Paul Gausman wanted to know in a recent e-mail...
Does anybody remember the lineage for the rock bands in high school? When I first went to high school, there was a group of seniors including Pat Wright's older brothers, Tim and Kevin, called the "Fallen Angels". I think Barbara Moon's older brother might have been in a band, too. Dave Andrews and Randy King, (in my class,) had a band (can't remember the name) and Pat Wright, Nick Devita, Stu Miller and others had a band. I think at one point Dave's and Pat's bands may have combined into another band. I can't remember which band was "Stoned Blue". I thought it was Pat's band but I'm not positive. If it is the band with Pat Wright, was it the band with or without Dave? Or do I have this completely wrong? Any other bands that I've forgotten? I also remember a band called "Angry Castle" with the Bodeman brothers and Charlie Francino. Maybe there were more...
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Pat's response...
ReplyDeleteMy brothers (Kevin and Tim) played with Joe Santora (Singer), Mike Hansen (Drums) replacing Dennis Palidini (on drums), Brian Butkis (Lead Guitar), Rich Nagle (on Bass). The name of the band evolved - Knightsbridge Union ,IF, Fallen Angels. In 1968 the Fallen Angles played live on Cousin Brucie’s Big Break Am radio show after beating 450 bands in the Northeast and playing Hoochie Coochie Man. I also remember them playing at Halsted Street Middle School in 1965 playing Day Tripper the week it came out.
Tim also played with Greg DeVita, Arty Pope (Singer), Steve Vanderhagen, Jimmy Pace. (I can’t remember who was the drummer - maybe Johnny Meyers).
Dennis Palidini went to Sound Guild with Johnny Bradford, and others.
I played with Stu and Nick and Dave Andrews with Randy King. Randy left the band and we went on with the addition of Neil Okeson. (Stoned Blue).
Pat,
ReplyDeleteWhat was the name of your band before you joined up with Dave Andrews?
Paul
Lead Bottom Skiffle Band
ReplyDeleteHere's the thing about the DRUMMERS from our high school class ... I was THE NO. 1 percussionist in about fourth-fifth grade at the Merriam Avenue School under Mr. Barnhill. Better than Stu Miller. Better than Glen Wright. But not for long. I went on with it as far as eighth grade, playing the timpani (kettle drum) in eighth grade under Mr. Will. Then I quit. Mr. Hontz, in high school, seemed real disappointed when he found out that I wouldn't agree to be in his marching band. (Then, I can remember when my parents sold my Ludwig snare drum, which was doing nothing, to a cousin of mine when I was a teenager.)
ReplyDeleteAnyway ... Stu, Glen -- and Tom Edison and Tony Krucinski from elsewhere -- went on to become accomplished drummers in very good bands. Excellent bands (I mean, look at Tony and Snake Oil Willie). Looking back at it all, I'm sorta jealous. "Flam-tap, flam-tap, flam-tap-tap."
Mike, it's too bad that there wasn't a place for timpani in most rock and roll music or you would have retained your title. I know where you're coming from (trombone here.)
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