This reminds me of the film "The Wonders" which was loosely based on Dick Clark's traveling show. Pre-Beatles, pre-pot and drugs. Black and white musicians and Rock, R&B and Country musicians - all getting along and hanging out. Some say this was an unimportant musical era (Post-Buddy Holly/Pre-Beatles) but it seemed to be a great time to be a young musician. I think we all got too carried away with Beatlemania, and it really took a heavy toll on American musicians. Thanks again for sharing your personal memories - I'd have loved to do this. I used to tour Europe and the U.S in a tiny bus with a trailer, back in the 1980 and 90's, but it was just our band and we didn't get to hang out with that great bunch of musicians, and especially Ronnie!
Think you are right about post Buddy Holly rock being very important for Rock and Roll's development. So many touch stones of future rock were created then. Doo-Wop being one that inspired Sha-Na-Na in the early 70s, etc. Then in the 70s so many earlier rock hits were re-recorded and became hits once again, but they were remakes of hits from that post Buddy Holly time period. Just saw Carole King doing her 70s hit One Fine Day - which she wrote in the early 60s - another example. SIDE NOTE: Have you seen any of the 60s Philly American Bandstand shows here on RU-vid? Watching one from 1963, I was struck with how many of the new hits then sounded as if they could been right out of 1957.
The guy he can't recall in the red shirt (who walks across the screen background), then in the V-neck sweater next to him -- is BILLY COOK, a popular American Bandstand Regular in the late 50's who became Dick's Road Manager! Want more info on Philly Bandstand -- join us at: facebook.com/groups/1652189578376917
Never was a T-43 lost due to mechanical failure. One of the most reliable aircraft ever used by the USAF. But with GPS and other navigational aid development in recent years, the teaching of Nav students utilizing the stars and the sun had become out dated. I'll never forget the beauty of those aircraft circling the skies while stationed at Mather Field in the late 70's and early 80's. Rest in peace and a job well done T-43 "Gator".
This is so good for a 60s fan, shows us as insight, as we imagine it, love these times, how lucky we're those guys sharing a bus with the Ronettes, and Paula. Heaven, lucky bus driver to.
Mike Frieda of the Dovells w Linda Scott & Stephen Caldwell of the Orlons @ 5:05 in Hat w Mike Frieda clowning. Len Barry w The Tymes @ 3:14 and Another Dovell member Arnie Silver @ 3:34
Is there a way to copy ONE picture from this video? This is close to the last time I saw Curtis Powell. I remember him learning how to play the guitar. He looks very happy is this video. I would like to add it to a family album as I do not have any of just him, and very few of any him in any family gathering. He passed away in 2000.
The 1963 tour was the first live rock show I ever saw. It was on July 22, Sonny Liston knocked out Floyd Patterson that night and they announced it during the show. It is crystal clear in my memory that it was Bobby Comstock and his band that was the stage band that night in Pittsburgh, PA. My parents met Dick Clark outside the concert hall- could I be wrong?
Brings back a lot of memories. I was class 01-67. I see they made some good changes to the program since I was there. Our class leader (now section leader) was selected by our drill instructor in the first week and did it until he found someone better. Doing it for a day is certainly better training. Also we were candidate officers for just a week. I was a RIO flying F-4's off Ranger for two tours to Vietnam.
