Jim Pitchford's outstanding vocals and keyboard
work.
Dennis, your input is
always welcome at MFB! Thanks -Dan
Name: James Conrad
Email: hairball2895@aol.com
Your Hometown: Hagerstown, MD
Band Name: Dead Lester
Band Hometown: Hagerstown, MD
Year: 1989 to1996
Comments: the band was AL Mason guitar, Keith
Sylvester bass ,Shawn Kirby drums
Not exactly within our
timeframe, but hey...COOL NAME! -Dan
Name: Tom Mauk
Email: tmauk@hotmail.com
Your hometown: Hagerstown, Md
Band Name: Morticians
Band Hometown: Hagerstown, Md
Year: 1966-68
Comments: I am the original Drummer of the group
and want to post information about the band. I'm
trying to locate a couple old members to fill in
the blanks. Does anyone know the location of either
Dave Violet, (mean lead guitar!) or Glenn Ford,
(even meaner bass!)
Name: Ron Carlson
Email: garage@BooneRock.com
Your Hometown: Ogden, Iowa
Band Name: The Rumbles
Band Hometown: Omaha, NE
Year: 66-?
Comments: These guys were the best band in our
region. Four piece that sounded bigger than their
numbers. They put out a 45 entitled 'Jezebel'
around 67 or 68 I think. Their posters hyped them
as having the largest array of Vox equipment in the
country. Eddie Haddad was their manager. Saw them a
couple times and was blown away each time I saw
them. They did mostly cover tunes and sounded darn
close to the actual recordings. The band would even
tackle tunes by groups like the Mamas & Papas
and sound credible. The group was still together
back in the early 80's with a couple of the
original members, but I'm not sure if they are
still together.
Name: James E. Tilton
Email: tiltonje@navair.navy.mil
Your Hometown: Lexington Park, MD
Band Name: King Solomond's Minds
Band Hometown: Baltimore, MD
Year: 1967
Comments: All the good things
Name: Frank Stone
Email: ac3p@arrl.net
Your Hometown: Baltimore, Md.
Band Name: King Solomon's Minds
Band Hometown: Baltimore
Year: 1967
Comments: Thanks to the site Jim and I were able to
connect. Good to hear from old friends.
Name: Jim Howe
Email: jrh22053@hotmail.com
From: Detroit Lakes, Minnesota
Comments: From 1967-1969, five of us who lived in
the same neighborhood in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota,
had a band called "The Ramparts". The five
of us were Gary Wood (rhythm guitar & vocals),
Matt Brenk (organ & vocals), John Totland (lead
guitar & vocals), Jim Bergen (drums &
vocals), and myself, Jim Howe (bass guitar &
vocals).
Thanks Jim, we just added
the Ramparts - check it out! -Dan
Name: Daryl Crowley
Email: darylc@mmcwm.com
Hometown: Midland
Band Nameame: DAWG
Band Hometown: Midland
Year: 1969
Comments: Great heavy rock and roll band - Played a
lot of Frost tunes.
What ever happend to Cherry Slush, Universal
Family, Jay Walker and the Jayhawkers, Bach Inc.,
The Excels. I could probably go on. Great web site.
I love reliving those days. Thanks guys.
Great write-up about the
Regents!
I grew up in the Pacific Northwest and loved the
Wailers, Sonics, Regents...and two groups that are
notably missing from your comments...the Frantics
and the Dynamics (the Dynamics originally included
Larry Coryell who went on to become one the world's
leading jazz guitarists).
Jay Clow
Name: Douglas Lindgren
Email: lindgrend@aol.com
Your Hometown: Hemet, CA
Band Name: The Ravens
Band Hometown: Portal North Dakota
Year: 1968-69Comments: I heard this guys play made
me want to be in a band.they were pretty good they
could play Booker T and the MGs songs realy good
and some others too. Tom Nelson and Keith Chilson
were great on guitar and drums.
Name: Mike
Your Hometown: Lansing, MI
Band Name: Rufus Stool
Band Hometown: Lansing, MI
Year: 1968-1971
Name: Mudlake Slim
Email: microray54!@hotmail.com
Your Hometown: Barton City, Michigan
Band Name: Delta Nine
Band Hometown: Barton City, Michigan
Year: 1976
Comments: Anybody have any of the Delta Nine tapes
that Greg Ampblaster took off with? I heard that
Mars left Damn it Jim, maybe a solo career?
Huh???
Am trying to locate info
on The Count and The Colony out of
Saginaw.
Any help would be appreciated.......
Thanks,
Connie
Email: plan7073@qwest.net
Sirs,
Mogan David & the Sour Grapes of
etc.
I am from the area and would be very surprised if
this band ever really existed. Nice mental pictures
on their "Rehearsal, and living conditions"
though.
DB
Well, could be, but we
like to give people the benefit of the doubt. In
any case, it's a great story! -Dan
More on the
Mogen David controversy...
Maybe the guy who submitted the info (annonymously)
needs to speak up in his defense...otherwise, maybe
we'll put it to a vote - who out there thinks we
should 86 Mogen David & the Grapes of
Wrath?
Hi!
I found your "My First Band" website a while
back...really cool! While I was too young to have
played in a band in the 60's, I have researched
tons of garage bands, going so far as to find
members from hundreds of different ones, especially
in Michigan (where I live). In fact, in the late
1980s/early 90's I published a Michigan 60's garage
fanzine entitled "12 O'Clock July".
I gotta tell you...the
Mogan David & The Grapes Of Wrath info is
bogus! First off, they weren't from Chicago, they
were from a small town in North Central Indiana!
They are thought to be a Chicago band because they
cut a 45 on a Chicago label called "Cha Cha"
entitled "Little Girl Gone/Don't Wantcha No More".
I have talked with one band member who now resides
in Georgia. Other guys I know have talked to other
band guys as well. The info is bogus!
I'll tell some of my old band contacts about your
site and maybe we can get some more
contributions.
One last question...are
the Clear Blue Sky cuts on your site available on a
cassette or CD in their full length forms? I'd love
to have a copy if that's possible.
Ask and yee shall
receive, send me an address and I'll get a copy of
those plus some other tracks out to you!
-Dan
Name: Frank Stone
Email: ac3p@arrl.net
Your Hometown: Baltimore, Md.
Band Name: King Solomon's Minds
Band Hometown: Baltimore
Year: 1967
Comments: Jim (drums), John (bass) and I (keyboard)
had a reunion last weekend and shot the breeze for
about 5 hours. Great to see old friends again. We
are planning another get together when we contact
Mick (lead guitar) and Bill (rhythm guitar). Who
knows? A jam session may develop.
Hi,
Just wanted to let you know you've solved a long
standing mystery for me. I have a 45 in my
collection by Tribal Sinfonia and have never
been able to find out anything at all about them.
After stumbling on your very interesting site I now
know more than I could have hoped.
Good work! Thanks!
Steve
You're welcome Steve,
and thanks for the kind words! -Dan
Please relay this email to
the guy from Hitchcock Railroad: Got any
pics of the band with Hiatt you could
put on the bio?
Thanks in advance.
I'd love to see some
too...heard his new CD yet? Highly
recommended!
Name: Bob
Email: r-goodson@msn.com
Your Hometown: Indianapolis
Band Name: Bomarcs
Band Hometown: Indianapolis
Year: 1965
Comments: Judy....tried to email you but it must
have changed. You have mine now so tell me what you
think.
Thanks,
Bob
Name: D
Email: TunesByWax@yahoo.com
Your Hometown: Monroe, MI
Band Name: Almighty Strut
Band Hometown: Detroit
Year: 1985
Comments: These guys were pretty rowdy! I saw them
at the Light Guard Armory...good time...
Name: Brian Chang
Email: gridfilter@hotmail.com
Your Hometown: Poston, Az.
Band Name: The Hot Red Boytoys
Band Hometown: Oatman, Az.
Year: 1966-68
Comments: I remember when Jake Fish got all
piss-eyed at the Homeroom Glue-Fest and dunked
capt. Rigland! We spiked the punch with wood grain
varnish and smoked lots of bad pot. Emma landed a
pisspot in Grailter Banes! We fished out a setlist
of Tom T. Hall tunes and broadcast live to La
Gaviota in San Felipe, B.C. Jose had the steamy
oyster plate. I rocked Goodbanough! The Hot Red
Boytoys will 4-ever RULE!
Huh???
Name: Louie (not Louis)
Byer
Email: cwbinindy@aol.com
Your Hometown: Muncie,Indiana
Band Name: Smoke (not The Smoke)
Band Hometown: Muncie, Indiana
Year: 1967-1969
Comments: We had a great time together traveling
the mid west playing mostly one nighters. Mike, you
left out Jeff our organist, Vandegriff our bass
player and who can forget the ever popual Kenny
Smallwood.
Lou Byer
Name: Pridorogin Igor
Email: kashir@panaservice.ru
Your Hometown: Moscow
Band Name: The Living Daylights
Band Hometown: Newcastle
Year: 38
Comments: I very much want to find records of this
band.
38???
Name: Duke Wesley
Email: Britduke59@yahoo.com
Your Hometown: San Diego, CA.
Band Name: The Rationals
Band Hometown: Detroit (I think)
Year: 1966?
Comments: Does anyone know what ever became of this
band?
Frontman Scott Morgan
has been playing around the Detroit-Ann Arbor area
for years, not sure
if he's currently performing...maybe someone from
the area can enlighten us?
The Rationals were one of my favorite 60's local
bands. -Dan
Got any info on Sammy
Shapiro, sax player of the Allegros? I was
in the school
combo with him at Seth Low JHS and was a friend,
would like to send him an
email. He played a mean sax well beyond his years,
he can reach me at:
awf16@aol.com
No pressure , just to say hi again and talk about
Mr. LaMena. If you know where he is please
forward this friendly reunion email.
Sorry, I don't know
how to contact him, but maybe he'll see your
message here. -Dan
Name: mike kryzck
blowsg
Email:
Your Hometown: grande
Band Name: you no nothing about grande
Band Hometown:
Year: bloe meeeee
Comments: you knuckle heads spend all this time
writing about this stuff and you get it all
wrong!
krawczyk wishes he went to the grande. your a bunch
of
losers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well Mike, thank you very much for your comments.
By the way...it's spelled BLOW ME! -Dan (hopeless
loser)
Name:
Dennis Preston
Email: ArtByDenPreston@aol.com
Your Hometown: Lansing, Michigan
Band Name: The Maxx, Ormandy
Band Hometown: Lansing and East Lansing...
possibly
Year: late 60's/early 70's
Comments: Here's two more bands that I liked way
back then. Ormandy for the song Such A Good Day
(not sure if that's the title) and their cover of
Mr. Soul and The Maxx's songs... 200 Years and
Castles. I think, I'm not sure... but I think one
of the guys in Ormandy was Alto Reed. Here's
another band I liked back then but I don't know
where they came from... The Sun. I saw them
at one of the halls at MSU... they did an excellent
job on the song In the Court of the Crimsom King...
EXCELLENT !!! ...and just a comment... I think this
site is great! Thanks for all the work you guys put
into it!!!
Thanks Dennis, and as
always good to hear from you. That WAS Alto Reed
before he was Alto Reed! Actually, I remember going
to a house in the Lansing area in '70 or '71 with
Keith...he was auditioning (Bass) for
Ormandy...
they went with another guy, I remember the flute
player (Alto?) playing Bouree, the Jethro Tull
thing...it was kinda cool. -Dan
Name: Lee Shafer
Email: shaferlee@aol.com
Your Hometown: Kingston, PA
Comments: Anyone remember northeast PA bands or
some who played San Souci park, The Naked
Grape etc.
Free Will, The Drones (NY?) Strawboss
(Hazleton?). I need "Shake a Hand" by Joe
Nardone & the all stars for my 2 cd music
of wyo valley project. all are welcome to
contact
Name:Sam Domicolo
Email: sddomicol@twcny.com
Your Hometown: Oswego, NY
Band Name: Edge of Darkness
Band Hometown: Oswego
Name: Andrew and Jef
Your Hometown: Chaska
Band Name: Coincidental Splooge Theory
BandHometown: Chaska
Year: 2002
Comments: All of our songs are twenty five minutes
long and we solo like bad asses.
Huh???
Name: Lynn Paul
Email: guilloteens1965@netscape.net
Your Hometown: Memphis, Tennessee
Band Name: The Guilloteens
Band Hometown: Memphis, Tennessee
Year: 1964-65
Comments: The Guilloteens have a web page:
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/guilloteens1965/index.html
Please visit when you have time.
Name: Greg (Dr. Hormone)
Gracer
Email: maxsecinc@hotmail.com
Your Hometown: Originally Saint Clair Shores, Mi.
now Miami (yechhhh) Fl.
Band Name: update on the whereabouts of Scotty
Morgan and Wayne Kramer
Band Hometown: Detroit/Ann Arbor, MI
Comments: Hey Dan, thought you might like to know
(since their names are all over your web site),
that Scotty Morgan and Wayne Kramer formerly of the
Rationals and MC5 respectivley, are alive and well.
They are both working with a new generation of
young rockers from Europe as well as with each
other on occasion, and have web sites of their
own...check them out at :
http://www.xs4all.nl/~tourette/scottint.htm
and
http://www.waynekramer.com/
also, my old and dear
friend Vondy from White Mud Blues Band has passed
on and his brother Randy has built a web site
memorial on his behalf. Anyone who knew him can
drop in and say hey if they care to at:
http://www29.addr.com/~vondyc/
In closing, anyone who
remembers the Crows Nest East in St. Clair
Shores Mi. from 67-69 please drop me a line as I am
trying to construct a web site of my own with info
related to the times enjoyed there.
Thanks again for your site!
Thanks for the info
Greg...when you coming back to Michigan
again?
Name: Mary Park-Smith
Email: scissorx@mindspring.com
Your Hometown: Gainesville
Band Name: Evil
Band Hometown: Miami
Year:1965-67
Comments: This group did covers and origials with
the English influence, Evil was such fun,and I
loved attending practices. John Doyle and Stan were
my faves, so clever, cute, and a bit cazy.As a teen
I loved traveling all over Miami to see The Evil
gigs. It was a charmed time.
Name: Michelle Fleming
Email: miche3@hotmail.com
Your Hometown: Youngstown, OH
Band Name: Ohio Soul Rockers?
Band Hometown: Dayton OH
Year: 60's
Comments: If anybody knows anything about this
group email me please ASAP.
Name: Gustav Lans
Email: gustav_lans@hotmail.com
Your Hometown: Sala
Band Name: Cosmic Reunion Airlines
Band Hometown:
Sala/Fläckebo/Västerås
Year: 2002
Comments: Cosmic (as we call it) released 1 Demo in
1997 called "Eightbug" and later recorded and
released a CD called "The Satanic rites of cosmic
reunion airines" in 1998. We also have a homepage
at w1.224.telia.com/~u22402369/Hope MORE PEOPLE
WILL VISIT OUR CHEESY PAGE!
Name: BRIAN FIELDER
Email: monstor01@attbi.com
Your Hometown: COLUMBUS OHIO
Band Name: ALMIGHTY STRUT
Band Hometown: ROSEVILLE MICHIGAN
Year: 80S
Comments: ANY WHEREABOUTS ON THE BAND?
Name: Tim Trussell
Email: B2E7T6
Your Hometown: Muscle Shoals, Ala
Band Name: SORCERER
Band Hometown: Mass
Year: 1979
Comments: I am looking for some information on this
band. Rick McPearson lead vocals,Gary Samson drums,
if anyone knows of this band please e-mail me.Rick
was also in a band called The One's and Venial
sin,gypsie,stone cross,and Image,if anyone knows of
any of these bands contact me thank you.
Name: Thomas Novik
Email: Redvoodo2002@cm.com
Your Hometown: Essex, Maryland
Band Name: Search Party
Band Hometown: Essex, Maryland
Year: 1972
Comments: Looking for old band members.
Name: Bill Lancaster
Email: william.lancaster@unn.ac.uk
Your Hometown: Newcastle
Band Name: Farrons Flamingos
Band Hometown: Liverpool
Year: 1963
Comments: The single "See If She Cares" is a
delight. A classic of early british 'beat' that
anticipates punk and early Love. The drumming is
fantastic and the vocals earnest yet cool and
quintessentially Northern in their
delivery.
Name: Don Mask
Email: Maskelectric@email.com
Your Hometown: Orlando, Florida
Band Name: We the People
Band Hometown: Orlando, Leesburg, Florida
Year: 1964-73
Comments: Anyone from central Florida remember
them. They were the most popular "non bar band"
garage band at the time. Even in the 80's some of
their albums were big in Europe?? They were the
only group I remember that would tote their B3
Hammond with them to all their gigs. But it gave
them their special full sound.
Name: Les Boyer
Email: ucansing2@earthlink.net
Your Hometown: Boston, Fitchburg, Leominister,
Mass
Band Name: Terry and the Pirates
Band Hometown: Boston Mass
Year: 1966
Comments: Looking for old rock band members who
played together at
Nelsons Lounge in Fitchburg
Name: Marion Bischoff
Email: MB@hotmail.com
Your Hometown: Leechburg, Pa
Band Name: The Crass
Band Hometown: Greenville, Pa.
Year: 1964-1967
Comments: One of the very best groups I have ever
heard was "The Crass", a Thiel College-based group
comprised of members of the Sig Ep house at Thiel.
The group started playing mainly frat/sorority
parties and eventually started doing some touring
and playing at clubs in Pa.,Ohio, etc. My boy
friend was the drummer, Rich Baumann Often wonder
what happened to the group! Some really thrilling
times!!!!!!!
Name: George "Kingfish"
Stevens
Email: mrgstevens@yahoo.com
Your Hometown: Suburban Jackson, MI
Band Name: Memory fails me
Band Hometown: Not Known
Year:1968-1970
Comments: Question.... Does anybody remember the
name of the house band from Greene's Pavillion at
Devils Lake? They were a great cover band and I had
some of the best times of my young life at Greene's
(and in the parking lot thereof). Thanks for any
help you can provide.
Name: David Brzezinski
Email: dlbrzez@mindspring.com
Your Hometown: Ann Arbor, MI
Band Name: Rationals
Band Hometown: Ann Arbor, MI
Year: 1966-?
Comments: Bill Figg (of The Rationals) has set up a
web site with lots of information about this great
band. The did a couple of "reunion" gigs in Ann
Arbor several years ago, and they were great. Scott
(of course) is doing plenty on his own.
http://my.voyager.net/~bfigg/
Just some other bands: Wilson Mower(?) Pursuit,
Frut of the Loom, Motor City Mutants, Teagarden
& Van Winkle, Catfish. I always said I'd go see
the MC5 playing in a bar, rather than the Rolling
Stones on a good night. You can get the Savage
Grace LPs at: http://www.amazingmusic.com/pages/products.html
Name: Shelley
Rigney-Taylor
Email: J_Taylor0728@MSN.com
Your Hometown: Detroit
Band Name: MUGSY
Band Hometown: Yspi./Ann Arbor/Belleville area.
Year: 1970's & early 80's
Comments: I do a couple of the members names;David
Vought(Guitarist)We dated for years.He's in Florida
now.Steve Pratt(Vocals)He's somewhere Downriver in
Mich. The other guy's I can't remember.They were
Great guys and a Pretty Good Band. They recorded on
the Paradise Record lable (or maybe it was Pair of
Dice ?) Anyway, I Love your Web.site and growing-up
in Detroit (southwest-side) I've Seen/Heard/&
Known Alot of Bands (Plus,My Parent's owned
a"Bar".Mugsy played w/Cub(mike)Coda,(@ Second
Chance Bar .Also,played The Blind Pig(mostly,Ann
Arbor area)AL Nali's Music (hope I spelled it
right!) was I think there sponsor/Helped them out.
They did make records. One was called "We Kill Old
Lady's".Keep up the good work.
Name: megan
Email: PinkFloydZoSo@aol.com
Your Hometown: galloway, nj
Band Name: Goliath
Band Hometown: ?? nj
Year: late 60s
Comments: im trying to find this band for my dad
who has fond memories of their performances around
atlantic city. from what i hear, they did a killer
rendition of mc arthur park. if you have any info,
please email me. thanks
Name: Mary
Your Hometown: Springfield, Missouri
Band Name: The Jury
Band Hometown: Springfield, Missouri
Year: Late 60's
Comments: I used to date one of the guys in this
band. They were one of the best party bands in
Springfield. I wish they would get together for a
reunion and invite their old friends. I know it's
been over 30 years, but I still have a crush on one
of them. - Mary
Name: Kathleen Aiple
Email: pinkcks@yahoo.com
Your Hometown: St. Louis MO
Band Name: ?
BandHometown: MD, VA or DC
Year: 1968-1969
Comments: I am trying to seek my biological father
who was a guitarist in a band when he was around 19
yr old in 1968 or 1969 either in MD, VA or DC area.
He met a 16 or 17 yr old High School girl and had
fling with her. Her mother used to be in operetta
(opera vocalist) and music lover like biological
mother. Her brother was active in drama in college
at that time. She got pregnant by my biological
father and obviously was forced to give up me for
adoption following my birth at George Washington
University hospital. Please let me know if you know
or are familiar with that person who is a guitarist
in band and possibly has brown hair, caucasian,
brown eyes. I really want to find him. I was born
in October in 1969 so you might figure out who that
was if you even remember your own band member
having a fling. Biological mother was a music lover
and could play piano like her mother.
Name: Oriole Adams
Email: orioleadams@aol.com
Your Hometown: Birmingham, Michigan
Band Name: Press
Band Hometown: Detroit area
Year: early 1980s
Comments: I remember Press used to play at Doug's
Body Shop quite a bit...they had one song that used
to get airplay on WLBS back then. Anyone remember
the name of that tune? I really liked it, but I
can't research it because I don't know the
title.
Name: Art Hauffe
Email: sptampa@ij.net
Your Hometown: Tampa
Band Name: The Cherry Slush
Band Hometown: Saginaw, Mi
Year: 1965-1969
Comments: I was the bass player in this band (The
Cherry Slush). We played a reunion show on June 19,
2002 and hadn't played together for over 30 years.
We played for over 2200 people. All orginal 5
players showed up. (That's unusal) What a blast.
Thank-you to everybody who joined us to remember
"The Slush". We had 6-8 records out and our newly
CD is available on www.wagnermusic.com
(Dick Wagner formly of Alice Cooper) We felt it was
time we made money since we didn't make any on the
records the first go around. I did a search on the
Cherry Slush Reunion and your site came up. I guess
we are mentioned here somewhere. Those were the
days and the problem is, you don't realize it till
you get my age.
Peace, Love...See you on the radio.
Name: Berry Bell
Email: berry.bell@worldnet.att.net
Your Hometown: Ada, Oklahoma
Band Name: The Monuments
Band Hometown: Ada, Oklahoma
Year: 1965
Comments: Hello, My brother was the drummer for The
Monuments from Ada, Oklahoma. They cut a 45 called
"African Diamonds/I Need You" on Alvera Records out
of Tulsa, OK. I'm desperately looking for an LP
called, "Monsters of the Midwest # 3"...their song
is on this LP....Please advise! They were certainly
one of the best bands in OK at the time.
Name: Chris Breetveld
Email: breetles@comcast.net
Your Hometown: Kendall Park, New Jersey
Band Name: B.S.I. (Baker Street
Irregulars)
Band Hometown: South Brunswick Twp., New Jersey
Year: 1967-69 (or so)
Comments: B.S.I. was the 2nd name of this group
that I caught in and around South Brunswick High
School in the late 60's. They had 2 guitars, a
singing drummer, lead singer and bass (I know a
couple names:Tony Macrini(v), Dennis
Connaughton(d), Rich Meeker (lead gtr), but forget
the others) - all older kids than me, but they had
a fat, fun sound that really inspired me as a kid.
Legend has it that Donald Fagen, from SBHS, tried
to or did indeed, audition for B.S.I. with his
little keyboard but they weren't interested - "they
were a guitar band." Fagen went on to do something
else. Anyone out there remember all the names of
this band?
Name: thomas l.
Weschler
Email: thomas.weschler@auramodels.net
Your Hometown: birmingham, mi.
Band Name: We Who Are (manager)
Band Hometown: Rochester, Mi.
Year: 1964-65
Comments: I was shocked to see another band with
the same name...I thought we were
original...imagine that, in Iowa no less! (so we
couldn't have stolen the name nor could
they!
Name: Bob
Your Hometown: Iowa
Band Name: Era of Good Feeling
Band Hometown: Iowa
Year: 1970-1973
Comments: Played in Iowa, Nerbraska, Missouri,
Minnesota high school and college homecomings,
proms, and concerts. Kustom and Vox equipment.
Played originals and songs of the day.
Name: barb moran/booking
agent
Email: barb@gpom.com
Your Hometown: Portland, Maine
Band Name: The Pussywillows
Band Hometown: New Jersey
Year: 1987
Comments: the 3 female lead singers were the
best....excellent harmonies, nasty riffs, tight
drums
and school uniforms....it was great.
Schoolgirl
uniforms?!!!...count us in!
-Dan
Name: Les Boyer (Stage..Wes Chambers)
Email: ucansing2@earthlink.net
Your Hometown: (Now) Citrus Heights ,California
Band Name: Wes Chambers and Bobby Getz
Review
Band Hometown: Boston Area
Year: 1969-70
Comments: Looking for old band members, Buddy
Bedard (drums),
Hans Hess (bass), Randy Comeau (organ), Bobby Getz,
Roger Smith, several others.
We had a great soul band, can't seem to remember
all the others. Bobby Getz and I sang lead...It was
a hot band.
Name: Joe Panessidi
Your Hometown: Lansing, MI
Band Name: Beaux Jens, Maxx, John Steele
Co.
Band Hometown: Grand Ledge, Detroit, Ann Arbor
Year: 1964 through 1984
Comments: Where is Dennis Pinkston?
Joe, hope my email was
of some help finding Pinkston. -Dan
Name: Lou Byer
Email: cwbinindy@aol.com
Your Hometown: Muncie
Band Name: Smoke
Band Hometown: Muncie
Year: 1968-1970
Comments: Louie Byer and Wayne Young are alive and
well and living in the Indianapolis area.
Mike Branson send me an email or call me at
317-353-6660
Name: Terry Slocum
Email: res1dl7f@verizon.net
Your Hometown: Brandon Florida
Band Name: Tonto and the Renegades
Band Hometown: Grand Ledge Mi.
Year: 1963-1968
Comments: Hey Dan, just wanted to say hey!! The
work you guys do on this site is very much
appreciated. I have turned on lots of people to
it...I would like to find some old band mates if
you can help?? Jim Pickney, Brian Cole, Rick Young,
all from Lansing area in the 70's also Liz Cox Roy
Cox's sister. Roy played with Denny
Pinkston...Thanks Terry......
Name: Jim Churchill
Email: jchurchil@msn.com
Your Hometown: Omaha, Ne
Band Name: The Rogues
Band Hometown: Omaha, Ne
Year: 1965
Comments: This band was great at sounding just like
the record. Beatles, Turtles, Hollies, etc.
Released a 45 "Anything You Say" in 1965, disbanded
in 1967. Four original members still live in
Omaha.
Get 'em to send in
their story! -Dan
hey Dan,
my name is Justin Roney, from Tinley Park,
Illinois. My father was in a band in the late
60's/70's called
"Stone Container." The Chicago-based band
had a record out, and I am trying my darndest to
find one.
I know they had a record, because I have one of the
publicity flyers from the record framed up
somewhere!!!
I'm trying to get any info I can on the band!! It's
hard to talk to my father about it, because I think
he had to
give up the band and his dreams of being the next
"big thing" in order to get married and all that
stuff.
So, if you know anything that might help me out,
I'd greatly appreciate it.
Thanks
-Justin Roney
Anybody out there have
any info to help him out? If so, send it to me and
I'll pass it along. -Thx, Dan
Name: bill
Email: shadow2003@sbcglobal.net
Your Hometown: wyandotte, mi
Band Name: src, tom & the fugitives,
woolies
Band Hometown: detroit
Year: 1966-67
Comments: i'd like to hear from anyone who has
memories of the teen clubs in downriver michigan in
66/67. house bands like the unrelated segments,
mc5, bob seger and the last herd, mitch ryder,
woolies, tom & the fugitives (later frijid
pink)
Name: pat
Email: champerony@aol.com
Your Hometown: westland
Band Name: 4th chapter/mariner
Band Hometown: dearborn heights
Year: 70-93
Comments: i played a lot of years and made alot of
freinds.it's great to scroll through this
site!
Name: Jim Brown
Email: james@dogboystudios.com
Your Hometown: Tampa, FL
Band Name: The Illusions
Band Hometown: St. Augustine/Jacksonville, FL
Year: 1967?
Comments: My older cousin, Jim Williams, was a
member of this band and I remember seeing them
perform once at a show in Jacksonville. I also
remember once when they were touring the state that
they spent the night at our house in Tampa. The
band recorded one single that I know of called, "I
Know", that was released on a local Jacksonville
label (A.P.C. Records ?) that was later released on
Columbia Records.
Name:
pat hurley
Email: phurley@drtel.net
Your Hometown: Litchville North Dakota
Band Name: The Cornerstones
Band Hometown: east grand forks Minn
Year: 1968
Comments: one of there songs is You rule me and i
think another one was Holly they played various
towns in North dakota and their lead singer left
the band in about late 1969 and then the band kind
of disapeared
Name:
Louie Byer
Email: cwbinindy@aol.com
Your Hometown: Muncie Indiana
Band Name: Smoke
Band Hometown: Muncie,Indiana
Year: 1969
Comments: To Mike Branson, send me an email!I love
to hear from you!!!
Name: Lois
YourHometown: Lansing
Band Name: Fresh Tar
BandHometown: Lansing MI
Year: 1969-1970
Comments: played regularly at Carl's Bad Tavern on
Round Lake in Laingsburg.
Name: Judy Fisher
Email: innyeof3@yahoo.com
Your Hometown: Houston TX
BandName: The Rogues
BandHometown: Houston TX
Year: 1966
Comments: There were sure where a lot of bands
called the Rogues back then. I don't know how long
the band was together. There were 5 members, I can
only remember 4 by name: Rodney Miller, (drummer)
Earl Blair, Michael Brumley, and John Lawrence.
They played a lot of the Beatles, and the other
British groups.
Rodney and Earl were cousins, I believe, and they
had graduated from Aldine High School, I think
in1965. Michael was still going to Sam Houston HS.
Johnny was about 21 yrs old. The 5th guy went to
Westbury HS.
They cut 2 records,
released by Kaplan records in 1966:
It's Gonna Work Out Fine / Don't You Wish You Were
Mine
and Tell Me No Lies / Take Our Last
Walk.
They practiced at Rodney's
parents home on the northeast side of Houston.
My girlfriends and I would usually ride with them
to gigs, usually at small local clubs, the Y, or
hootenanny's at the schools. You don't know what a
hootenanny is?! Just a small concert with local
talent (Hey, it worked for Mickey Gilley, Roy Head,
and BJ Thomas), usually held in school, on the
weekends, promoted by the local radio stations.
(Back then KNUZ was the big rock n roll
station).
"fun times and fond memories".
Thanks, I have enjoyed your website
Name: Tim Albrecht
Email: tim.albrecht@varianinc.com
Your Hometown: Lansing, MI
Band Name: WMT, Black Heart
Band Hometown: Potterville, St Johns, Olivet
College
Year: 1969-1971
Comments: This site really brings back the
memories! WMT (William Makepeace Thackary, Vic,
Danny, Chuck, Bobby, and ???), my first band. I was
in Marshalls buying my first VOX and Vic Amey and
crew recruited me. We played the Battle of the
Bands in Lansing the next week...talk about
nervous. Great gigs in the Lansing area, opening
for the Frost! Hello out there to anyone that
remembers me or WMT ..Denny Pinkston (the summer
jam at my parents house when the cops came and
kicked us out of the back yard, Ronny Hernabdez
...a short stint as our drummer and the gig in St.
Johns (Sorry to hear about Danny), Dennis
Preston..hey man do you remember me?, I was the
other "long hair" hangin in the halls at Eastern,
great mural, hell! great art period!!, Vic Amey,
hey man I've been lookin for you since we lost
touch in early 70s. Last I saw you you were still
living in Potterville with Linda and kids. If
anyone knows where Vic or other mambers are, please
let me know!
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