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Some of the 60s and (early) 70s Music Videos on YouTube |
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(We listened to these on the radio,
abums, and watched shows like Hullabaloo and Shindig...now
there are lots of 64-72
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Walk
Away Renee |
Left Banke |
He Ain't Heavy, He's My
Brother |
The Hollies |
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Laugh, Laugh |
Beau Brummels |
For What Its Worth |
Buffalo Springfield
(Stephen Stills, Neil Young) |
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You
Keep Me Hangin On |
Vanilla Fudge, (dancers
with white Go Go boots??) |
Green
Tamborine |
Lemon Pipers |
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Kind of a Drag |
The Buckinghams |
Turn,
Turn, Turn |
The Byrds (David Crosby) |
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59th Bridge Street Song |
Harpers Bizarre, (written
by Paul Simon) |
Here
Comes My Baby |
Tremoloes, (written by Cat
Stevens) |
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Sounds
Of Silence |
Paul Simon & Bob Dylan
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The
First Cut is the Deepest |
Cat Stevens |
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Heart
Full of Soul |
Yardbirds (Eric Clapton,
Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page) |
Revolution |
Beatles |
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Twist
and Shout |
Beatles |
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I'm a Man |
Spencer Davis Group,
(Steve Winwood) |
Dancing
in the Street |
Martha & the Vandellas |
| Ferry
Across The Mersey |
Gerry & The Pacemakers
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In the
Year 2525 (the #1 "one hit wonder") |
Zager & Evans |
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Classical Gas |
Mason Williams |
Summer
Song / interview (Recent) |
Chad And Jeremy |
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Those Were the Days |
Mary Hopkin |
Theres
a kind of Hush |
Herman's Hermits |
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In a gadda da
vida |
Iron Butterfly |
Mustang Sally |
Marvin Gaye |
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(Sittin' On) The Dock
of the Bay |
Otis Redding |
In the
Midnight Hour {John Lennon, Sting) |
Wilson Pickett |
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A
Whiter Shade of Pale |
Procol Harum |
Do You
Believe in Magic |
Lovin' Spoonfull |
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Incense and Peppermints
many great album covers |
Strawberry Alarm Clock |
Dancing
in the Street Karen Carpenter - drums (William Shatner, etc.) |
Dick Carpenter Trio (Must
see) American Idol 1968? |
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Get
Togther |
Youngbloods |
You Don't Have to
Say You Love Me |
Dusty Springfield |
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Bend
me, Shape Me |
The American Breed |
Abraham, Martin,and
John (and Bobby) |
Dion |
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For many
more Videos, go
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Who are your favorite songwriters
of the time? email
Bruce70 |
| James Taylor |
Jim Webb |
Burt Bacharach |
Joni Mitchell |
| Stephen Stills |
Paul Simon |
Dylan |
Lennon/McCartney |
| Smokey Robinson |
Carol King |
Cat Stevens |
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1. DOES ANYBODY REMEMBER A BAND CALLED
"JET BLACK" THAT PLAYED IN GERMANY
AND EUROPE BACK IN THE DAY? MY BROTHER WAS AT A PARTY WITH SOME MUSIC
FOLKS THE OTHER NIGHT AND THIS GUY TOLD HIM THAT HE PLAYED IN A BAND WITH
THAT NAME THAT TOURED GERMANY AND MENTIONED FRANKFURT. I GUESS I'M TO
DAMN OLD TO REMEMBER, SO I THOUGHT I'D SEE IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER THEM. I
TOLD MY BROTHER I'D LET HIM KNOW IF ANYONE REMEMBERS THAT BAND. THANKS.
CYA GUYS LATER,
TOMMY |
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JET BLACK |
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X-iles |
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photo from jmzody |
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The X-iles -- John Osborne (g), Craig Heldobler (v) and
Phil Bepko (g)
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X-iles photo from John Osborne via jmzody |
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Here is a picture of the X-iles (c. 1966) I got from
John Osborne. You have l. to r: Skip (d), Craig Heldobler (g), Phil Bepko
(g), John Osborne (g), and Don Huber (b). -- cheers!!!
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The
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Yes, they played with the X-iles at the Coppling Haus
once. They played Teen C
lub and with The Details.
(circa 65-66) Good band and quality people.
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3. Help me here folks: but I think one time they and the
Beatchers played the Teen Club on the same night. And
for some reason I am thinking it was maybe New Year's
Eve?? Maybe I dreamed it. |
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4. John,
Thanks for the info. My brother said
these guys were from Sheffield, England and they were here promoting a book that
they had wrote. He could not remember the name of the book. |
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He's going to try and get the guys names, he couldn't remember that either. He's
older than me, so I can't say anything about bad memory . Ha! Ha! |
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I'll let you guys know if I find out more about this band. |
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Thanks again.
Tommy |
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Orton, Franz Singer, Gary McGill (v) |
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through the music web site and noticed that The Spectrum
was not included. Ralph and Bob Orton and Franz Singer were in the
group. (Maybe one other person ?). I loved their music and went to see them
several times at the teen club. I think they lived in Aschaffenburg. They all went to FHS, and they were friends of
mine. My sisters and I went to see them in Aschaffenburg. Bob came over
during the break and danced with me. The next song he dedicated to me; it
was "To Love Somebody." It was so cool and I have never forgotten it. |
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Yes Spectrum was from
A-burg … 0riginally the lineup included The Ortons and Franz plus Gary
McGill singing and I believe there was one other person. Gary left Spectrum
to join me and the Gomez Brothers (Eddie,guitar , Joe, Drums and Danny,
Bass) in “The Sound Pounders". When the Gomez Bros. Dad rotated back to the
world, Gary and I formed “Crosstown Traffic” with Fred Weems, (who had
recently left “Poor Mans Children”), and Bob Schneider. Spectrum
reformed with their sister, whose name I forget. |
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-- Mike Calloway,
June 05, 2008 |
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Darmstadt, Germany, March 24, 1970: Rick Nelson, who got an early start in
show business by acting (and eventually singing) on his parents' "Adventures
of Ozzie and Harriet" TV show, gets ready to go on stage during a stop on
his tour of U.S. military clubs in Germany. (Lloyd Borguss, copyright Stars
and Stripes)
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ULYSSES |
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(September 1970-June '71) |
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Anthony Brown '71--drums, flute, vocals,
Jimmy Davis--lead vocals, Tex Davis--bass,
Bill Kotapish--rhythm guitar,
Stanley Whitaker--lead guitar, vocals |
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Roadies/Pranksters: Fred Brown, Steve Witt, Jon Sajo
Avatar: Mike Whitten |
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Our repertoire included The Who, Traffic, Jethro Tull, Hendrix, Sly & the
Family Stone, CSN&Y, Mountain, Blind Faith, Procol Harum, Beatles, et. al.
- From Anthony Brown June 7, 2008 |
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71-72
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Bands in the spring 71 "Focus" Rock Festival
(from the 71 yearbook): |
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Smitty and Friends Hard
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George and the Rockets
Ulysses Smack |
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HARD
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Philip Hilderbrand--bass, Carter
Hilderbrand--guitar.
Don (Thompson?) - drums,
Henry
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Debbie Taylor and
Patty Shaw - vocals |
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hey guys
i just went to the site and saw the name of my band in Frankfurt
the band was formed with the Hilderbrand bros. -- if you can find their
middle ins. they were the A and R -- i was the H and Don (thompson?) was
the D don was drummer i was r guitar Phil played bass his brother
played guitar
although Hard was the name of the band it was an acronym for "Heavy
Annie's Rear Door" -- i know but at the time it was cool
we didn't play many gigs but we hung out the America House and of
course we were Platen Raiders so we did stuff at the community center there
if any remember, "HARD" was written on stuff everywhere and i
understand that after i left Frankfurt the guys got in to a little
trouble over that.
on a side note we may have been to first and only rock group to try
having 2 girls singing with us Debbie Taylor and Patty Shaw
i have no photos but i do have an old play bill with our name on it
i was tickled to see the group went on after i left
lets see how much i remember
Carter played a tele with an ac30
Phil played a tele bass (with pasley) with sound city amp
Don played drums what brand i don't remember
i played a tesco guitar with a fender bandmaster head (62) witch i
still have through a echo 1x12 cab
our sound system was a Devolie (iti built) it had a tape echo that
was so cool that we would trip and let play itself runnaway echo
again at the time was cool
god my memory cell a r e s t a r t i n g t o h u r t
if any have photos i love to see them
does that fill in the gaps any
i remember most of the bands from school and i never missed one of
the three day fest that were in Germany one in Frankfurt at the bike
track. i shared a soda with toni from black sabbath can you dig it
love to one and all
henry |
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SHADY GROVE |
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Stanley Whitaker--lead guitar, vocals, (with former
George & Rockets members) |
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Sleepy John Estes |
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Philip Hilderbrand--bass, Carter
Hilderbrand--guitar. Mike
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From Anthony Brown June 7, 2008
After my graduation in June 71, Stanley and the remnants of
Ulysses
teamed with remaining members of
George & the Rockets
to form Shady Grove
(71-72). Bill, Stanely, Steve,
Mike, my brother, Fred, and I had
a reunion at Harrisonburg, VA (Madison College) in the Summer of 1974;
there's a recording somewhere of us doing "Let It Be" and "John Barleycorn."
Stanley soon became a charter member of
Happy The Man,
which signed with Arista Records. Bill's older brother,
Paul Kotapish
(guitarist) is here in Northern California and plays in the group,
Wake the Dead.
I have no knowledge of the rest of the guys' current whereabouts.
I finished my Bachelor's degree in 1975 at the University of Oregon (on an
ROTC scholarship) and was stationed in Athens, Greece, where I played in the
house band at the Jazz Club-Athens (1976-77), and toured in Europe with
visiting California jazz artists while stationed in Heidelberg as the
Commander of the US Army Chorus, Europe (1978-80). The rest is history. . .
BTW: My dad was stationed at Friedberg (where Elvis served his tour of
duty), and we lived at the housing area in Bad Nauheim, a couple miles away
(south of Butzbach and Giessen, we rode the same school bus as those
residents).
Thanks for your interest and let me know if I can assist you any further.
www.anthonybrown.org
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Bruce,
You are doing a wonderful service for all FAHS alum, ich danke dir fur alles.
I arrived in Frankfurt in February 1970, so we may not have crossed paths. I
remember those days very well because I saw all my favorite groups: Led
Zeppelin, The Who, Stones, Traffic, Tull, and Hendrix' last concert at the
Isle of Fehmarn, in Northern Germany, September, Labor Day weekend, 1970. In
fact, I went with Philip Hilderbrand, who played bass in the FAHS group with
his brother Carter on guitar called
Sleepy John Estes. Mike Holloway played drums;
we've been in touch over the years (since I was at the Smithsonian in the
1990s and Mike was a SGM with the Army Band in DC). There was a Battle of
the Bands in Spring 1971 captured on the "Music Fest" page with pictures of
George & the
Rockets, Ulysses, and Sleepy
John Estes in the 1971 FAHS
Focus yearbook--a mere 37 years ago, and it seems like yesterday.
Here's a link to some recent photos of my current Orchestra:
http://flickr.com/photos/53353174@N00/sets/72157604435156875/
Let me know if you'd like to post one of the photos on your site. I'll check
with the photographer, and if she's fine with it (she just turned down
Wikipedia), please make sure you credit her: photo by Kathy Sloane, and that
should do it.
Were you a musician also? I remember seeing Paul Kotapish with Larry Strack.
on bass and John Dorschner on drums shortly after I arrived in a Spring
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Hey AB!
Good to hear from you and glad alls well in SF.
NO i didnt play with the Hilderbrand Bro's ... what you are remembering is
the spring music fest ...
I played guitar and sang with my Hanau group
"Smack", we opened the show
w/Steve Mcgee(FHS 72) now living in Zaragoza Spain for the past 20+
years) on bass, Don Wilson on guitar and vocals(a Hanau GI now in Cleveland
TN and still gigging) and Rich "cant remember his last name" another GI
who before he got drafted played in Vegas with Ike and Tina.
I also played guitar and sang original tunes with
"Trilogy" a group i put
together just for the fest with Steve McGee on Bass and Robert
Schneider(FHS'71 now in TX)
And I played Bass w/George and the Rockets.
and then there was the drums you are remembering ... and I dont remember who
it was that i played with but their drummer didnt show and for some reason
they asked me to play ... My one and only percussion gig ...and perhaps for
a good reason...LOL.
Mr Martin ...gotta love that forever young guy ... I never had any art
classes with him but took crafts w/ Mr Gardner and Ms. Keriwitz(sp)
...Martin was always asking me why i didnt take his classes ... no reason
just enjoyed the cratfs stuf more plus I had a huge crush on Ms. K. ... HAHA
Sorry about the missed bio info on you and Shelburne ... Just knew that
there was a connection ..es tut mir leid!
I also have a photo from Graduation of Me, You, Abdul Wahab Abakudair(sp)
and one or two orthers standing on the steps at the auditorium at the FFM
Zoo ... when i get unpacked and setteled in and locate the photo i will send
you a copy.
YES ... Please let me know next time you are in DC and weel get together ...
Perhaps it will coincide with a David Bach gig somewhere in the area ...he
has a monthly gig at a club 15min from my place!
OK ENUF FOR NOW ...
AND BRUCE ...again DITTO the accolades from AB about the memories you are
preserving for us all!
YIPIKIYA
Mike
YIPIKIYA
From: ANTNYBROWN@aol.com
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:18:01 -0400
Subject: Re: Fw: Re:The Spectrum Band - got any info????
To: ba_garner@msn.com; sgmcalloway@hotmail.com
Hey Bruce and Mike,
It's a small, kleine welt . . .
Yeah, Mike, I remember that gold Nehru jacket. . .
Mike, you can fill in a lot of details of the 70-71 FAHS music scene. Did
I get the band with you and the Hilderbrand brothers correct--weren't you
playing drums with them (and did I get their names right)? I do have my 71
FOCUS yearbook here but no scanner to send the page with our three bands
on it. Hey Mike--you had a special thing with Mr. Martin (art teacher)
'cause he shot more pictures of you guys than us or G & the R's!
Small note: Maj. Shelburne was not my commander--no slam against him, but
I was able to retain my autonomous command of the Chorus until I resigned
my commission in Dec. 80 and came to SF to pursue my music career. Bryan
took over command after I left.
Bruce, the selected photos and watermark captioning are fine. Thanks
again, and let me know which CDs you're interested in and I'll send them
to you.
And Mike, happy new digs! I still get out to the Smithsonian every
quarter--I'll holler next time I'm back East.
AB
Anthony Brown, Ph.D.
Director
Asian American Orchestra,
Fifth Stream Music, Inc.
www.anthonybrown.org
(510) 428-2126
Hey AB ...
Congrats on the graduation and have a great weekend with the incomming
family.
I think I was at the same Koln fest also although got in late and missed
quite a few bands ... we couldn't get tickets but managed to sneak in ...
we actually "Came in Through the Bathroom Window". Deep Purple had
arrived late and I had seen them so many times in the FFM area that one of
their techs recognized me and hoisted me up on stage to help them load in,
so I sat on stage left during their set and then stayed at SL for the
acoustic set by Spencer Davis and Muff Winwood. Somewhere I have the
poster from that concert ... once i get unpacked and settled in a bit I
will photograph all my posters and email them to you and Bruce. I also
have quite a few tickets ...mostly 20DM ...FIVE BUCKS ...and what are
concert tickets now....LOL
I'm jealous that you got to see Hendrix's last performance ... Do you
remember the guy who sold concert tickets in the senior lobby???? ... a
kindred spirit, another musician ... anyway I struck up a
friendship/kinship with him and he would always save really good tickets
for me ...consequently I got front row tickets and directly in front of
the man for Hendrix's '69 Jahr Hundert Halle concert. If you recall
Hendrix was scheulded to make a return engagement to FFM which I think
would have been his next concert tour appearance after Fernham following
a brief hiatus. At any rate The day arrived for the ticket dude to be in
the senior lobby and with money in hand I raced off the bus and into the
senior lobby ...plopped my money on the table and asked if he had managed
to get tickets as good as the last ones ... and he held up 2 tickets
...front row ... and said you haven't heard have you ... Hendrix died
last nite. Blew my mind ... I offered to take the tickets anyway but he
said his boss had called him and told him not to sell the ticket s..for
obvious reasons ...but also that they might be collectors Items in
time. Another memory jostled by your reflections and by Bruces great
efforts to recollect our past for us. THANX BRUCE!
OK Gotta run ...
YIPIKIYA
Mike
From: ANTNYBROWN@aol.com
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:05:36 -0400
Subject: Re: RE: The Spectrum Band - got any info????
To: sgmcalloway@hotmail.com; ba_garner@msn.com
OK, Mike,
I plead failing brain cells . . .
I was on the floor about 20 feet from the stage at the Zep concert--back
in the day when we would go to the hall right after school, get in line
and scramble to the front of the stage with sleeping bags to stake out
our area. I remember that concert pretty well, although I had seen them
in Spring '69 in Santa Monica on their first US tour--they were raw and
taking even more chances.
I saw Ginger Baker's Air Force at one of those mega musik fests in Koln
in Spring '70. Also on the bill (and showed up) were Yes, Procol Harum,
East of Eden, et.al. The best festival was the aforementioned Love &
Peace Festival at the Isle of Fehmarn in September 1970. They advertised
everybody (ELP did not show) but Hendrix (w/Mitch and Billy Cox), Sly &
the Family Stone, Small Faces (with Stewart and Wood), Fat Mattress
w/Noel Redding, Incredible String Band, Keef Hartley, Mongo Jerry, et.al.
did. No drumsticks at those events, but got a handful of busted sticks
from Billy Cobham after a Mahavishnu Orchestra concert at the Fillmore
in '73!
OK, guys, gotta run to the airport and shuttle people.
AB
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