Favorite songs I was raised on

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He had a good voice didn't he Don.

 

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The Nightcrawlers from Daytona Beach had a hit in 1965 with "Little Black Egg", and every Florida band covered this song.

Tom Petty included it on one of his albums and even The Cars did a remake.

 

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The Nightcrawlers from Daytona Beach had a hit in 1965 with "Little Black Egg", and every Florida band covered this song.

Tom Petty included it on one of his albums and even The Cars did a remake.

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They opened for the Beach Boys at a concert in 1965.

 

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Written by British songwriting duo John Carter and Ken Lewis, who wrote the 1965 hit "Can't You Hear My Heartbeat" for Herman's Hermits. That same year, The Little Darlings recorded an early version of "Little Bit O' Soul," but it was largely ignored until a band from Mansfield, Ohio, called The Music Explosion got a hold of it. They were auditioning for producers Jeff Katz and Jerry Kasenetz, known as the Kings of Bubblegum, when they were given the song to practice.

 

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A Chicago mid to late 60's band.

 

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Quite a resemblance to Paul Revere and The Raiders

Formed in 1965, New Colony Six scored their first major local hit in Chicago with "I Confess" (WLS #2 on 4 February 1966), featured on their debut album, Breakthrough. Like Paul Revere & the Raiders, they wore colonial outfits on stage.
Ellery Temple briefly joined in 1967, replacing Wally Kemp, and was replaced by Les Kummel (who died in an auto accident in Chicago on 18 December 1978 at age 33). Billy Herman (vocals, drums) replaced James in 1969. Graffia left in 1969 and Bruce Gordon (bass) and Chuck Jobes (keyboards) joined the band. Skip Griparis was playing guitar and singing lead vocals in 1972, until the band's demise at the end of 1974.
In 1988, the band played a reunion show at Chicago's Park West. As of 2010, the band continued to perform with founding member Graffia and Bruce Mattey in the lineup. New Colony Six was inducted into the Iowa Rock n' Roll Music Association Hall of Fame in 2002.

 

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Born in Tarpon Springs, Florida and a member of Tommy Roe's 1965 backup band, THE ROEMANS, Bertie Higgins later had a solo career that began with "KEY LARGO"

 

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Members: Tommy Tucker, Tom Welby, Al Kuehl, Gerald Wright, Mark Boals, Bill Haakinson, Fred Eller, and Gene Varian


Tommy Tucker & The Esquires started in 1963 when original members, Mark Boals on drums, Al Kuehl on rhythm guitar, Garry Wright on lead guitar, Tom Welby on bass, and Tommy Tucker on lead vocals came together to explore the world of rock and roll in Des Moines.


By early 1964 they were active on the local high school, teen towns, skating rink, and ballroom scene. Quickly they became top draws in Central Iowa as well as the rest of the state. They were especially popular at Okoboji's famed Roof Garden Ballroom.
In 1966, Fred Eller replaced Boals, on drums and in early 1967, Bill Haakinson replaced Eller in the group.


In 1966, the Esquires would travel to the legendary Iowa Great Lake’s Recording Studios in Milford to record and release two singles on the IGL label. "Peace Of Mind/How Did I Know" (IGL 108) and "Don't Tell Me Lies/What Would You Do" (IGL 121).


At their height in popularity, they appeared with such groups as Al Hirt, The Syndicate of Sound, and The Turtles.


In 1967, they were signed to Chicago's infamous Chess Records label. Because of another group already called The Esquires, they were forced to change their name to Tommy T's Federal Reserve.


While with Chess they recorded and released two more singles, "Someday/Let's Go Down To The Park" (Cadet 5622) and "Grow Up Someday/Take The Midnight
Train" (Cadet 5584). They would also release their third single in 1968 on Varian's R-Jay label, "Get It Together/45 Second Blues". (R-Jay 6856).


Tucker would go on to record with Salt River "Messenger" (Cantilope #66) and have a distinguished career in the national recording industry working with such artists as Prince.


Hey ECS, another band using the Kustom Amps. "Tuck-And-Roll" naugahyde.

One time in particular he was coming up from Des Moines and his mother packed him a lunch with some hard boiled eggs, so Tommy said. "What do you do with eggs you don't like? Naturally you throw them at another car." He did, and ended up at the police station.

 

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Another band from our area that we ran into at times:



Jane Mansfield dances to The Gorilla by Dee Jay and The Runaways from the movie Primitive Love.

 

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Peter Rabbit

Dee Jay wasn't just one guy. The group's drummer, Denny Storey, was "Dee" and bass player John Senn was "Jay." Gary Lind served as lead singer. The trio leaned in a '50s rock direction and later added Bob Godfredsen. Several others came and went during the band's heyday (which lasted anywhere from three months to three years, depending on how you look at it). There were so many rock, teen and even surf bands in Iowa during the mid-'60s that Senn got together with a couple of local investors and opened IGL Studios (the acronym standing for Iowa Great Lakes) in nearby Milford, giving their group and others a chance to make state-of-the-art recordings without having to leave the state.

 

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She's A Big Girl Now

The prospect of an act from Iowa having a major nationwide hit is slim, particularly so over the last four or five decades. Musicians from the region are proud of their state's music scene and, indeed, hundreds of Iowan acts have made their mark over the years in that mostly wide open space south of Minnesota, north of Missouri, between Sioux City and Cedar Rapids with Des Moines in the middle. Dee Jay and the Runaways, a one-hit band from Spirit Lake at the state's northwest corner, formed in 1964 and could be considered the most successful rock music act to come out of Iowa during the '60s.

 

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Yet another band from our area that we encountered.



It's Cruel

Enoch Smoky was the first band to play at Gabe and Walker's, a popular Iowa City bar that became the "place to play". They played all the venues in Iowa, including the famous Wadena Concert. Dickie's son, Eric was the drummer for "Enoch" at the second Wadena concert and has played with the band since 1990 full time. The band went to Chicago in late 1969 and recorded its hit single "It's Cruel" with "Roll Over Beethoven" on the B-side. They toured Europe in the early 1970s to promote their records. Dick also performed with Eddie Kendricks in London during this time. The band went on to perform with Dr. Tim Leary, Sam & Kathy Mc Donald, KoKo Taylor, Johnnie Winters, John Mayall, James Taylor and Leon Russell just to name a few.

another band using the Kustom Amps. "Tuck-And-Roll" naugahyde

 

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1950's to 60s beer drinking music from the jukebox in the tavern "family room".

 

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Roll Over Beethoven

It was the fall of 1967. Dickie Douglas and John Fraga had just returned to Iowa City for a vacation from the rat race of the Hollywood music scene. Dickie, an Iowa native, and Fraga, from Detroit, had been working on a record deal with a number of artists. Local business man, Tony Borg, approached Dickie about forming a band. Borg provided a farmhouse for rehearsal and took the group to a music warehouse in West Allis, WI, to pick out their equipment. They ended up with several Fender Dual-Showmen amplifiers to get the sound they were looking for. The original line-up was Dickie Douglas on guitar and vocals, Greg Roosevelt on rhythm guitar, John Fraga on bass guitar and Richard Collignon on percussion.

 

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And.............another band from our area that we were familiar with.



Members: Pete Klint, Jamie Wornson, Bill Morisky, John Peterson, Mike Hesselink, and Tom Jolas


The original line up for the quintet included: Pete Klint on guitar, Jamie Wornsom on bass, Bill Morisky on drums, John Peterson on keyboards, and Mike Hesselink also on guitar.


Under the leadership of the dynamic Pete Klint, these Iowa recording stars established themselves as the number one attraction throughout the entire Central U.S.