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The Dickens
The Dickens at The Place, Pensacola, FL. From left: Jimmy Smith, Louie Boyleston, Skip (Seldon) Higgins, Ron Bowman and Rick Pierce The Dickens came from Pensacola, Florida. The members of the band...
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Facts of Life “I’ve Seen Darker Nights”
There isn’t much information about the Facts of Life despite the group’s fine 45 single. The group came from Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, which lies just to the west of the Philadelphia city line....
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The Barons of Grand Rapids
The Barons were one of the early garage bands in Grand Rapids, Michigan. They released their single on a custom Fenton label, Jafes 985, in August 1965. My copy is signed by Dick Gates, Dave Marquette...
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The Epics of Columbus, Ohio
The Epics, picture sleeve to their Dolphin single The Epics came from Brookhaven High School in Columbus, Ohio. Warren Knox, Jim Miller and Michael Richards wrote the great A-side, “White Collar House”...
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The Kandells “I Want You To Know”
The Kandells, or Kan Dells came from the small town of Sandstone, Minnesota, just off I-35 a little more over halfway between Minneapolis and Duluth. Members included: Gene Best – lead guitar Bob...
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Blue Creed “Need a Friend”
Records like this one keep collecting interesting. Blue Creed came from somewhere in West Virginia. I haven’t been able to find out anything about the band yet. It seems likely they recorded at Midway...
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The Shadows 5 “Gathers No Moss”
Teen Beat Mayhem lists The Shadows 5 as from Oswego, New York, on Lake Ontario, northwest of Syracuse. However I’ve seen mention that the band may be from Fort Wayne, Indiana. Can anyone clear up this...
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The What Four
The What Four on the cover of Teen-Ager, April 2, 1966. kneeling in front: Roy Jordan and Jim Hoerr, in back Frank Johnston and Larry Malott The What Four profiled in Teen-Ager, April 2, 1966Long...
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The Maltese
The Maltese at Granny’s Club in Elsmere, KY, November, 1966. Top photo shows John Hyland and Donny Hutcherson of Boone County High, Mike Mahoney of Covington Catholic and Carol Dodd of St. Henry High....
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The One of Hours, Lexington, KY
One of Hours came from Lexington, Kentucky and released two singles on the local Chetwyd Records label. Robert Nelson played drums, but for the rest of the One of Hours, I only have last names from the...
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The Villagers of Dayton, Ohio
There were a number of groups called the Villagers around the country, but these Villagers came from Dayton and cut only one record, the endearing garage original “He’s Not the Same” b/w the melancholy...
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Tonky Tomson, David & the Boys-Next-Door, and Skipper Records
Skipper Records came from Springfield, Missouri and released at least eight singles in 1965-1966 before folding. It was a creation of Si Siman, a promoter, manager and part-owner (along with Ralph...
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The Bad Seeds of northern Kentucky
The Bad Seeds featured on January 14, 1967. From left to right, top row: Jerry Foster, Gene Clarke and Ernie Bands; bottom: John Reynolds and Donald Hodge The Bad Seeds came from northern Kentucky, in...
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The Jokers
It’s too bad the Jokers never cut any other records ’cause both sides of this one are impassioned performances of original songs. “What’cha Gonna’ Do” starts with a solid bass line over fleet and...
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The Rubber Maze
The Rubber Maze photo in Teen Screen The Rubber Maze released one excellent double-sided single on Tower 351 in July 1967, featuring two different styles. The A-side is “Mrs. Griffith”, typical of the...
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The Nokounts
The Nokounts came from West, Texas, a small town south of Dallas and just north of Waco. The band released one single in August, 1964, “Hey Girl” / “I Saw Her Yesterday” on Venus 500/501. The A-side...
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The Lost Generation on Bofuz
The Lost Generation circa 1966, from left: Mike Rhodes, Rod Grassman, John Herring, Bob Keating, Ronnie Easley and Ronnie Schilling. Thanks to Pam Causey for the photo The Lost Generation came from...
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Bed of Roses
The Bed of Roses came out of the same Bay City, Michigan music scene as the Jayhawkers and Dick Rabbit. Like those artists, they recorded for Deltron Records. In August, 1967, Deltron put out Bed of...
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The Chimes of Freedom “Jungle Rock”
The Chimes of Freedom came from Scotia, New York, near Schenectady and Albany. “Jungle Rock” is known from Girls in the Garage, but the Dead Wax blog shows this was not an all-girl group: Mari Salato...
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Chuck Edwards and the Apaches
Here’s an obscure Century Custom pressing by Chuck Edwards and the Apaches with a mix of garage and earlier rock styles that I like. “She Let Me Go” has gravelly vocals (credited to Tony and Eddie)...
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