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New section - Listening to AFN - please add your recollections |
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I spent a lot of time listening to
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,,,I remember listening to AFN a lot and of course I listened to the "American Top 40" with Casey Kassem. And I remember there was a Latino music show simply called "La Musica." I can't remember when it came on. Who else remembers listening to the radio serials on AFN, mostly on Sunday nights after the TV stopped broadcasting? I grew up listening to The Shadow, Our Miss Brooks, and many many other shows from way back. I don't remember high school kids working as DJs at AFN in the late 70s. It could have happened but I don't recall. I was part of a choir that recorded a session at AFN in either 75 or 76. We were called "Joyful Noise" and we did the recording on my birthday that year by some coincidence. ... I also remember "It's 5:05 and time for the Frankfurt Sports Scene" which was a brief wrap up of local sports on AFN. They always mentioned the Rhein Main Rockets when it was football season. I don't remember any other teams they mentioned. BTW, you can still read Stars & Stripes at www.stripes.com and their archive can reprint specific issues and you can get the details here: http://www.stripes.com/webpages.asp?id=23. ... - Jon Saxon |
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From: gregfields1975 To: FAJHS@yahoogroups. com Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 12:24 AM Subject: [FAJHS_FHS] Music and more I liked the Beatles from way back, and The Who, Hendrix, and for most of my early teens in Franfurt, I liked Grand Funk. Neil Young and CSN&Y, Ten Years After. Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Jethro Tull. We used to listen to the Top Forty on AFN every Saturday, I think it was, so we heard a lot of pop music along with the heavier stuff we had on 45s and LPs. I had a little battery-powered phono I would take with me, even in the field between Hugel and Steuben and listen to records all the time. Me and my brother Mike got cassette recorders for Xmas in '71, so the little phono became unnecessary and forgotten. Ahem...speaking of music, I have several new songs at soundclick.com if you're interested. Click the 'Links' button in the FAJHS home page to find it. Or myspace.com/ gregfields1 if you prefer that site. Someone asked about the location of the Teen Club recently, and I recall the if you went out of the Idle Hour, turned right then right again towards the I.G. Farben bldg., there were a couple of roads on the left, the Teen Club was right down there. I seem to remember a veterinary clinic there, too. |
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Hi, Bruce In the pix you posted, the girl is Sharon Miller. The guy is Buddy Stevenson. I'm referring to the two people that are holding the packages. In this case, they'd won a dance contest. In the second photo, Sharon is dancing with her half-brother, Steve Downs. |
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The Strangers also played a bunch of times at the
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From: fhs63-66@yahoogroups.com on behalf of Frank
Holroyd (fsholroyd@gmail.com) Sent: Sat 9/19/09 12:24 PM Let's go to the way back machine . . The Kinks played at the Officer's club in 65 0r 66. There was also a get together in 64 of English bands that were touring - in Frankfurt - The Swinging Blue Jeans, The Searchers, and the Kinks again. I remember the German Nationals being surprised when the Drummer of the Searchers mentioned the Isley Brothers first did "Poison Ivy" as they started the song. Frankfurt was the place to be for live music. Although Storyville did not have the top acts, they did bring in some english bands as well as American Touring bands (anybody ever hear of the Kentuckians?). The Teen Club used to have a house band (Germans) in 64 and 65 that used to really rock as well.- Skip ---
Hey Fred,I think that's the one - give the man a cigar. -Skip --- 1965 – 1968
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...if we could ever get hold of Jack Tossman, he has tapes of just about every Teen-Thirty program that we ever produced in high school on reel-to-reel at his house in California. If we could get in touch with Jack and get him to release those tapes and our organization could pay to get them digitized, we could all enjoy them. - Gary S. FAHSAA 63-66 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teen 30 Recordings from Darl '67 and Gary '65 Sams |
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Jan. 65 - Teen 30 Show | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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You Really Got Me - | Send in Your Requests | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Program Intro - John Moore | Downtown - Petula Clark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Love Potion Number Nine - | Variety Show, Winter Ball - Liz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ugly Bug Ball w/ the Kingbeats - Liz Greenfield | Mr. Lonely - Bobby Vinton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Come See About Me - Supremes | I Feel Fine - Beatles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sports News - Ed Bear (sp?) | My Girl Theme - George Martin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison | John Parrish, Bill Moore - Producers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frank Pendleton, Jack Tausman - Engineers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stephanie O'Hernan(sp), Jan Circan(sp) - Directors | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nov. 65 - Half Hour Homecoming Teen 30 Show | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hang on Sloopy - The McCoys | Homecoming Fri. Nov. 5 Bonfire Announcement | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Who'll Be the Next in Line - The Kinks | You Got Your Troubles - The Fortunes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sports Scene - Mike O'Conner | A Thanks to German Listeners | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Secretly - The Lettermen | Action (Where the Action Is) - Freddy Cannon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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June 66 - One Hour Final 66 Teen 30 "Senior Spectacular" Show | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spec. Rick Scary(sp?) and FAHS "Teen 30 Goodguys" DJs Pat Krol, Eva Koya, Charlotte Stebbins,, Mike Malone, Mike O'Conner, Doug Haines 66 Teen 30 Yearbook Page 154 155 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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You Were On My Mind - We Five | Leaning On The Lamppost - Herman's Hermits | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wooly Booly - Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs | End of first half music | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Junior Senior Prom and other Announcements |
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Time Won't Let Me - The Outsiders | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hang on Sloopy - The McCoys | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turn, Turn, Turn - The Byrds | Good Lovin' - The Young Rascals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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I Got You Babe - Sonny and Cher | (to Wiesbaden) Catch Us If You Can - Dave Clark Five | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
You're My Soul And Inspiration - Righteous Brothers | Sloop John B. - The Beachboys | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Beat Beat Beat at the HS Gym, late 66 (put cursor over image to see names) photo by Jack Trost |
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It's a little too far away, but... The blond girl, center left with her hair flying is probably Linda Reese. Girl in plaid dress (center) is likely Melinda Holm...Dark hair, plaid shirt behind BB net is Greg Eaves. recognize others, but it's too hard to single them out in such a crowded picture. Also, there are a lot of German students in this photo. - Mary Ilseng Greg Zunich, Greg Eaves, Pete Witt, Tom Pagett, Steve Jedlicki, & Chris Riche also - Stuart Date:
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Hey, if you're really digging all this Beat, Beat, Beat stuff, be sure to
pick up
Bremen Beat Club - The other "Beat" Show Beat Club YouTube Videos Channel Ken et al.,
FYI there were seven episodes of Beat Beat Beat taped
at the Terrace club that aired between Jan. 7 and Sep.
23, 1966. Two more taped at the High School also shown
on Hessiche Rundfunk Oct. 21 amd Nov. 21, 1966. Next
show was taped in Wiesbaden; after which, the
remaining were filmed at, I believe, the Stadthalle in
Offenbach.
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Got this when they played on Beat Beat Beat, 1966 -Zody autographs (larger image) |
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Sounds Incorporated - Shea Stadium '65 - Opening for the Beatles |
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Stones from Musik Parade Magazine and Bravo Chart from the week of July 4, 1966 -Zody |
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Checkout Concert Dates on the Music Line on the FAHS Timeline |
1965-1967 Bands
there's no mention of the 'Blue Diamonds', I believe that was what they named their band. They were in the high school band and formed a group that played at the teen Club. Do you have any info on the group? Most members were in the class of '66 - Mark Stinson | ||||||||
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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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The X-iles -- John Osborne (g), Craig Heldobler (v) and Phil Bepko (g) |
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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!!! zody | ||||||||
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The Details 45, circa 1965-66 from Walter Alvin |
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2 Yes, they played with the X-iles at the Coppling Haus once. They played Teen Club and with The Details. (circa 65-66) Good band and quality people. Zody |
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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. | ||||||||
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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1967-1968 Bands
The DOORS outside the Roemer '68
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The Nth Derivative |
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Ken
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Frankfurt_HS_67-71] 40-Year Anniversary of Martin
Luther King's Death
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It was a trying time for all of us, especially the
African-American/ Soon afterward I walked into the auditorium and encountered a play being rehearsed. It was to be called "Life on the Block". It was about a reporter who went into the hood to conduct interviews being conducted by a racial relations club. When I asked what was going on and whether or not I could be of some assistance; they asked me to take on the part of reporter "Kent Clark" and MC of the program. I had one day to learn my lines before dress rehearsal, because whomever was going to do the part dropped out for some reason. It was only two days until production.. There was a live band on stage - "The Nth Derivative" Jack Gerrard and Skipp Pettit's band who played in between skits. Sorry, I don't remember anyone else in the bands name. We had three sessions in the Idol Hour Theater. Opening and closing the show was the theme song "Dancing in the Streets". The first assembly was the sophomores who danced a little at the end. Next came the Juniors, who were a little looser and the isles had more than the first assembly; next the class of '68 filled the aisles to capacity. It seemed everyone was on their feet dancing up a storm - rocking! The Seniors knew how to party! Anyway, this is what I remember about those difficult days. We did the best we could with a difficult situation. Ken - '69
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Charles "Skip" Pettit 68 - Drums
Rick Bullen 70
"Mickey" Duhman '66 Chuck De Coste '68
Pablo Zamora '68
Wolfgang "Wolfie" Sieglier
Steve "Beaver" Holcomb, '68 Keyboards Dave Lee Howard '69
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PRECISION IN SOUND PRECISION IN SOUND An American Rock & Roll Band 1967-1968 From Steve Denmark's great website |
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From: Steve 68 To: Bruce Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 3:36 PM Subject: GREAT SITE-FHS uber alles
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From: Michael Calloway To: Bruce Garner(fhs) Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 6:23 AM Subject: The Monks Hey Bruce ... Just curious if anyone in our group came across the Torquays or The Monks among their musical collections or influences? I just connected with the bass player Eddie Shaw ... They started in Gelnhausen near Hanau and have a very interesting history that follows the Beatles path to Hamburg. And they even put out a Black album BEFORE the Beatles White album. CHECK THEIR WEBSITE OUT:http://www.the-monks.com/index.htm YIPIKIYA, Mike |
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From: frankfurt_hs_67-71@yahoogroups.com on
behalf of Rick Hutchings Sent: Wed 9/09/09 12:00 AM To: Frankfurt_HS_67-71@yahoogroups.com |
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All, I thought I would never hear of this band again in my life. Leslie Speare introduced me to them at Storyville one afternoon. She knew them all. Truly a small and ironic world! -Rick 69 |
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From: frankfurt_hs_67-71@yahoogroups.com on
behalf of John Zody Sent: Wed 9/09/09 5:12 AM To: Frankfurt_HS_67-71@yahoogroups.com |
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All, Rick is absolutely right about Leslie. She talked me and Skip P (?). to going down to K-strasse one Saturday morning. She told us she had a band she wanted us to meet; The Monks. The only thing was that it was around noon and they were still asleep. She was able to get their manager to get one of them to come out and visit with us. cheers!!! zody |
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I just remembered the name of the club on K-straße where Leslie took me to meet The Monks - Club 54. | |
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I remember the Monks coming and playing in our gym in 67 or 68. They worn brown robes and had the weird square shaped hair cuts. | |
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The Monks at FAHS on
YouTube search for "The Monks" Videos Monks Website the-monks.com |
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Jack Trost photos at the FAHS Cafeteria - click image to enlarge |
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These are some pictures of the two bands I was in as a junior in high school in Darmstadt, Germany, 1967-8 (by Buddy Lerch) |
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PLAYING THE CARNIVAL BEER TENT Darmstadt, Germany Mike Kumjian (bass), Cookie Mooney (lead guitar and vocals), Buddy Lerch (rhythm guitar, vocals), Jim Moore (drums, vocals), Arthur MacDonald (guitar, vocals) |
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OUR REGULAR GIG AT THE DARMSTADT OFFICERS CLUB (upstairs in our practice room) Cookie Mooney, Jim Moore, Buddy Lerch, Jerry Parkhurst, Mike Kumjian |
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PRACTICE IN MY PARENTS' DARMSTADT QUARTERS, Santa Barbara Housing, Darmstadt, Germany --- Rod Barnett (keyboard), Buddy Lerch, Ed Schoen (lead guitar, saxophone), Jim Moore, Mike Kumjian, Junior Ruggs (lead vocals) |
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Doug Goins (drummer) Rick Pacella (bass) Ron Michaels '68 (lead singer) Mark "Bambi" Benson '68 (keyboard) John Marciniek '70 (lead guitar) Mark Heppner '69 (percussion) "Indian" Ed Eugenio '68 (bass)
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I was the original drummer for the Destruktive
Sidewalk. Mark Hepner replaced me when I rotated back to the states. The
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Bruce, the page is filling out! Good work! To answer your question about the Destruktive Sidewalk, they were a Darmstadt band comprised of FAHS students Ron Michaels '68 (lead singer), Mark "Bambi" Benson '68 (keyboard), John Marciniek '70 (lead guitar, my duplex neighbor in D-Stadt's Santa Barbara housing), Mark Heppner '69 (percussion), and Ed "Indian" Ed Eugenio '68. They had a cool black VW van with their name spray-painted on both sides in yellow. I hung out with them the day they took off the Contac Paper template they masked the letters with and even helped peel some off. They were the best American band in Darmstadt and our friendly competition (to our face, anyway -- HA!). They were in mucho demand on the dependent AYA circuit and many other venues. I have pictures somewhere... -- Buddy '69 |
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This is a serious picture a bunch of fun-loving cutups -- the Destruktive Sidewalk minus keyboardist Mark Benson -- from left, Ron Michael, Mark Heppner and John Marciniek, with "Indian" Ed Eugenio sitting on the floor (what's up with THAT?) photos by Buddy Lerch |
It has been a long time but I finally retired and I have time to do this. I have attached pictures of the original Destructive Sidewalk. I (Doug Goins) was the drummer and Rick Pacella was the bass player. The others you know. I have more if you are interested and I have a cd that is from a tape made at my last gig in Darmstadt before I went back to the states and Mark took over. Best Doug ![]() |
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![]() TThe first one has Doug Goins, Mark Benson, John Marciniec, Ron Michael and Rick Pacella (the original 5) seated on the stage at the Darmstadt Junior High. I think this was the last gig that Doug played at prior to heading back to the states. The second photo is our drumhead that Ron Michael had done, which was used when Mark Heppner replaced Doug in the later months. - John Marciniec |
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Ralph Orton, Bob Orton, Franz Singer, Gary McGill (v) |
I was going 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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Back row L-R: Joe Gomez (Drums), Eddie Gomez (Guitar), Mike Calloway (Rhythm Guitar and backing vocals) Front row L-R: Gary McGill (Vocals), Danny Gomez (Bass) |
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...Gary (McGill) left Spectrum to join me and the Gomez Brothers”(Eddie,guitar , Joe, Drums and Danny, Bass) in “The Sound Pounders"... | |
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A Beautiful Day - John Vaughn (Heidelberg HS) |
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that's Linda Horning...my best friend at the time. I knew
John, we email some, he is still playing/recording music. I dated the drummer
(Brett) of A Beautiful Day. They had a reunion in Tahoe July 2009 and the band
got together to play. How kewl is that? rose 70
I remember A Beautiful Day. Thanks B. xoxoS 70 -- Sandy C. |
With Donovan in Frankfurt, Dec. 1968. Donovan was a huge
influence on me in my early days. I loved his music and guitar playing. Meeting
him for the first time back then was a fantastic experience!! - John |
More 60s pics Here |
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Hi Bruce! Greetings to you from Berlin. Thanks for hooking up. Really cool site you have and Rose got intouch with me through Face Book right after I got your mail. I gather you both went to FHS together. You are more than welcome to use the Zappa (Nov.68 back stage at the Frankfurt Messegelande Halle) & the Donovan (Dec.68 in the lobby of the Frankfurt Intercontinental Hotel) photos, along with one of my /our band photos for your website, with a link back to my homepage. It a cool idea.... Our HHS band, "A Beautiful Day" were together for two years, 1967 & 1968. During that time, we played may times at the Frankfurt Teen Club. We had many fans in Frankfurt. As a matter of fact, here is a cool story. I thought of it when I saw the photo of The Doors playing outside at the Platz in downtown Frankfurt ( a short promo-set for the actual concert they gave in Frankfurt in autumn 1968. The night they played in Frankfurt, ( Messegelande Halle ), we played in the Frankfurt Teen Club!! No shit. Our guitarist Skiles Kelly, was dating a girl who knew one of the roadies from The Doors. They were in touch with each other so we found out The Doors were staying at The Intercontinental Hotel. We went there after the teen club and ended up hanging out with them until the wee hours of the morning, smoking and drinking. ( Without Jim Morrison. He was in and out of various other rooms of the hotel. I met him shortly in the elevator and he was pretty out of it, but ok. ) Please drop a line to let me know my mail arrived and show me your new link! When did you graduate from FHS? Where are you now? I was HHS 1969. In Jan. 1969 I also saw Jimi Hendrx in Frankfurt at the Jahrhunderthalle. Tons of Army brats at that gig!!! Best to you Bruce, John Vaughan, 21 Sep 2010 |
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Rick Nelson http://www.ricknelson.com/bio.htm |
1970 visit to Frankfurt |
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This is...our band Crosstown Traffic playing our Hendrix Theme song… recorded at the Hanau AYA on our last Gig and this recording was the last song we played together until we started having regular reunions in the late 80’s.- Mke |
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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 | |||
Roadies/Pranksters: Fred Brown, Steve Witt, Jon Sajo Avatar: Mike Whitten |
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My band "SMACK" ... Long ago! L-R Standing Steve
McGee, Rick Hallman, Me +Don Wilson - Mike Calloway "... in the Germany attending
Frankfurt American High School where over the next three years he toured
the American Youth Activities Clubs and an occasional "civilian" venue
as a member of The Sound Pounders, Crosstown Traffic, Ground Floor
People, Smack, Trilogy and George and The Rockets.
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Here are some pictures of a rock band (Armagedon) i was in while in Germany. Also a picture of me and someone (i don't remember) his name at graduation. That is me on the left. I only remember a few of the band members names. Russ Tilton 71 on drums. Jim Ciricillo 71 on guitar. That's me on bass guitar. This was a USO gig we did at one of the housing areas ball fields. There were some other local bands that performed also and one British band that had a few records out . Their name was HOME. That's all i remember about that. I also have some more pictures i will send of another band we had (HARD). |
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Philip Hilderbrand--bass, Carter
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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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Stanley Whitaker, lead guitar, vocals; David Bach, keyboard ; Cary Lunsford on drums; Jim Sullivan on bass |
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Stan's band in Germany (circa 1971)....Shady Grove from Rick Kennell's Scrapbook Archive on the Happy the Man websiteFrom Anthony Brown June 7, 2008 |
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English and Sex Ed in the portable buildings. I sliced off the very tip
of one finger in the door, once. I don't know how. I used to go help the
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Sleepy John Estes |
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Philip Hilderbrand--bass, Carter Hilderbrand--guitar. Mike Holloway?--drums |
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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 70 school concert. |
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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 |
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From: ANTNYBROWN Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:18:01 -0400 Subject: Re: Fw: Re:The Spectrum Band - got any info???? To: ba_garner; sgmcalloway 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 |
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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 |
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From: A_BROWN Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:05:36 -0400 Subject: Re: RE: The Spectrum Band - got any info???? To: sgmcalloway; ba_garner 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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Circa 1979, Anthem was our band with Kent Collins/drums, Gregg Galdo/guitar, Jim Blackledge/bass & guitar, and myself Robert Elliott/guitar and bass. Randy Hebert, Carolyn Schmitz and Tom Curvey are sitting on the ground with their backs to us. Part of an outdoor rock concert just outside Platen at a military recreation center. Other bands also participated like Mandarin and Cousin It.. | |||||
Re: [Frankfurt_HS_67-71] Happy 40th Abbey Road!
From: John Zody
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Abbey Road Webcam:
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Chris Stimson's ('69) 1982 Trip to Abbey Road Studios for Capitol Records on the 20th Anniversary of the First UK BEATLES Single Release. | |
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(The pictures) came from a trip to England in the early Eighties that I (and five others, each "plus 1") had won for an in-house competition at Capitol Records from Iron Maiden...long story. It happened to coincide with the 20th Anniversary of the release of the very first Beatles single in the UK. |
...with the "Americans"...yeah..that's me on the right. | |
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Since Capitol is owned by EMI, and EMI also owns Abbey Road Studios, we got the VIP tour, just as Abbey Road and EMI were preparing for the first-ever "open to the public" tour of the Abbey Road facility |
The ACTUAL 2-inch Master Tape of The Beatles "Let it Be." | |
related links: | |
"Love Me Do" / "P.S. I Love You" Release date: 10-05-1962 | |
Great facts: http://oldies.about.com/od/britishinvasion/a/lovemedo.htm | |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles_discography#Singles | |
http://www.jpgr.co.uk/r4949.html | |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Records | |
A Beatles timeline with pics and quotes: http://onabbeyroad.com/time.htm | |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Records_discography | |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Longest_Cocktail_Party |
go here for the FAHS Alumni in Music Today
Chicken Shack: Ten Years After/Chicken Shack, 69/11/17 Jahrhunderthalle Chicken Shack was one of the British Bands into the Blues influence. Notable is band member Christine Perfect, later named Christine McVie after joining Fleetwood Mac and marrying band member John McVie.
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The New Jeff Beck Group, Sun. 72/10/8, Jahrhunderthalle This (folded) poster sold on Ebay for around $85.00 in Oct. 2007! -bg |
http://www.plosin.com/milesAhead/Tapes.aspx?s=19720924 Chick Corea September 24, 1972 Kongresshalle
Jazz Keller clippings from Jueri
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Jahrhunderthalle
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jahrhunderthalle_%28Frankfurt%29
Kongresshalle
http://www.stripes.com/photoday/111306photoday.html
http://db.etree.org/bs_d.php?year=1960&artist_key=106
09/14/68 (Sat)
Kongresshalle, Frankfurt, Germany - Jefferson Airplane??
http://setlist.com/
Jefferson Airplane - Europe shows wantlist