So when I was a little kid growing up on the Westside of Sioux City my parents were into music but late 50s and early 60s music, like Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly, Gene Chandler, The Trashmen, and hundreds of One Hit Wonders. I have documented many times it was my Aunt Debby who played Dave Clark 5 and The Beatles records for me, and my Uncle Jim and his friend Vince H. used to play The Rolling Stones and The Kinks records for me, my Uncle John used to play The Monkees and The Osmonds records for me, I do remember my mom playing the Mama’s and Papa’s album “Farewell” in late 1967, I really love that album. I may have mentioned before that when a was a baby my Grandparents Bob and Irene used to call the fireplace and the Christmas Tree “Ricky’s Babysitter” because all the had to do was sit me in front of one or the other and I would not move unless the fire went out or the tree came unplugged. In fact my Grandma Irene used to show that different things turned different colors when they burned in the fireplace, the one that I remember most was the package of Pall Mall cigarettes (which she smoked) would burn green flames, I was amazed. so this must be the origin of my infatuation with moving colored lights.
So sometime in 1970 my parents (Carol and Bill) moved into a house on 34th and Douglas on the Northside of Sioux City, and in the basement they made a makeshift bar, with an orange lamp with a white bulb that read “Pub” on it, and a band practice area, my Dad had a Japanese Gold Sparkle “Stencil” drum set, as he was a drummer in the Brooklyn Center/ Osseo area of the Twin Cities in the early 60s (he told me he sat in with The Trashmen back then, before he want to Viet Nam). Sometime in 1971 my Uncle Jeff, a tue Hippy in every sense of the word and a friend of John Bartle, and an acquaintance of Tommy R. Bolin, moved in with us and he brought his Vinyl Record Collection and gave me my very 1st guitar a Dutch made Egmond acoustic in tobacco sunburst. Now my parents were very young when they had me and some of their friends like Bob P. Sue L. Vince H. Lenny S. were a couple years younger than them, so upon occasion they would have parties in the basement “Pub” with snack foods and loud music, I used to sit on the cold air vent and listen to the music, wow it was great, and I would sneak some meat and cheese and crackers and deviled eggs, as I was suppose to be in bed, sleeping. I can vividly remember hearing The Tremeloes and Atlantic “Super Hits Vol.1” from 1967 and “Sgt. Pepper’s” blasting away from downstairs. This music shaped my life. I would stare at those album covers for hours.
The 60s seemed to promote “Peace And Love And Everything Else” I was really drawn to this idea as I was a total Nerd growing up and picked on all the time, I like the idea of “Peace & Love” also in the late 60s into the early 70s most advertisements had an element of Psychedelic Art to them as well as TV commercials. I was fascinated by the vivid colors and the swirling patterns that formed images, specifically “7up” ads from about 1969 to 1974, which was created by my favorite artist Peter Max (Peter Max Finkelstein: 19 October 1937 Berlin, Germany). in 1967 John Lennon wanted Peter Max to create the artwork for the next Beatles film “Yellow Submarine” when Peter Max was deemed too costly, they called in Heinz Edelmann (20 June 1934; Ústí nad Labem, Czechoslovakia – 21 July 2009), to create the artwork in the style of Peter Max, ironically, Both Artist are German! Later Jose Delbo:(José María Del Bó; 9 December 1933 Buenos Aires, Argentina – 5 February 2024) was contracted to do the art for the “Yellow Submarine” Comicbook. As “Yellow Submarine” was my Jam in 1968 or 69, and one of the few things I still collect (Beatles: Yellow Submarine Merchandise) after all these years I was fortunate enough to get Delbo to create the Mr. Zer0 character for us (I did have to pay him), I met him through Comic Artist Angel Medina, I feel this is one of my crowning achievements.
While as a toddler I was 1st introduced to the “British Invasion” and I Love that music; The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Troggs, The Dave Clark 5, The Kinks, The Who, Herman’s Hermits, The Yardbirds, The Moody Blues, The Animals, The Hollies, The Zombies etc. I found later when I was a little older about 9 or so I found I liked the American Bands much more: The Monkees, Boyce And Hart, The Byrds, Mamas And Papas, The Rascals, Jefferson Airplane, Buffalo Springfield, The Doors, and Steppenwolf (though German-Canadian) to name just a few. I was trying to form my own 60s Psychedelic Band called “PsychoGello” since about 1993, with no luck, I could never find 3 to 4 other people to share my vision, so I ended up calling my Radio Show “PsychoGello”. And then …. 3 friends of mine formed ‘Thee Mod Garage’ in the Fall of 2020 consisting initially Xenia on Bass and Vocals with Matt The Bat; Lead Vocals and Drums, Groovy Gerhard: Lead Guitar and Lead Vocals, Far Out Phil: Guitars, Keyboards, Ocarina and Lead Vocals and in Fall of 2022 Le Ann Lovechild; Bass and Lead Vocals and in Spring 2024 Jennifer M. as the Go-Go Dancer. I 1st saw THEE MOD GARAGE at the Driftwood in MPLS. I was so blown away by them I have made 3 “PsychoGello Shows” on them:
Episode #163 Oct 2020
Episode #240 Dec 2022
Episode #279 March 2024
With a 60 song canon of 60s Psychedelic Music including The Yardbirds, Cream, The Doors, The Animals, The Monkees, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Steppenwolf, Paul Revere And The Raiders, The Troggs, The Seeds, Blue Cheer, The Litter, The Castaways, even Surf Music like Santo And Johnny, The Chantays and Dick Dale and dozens of other bands from 1965 to 1969. The deliver the goods
Catch THEE MOD GARAGE Alive!
30 March 2024 Sat. 8pm
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Being a huge supporter of the band In Dec 2022, the band let me sit in with them for a few songs and now I am a regular guest in their live show: So I MrZerr0 will be will be playing on “Steppinstone” “Just Like Me” “Birthday” “Magic Carpet Ride” “Born To Be Wild” “Jumpin Jack Flash” “Satisfaction” “Wild Thing” “96 Tears” “Pushin To Hard” “Ramblin Gamblin Man” “Let’s Work Together” at their next upcoming show!
And there you have it, a brief insight as to why MrZerr0 loves the 60s Music and Art. So “Tune In and Drop out” and check in next month. mZ
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Well, as I may have mentioned many times over the past 13 years, I have been in the Music Biz in one way or another since 1982, so it is suffice to say music is my life. I believe it is also well known that the 1960s are my jam, specifically 1965 to 1969, so much of the greatest music was made by so many of the greatest artists. However I hate to say this out loud but it seems the Twin Cities are firmly stuck in the year 1988, and that all of their favorite music comes from the era of when MTV aired Only Music Videos, almost to the point that if there was not a Music Video made for any certain song, it simply did not exist.
While I once was a fan of certain bands when I was younger; Led Zeppelin, Journey, AC/DC. Def Leppard to name a few after hearing the same songs over and over every single day I can simply no longer hear this music. Let’s look at this way, let’s take Led Zeppelin they recorded 9 Studio Albums with 74 Songs, unfortunately 14 of them were cover songs or obscure older songs ripped off to create a “New” Song, and yet somehow people only ever get to hear the same 8 or so songs decade after decade. So many might argue, “Well, that’s the songs people want to hear” is it , really, am I not a person with an opinion, how about actually asking some actual music listeners with real opinions. For example there is one very popular local radio station with a playlist totalling only 350 songs. On my WDGY radio after 7 seasons for my show, I have played conservatively 1932 songs that were probably never played on their station. What is my point …. Well I personally feel there are a great number of artists that are being overlooked or even forgotten such as.
Marshall Crenshaw: Marshall Howard Crenshaw 11 November 1953 in Detroit, Michigan He started releasing music in 1982 releasing at least 13 Albums and 13 Singles with “Someday Someway” #36 on the Billboard Charts. As well as at least 5 contributions to other artists albums. Some of my favorites by Marshall: “Mary Ann” “Soldier Of Love” “Calling Out For Love” “Somebody’s Crying” “Some Hearts” “Let Her Dance” “Some Place Where Love Can’t Find Me” “Don’t Disappear Now” “Deliliah” “2541” “Television Light” “T.M.D.” I have seen and met Marshall many times. The 1st time at The Electric Fetus and The Fine Line in MPLS in 2000 and at a venue in the Warehouse Dist. in MPLS (wish I could remember the name) in 2001 and 12 June 2004 at First Ave. with MC5-DTK. I 1st heard Marshall working at RecordShop #67 at Valley West Mall. My manager Matt played the Cassette, yes, Cassette, as no one was buying vinyl by this point, of “Mary Jean and 9 Others” in the Fall of 1987. I really like the Pop sensibility of his songs, somehow a mixture of 50s and 60s but with a modern approach. Then in 1989 I heard his album “Good Evening” and I was hooked.
Chris Issak:
Born Christopher Joseph Isaak on 26 June 1956 in Stockton, Calif. He started releasing music in 1985 with 16 Albums and 36 Singles with 6 Songs on the BillBoard Charts and 8 contributions on other albums. I saw and met Chris and his band on 9 Aug 2003 in MPLS. and again on 13 Dec 2004 in MPLS some of my favorites by Chris “Another Idea” “You Owe Me Some Kind Of Love” “Fade Away” “Suspicion Of Love” “Wicked Game” “Wrong To Love You” “Two Hearts” “End Of Everything” “American Boy” “Washington Square” “I Lose My Heart”. Like everyone else I suppose I heard Chris via “Wicked Game” which did grab me as it was a 50s style song but with a dark 80s feel. However it was his 2nd album from 1987 that really pushed me over the edge with the song “Fade Away”.
The Smithereens: Formed in Carteret, New Jersey and started releasing music in 1986 with 15 Albums and 26 Singles with 4 songs on the BillBoard Charts. Some of my favorites “Blood And Roses” “Behind The Wall Of Sleep” “House We Used To Live In” “A Girl Like You” “It’s Alright” “Now And Then” “House At The End Of The World” I saw and met them on 24 June 2012 in MPLS at Famous Dave’s, their original Roadie and long time friend Jim Brandt introduced me to the band, Jim used to be a good customer of mine back in 2008, Jim also worked with former New York Dolls, Johansen & Sylvain on their first 2 post Dolls albums. How I found out about The Smithereens, my co-worker Kevin S. in late 1986, handed me a Cassette he recorded and said “You like 60s music, I think you will like these guys” it was The Smithereens “Especially For You”. The songs “Behind The Wall Of Sleep” and “Blood And Roses” blew me away. By Sept 1991 when “Blow Up” was released, I was a total fan.
Matthew Sweet:
Sidney Matthew Sweet born on 6 October in Lincoln, Nebraska He started releasing music in 1986 releasing 20 albums and 9 Singles “Sick Of Myself” was #58 on the Billboard Charts. 18 other contributions to other artists’ recordings. Some of my favorite tracks: “Girlfriend” “Evangeline” “Divine Intervention” “Devil With The Green Eyes” “Magnet And Steel” my all time favorite “Faith In You” I saw and met Matthew at First Ave. on 20 Feb 2001 and again on 22 Oct 2008. I plan to make a “PsychoGello Show” on Matthew in the future. I remember Matthew’s “Earth” CD being released in early 1989, and then “Blue Sky On Mars” in Mar 1997, but was the song “Faith In You” from the film “Drive Me Crazy” released in Oct 1999, that hit me straight between the eyes, I was now a Fan!
Don Dixon:
Born on 13 Dec 1950 in Lancaster, S. Carolina. Don’s credits are numerous and vast. Why do I mention him, because at some point he has worked with: Crenshaw, Smithereens and Sweet and even R.E.M. In writing this article I came to realize Dix is the common denominator with this kind of music I love so much. I remember reading Dix’s name throughout the 80s however more as a producer than an artist. I have to say I love his style. In closing there is so many artists and so much music I fear is being forgotten, so fans sometimes it’s totally worth it to take a chance on a name you are mildly familiar with, in this case I kept seeing the name Don Dixon associated with these artists so I dug deeper to see what more there was.
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“Hey MrZerr0 how about The Solo Beatles?”Dr. Rox Remember When? Article #155 Jan 2024By: RLSchwinden aka MrZerr0
It’s a new year, with a new article, it’s amazing to think back when I started writing this article for the “St. Cloud Buzz” all the way back in April 2011, my 1st article was on Jimi Hendrix. Then in February 2013 I was asked to write for Roseville Patch my 1st for them was on Badfinger, for a while the 2 were published simultaneously, then in September 2021 I was asked to write for “Twin Cities Buzz” my 1st article there was on “T-Rex” and again the 2 ran at the same time. Sometime ago someone I once knew offered, “I like the article more when you give your personal perspective on the topic, band, artist etc. so every now and then I do just that. I have well documented how when I was about 10 months old my Aunt Debby K. used to play 45 singles on her record player for me to dance to (1964), mostly Dave Clark 5 and Beatles such as “She Love You” “I Want To Hold Your Hand” “Can’t Buy Me Love”.
I remember later my Uncle Jim U. had the first few Beatles albums (1969) like: “Meet The Beatles” and “Something New” then later on my Uncle Jeff S. lived with us for a while on Douglas St. (1971) and he had “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” and “Abbey Road” those really tripped my trigger, and my sister’s baby-sitter Stacy P. used to bring over her Beatles 45s (1973), by this time I was thoroughly engrossed in all things Beatles, however being so young at the time I was unaware that The Beatles had already disbanded in December 1970. So I was very confused when I heard Solo Beatles songs on radio KMNS.
I would say the very 1st song I heard was Lennon’s “Give Peace A Chance” then probably McCartney’s “Live And Let Die” and then my Mom Carol’s favorite Harrison’s “My Sweet Lord” but I know for sure the one that totally knocked me out Starr’s “Photograph” with Harrison. Then in no specific order “Another Day” “Isn’t A Pity” “Back Off Boogaloo” “Imagine” “Uncle Albert/ Admiral Halsey” “#9 Dream” “Give Me Love” “You’re Sixteen” “My Love” “Oh My My” “Jet” “Power To The People” “No No Song” “Band On The Run” “It Don’t Come Easy” after that it was an open flood gate of Solo Beatles songs, too numerous to mention or try to log in order. Then later as I began to collect records myself, specifically the 45 Singles, I started finding songs I never heard on the radio yet they were on the BillBoard Charts “Junior’s Farm” “Mind Games” “Dark Horse” “Snookeroo” and others like that.
Now when I lived in Sioux City, I remember hearing Ringo on the radio the most, in fact Ringo had more “Top 40 Hits” than Lennon until 1980, when Lennon was killed in December 1980, he got 3 Top 40 Hits off of his last album “Double Fantasy” consequently bumping Ringo out of the #2 Solo Beatles success. In order of Hit Single success McCartney landslide. Lennon at 13, Harrison at 13 and Starr at 11. Now to clarify this is Top 40 Hits, not charting singles,as those numbers are vastly different.
The Beatles going solo: I am not sure everyone is aware 3 members of The Beatles started doing solo work While they were in The Beatles. Here is a breakdown:
Paul McCartney: “The Family Way” soundtrack from January 1967.
George Harrison “Wonderwall” soundtrack from November 1968″Electronic Sound” from May 1969
John Lennon”Two Virgins” from November 1968 “Unfinished Music: Life With the Lions” from May 1969
“Wedding Album” from November 1969
“Live Peace In Toronto” from December 1969
45 Singles: “Give Peace A Chance/Remember Love” July 1969
“Cold Turkey/ Don’t Worry Kyoko” October 1969
“Instant Karma/ Who Has Seen The Wind” January 1970
When Lennon was asked about Yoko splitting up The Beatles Lennon had this to say “Why not thank Yoko for all the great music created by Paul, George and Ringo created after The Beatles”.
I have created many Radio Shows on the Solo Beatles on WDGY (www.MrZeroS.Com) and WFNU (www.MixCloud.Com) Here is the info on these Shows.
John Lennon #120: Dec 2019 Paul McCartney #125: Jan 2020 George Harrison Part 1A Early: #5: Aug 2017George Harrison Part 2B Later #275: Feb 2024 Beatles George Harrison: #221: May 2022Ringo Starr: #32: Mar 2018 Beatle Ringo Starr #238: Nov 2022
Which leads up to one of my latest Shows Episode #271 on the Solo Beatles.
Mr. Zer0’s PsychoGello Show 2023 Episode #271 “The Other Hits Of The Solo Beatles”
John Lennon:
Power To The People (#11) Mar 1971
Mind Games (#18) October 1973
Whatever Gets You Through The Night (#1) September 1974 (with Elton John)
Paul McCartney:
Another Day (#5) February 1971
Uncle Albert/ Admiral Halsey (#1) August 1971
Hi Hi Hi (#10) September 1972
George Harrison:
Bangla Desh (#23) July 1971
Dark Horse (#15) november 1974
You (#20) September 1975
Ringo Starr: Back Off Boogaloo (#9) March 1972 (with Marc Bolan)
Oh My My (#5) February 1974
Snookeroo (#3) February 1975 (with Elton John)
And there you have it, some information on The Solo Beatles, check in next month for a new instalment Of: Dr. Rox Remember When? 2024.
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“PsychoGello Xmass Show 2023” Dr. Rox Remember When? Article #154: Dec 2023By: RLSchwinden aka MrZerr0
When I was a kid growing up in Sioux City, Iowa (home of Tommy Bolin) I remember Christmas of 1969 my family stopped by my Sister Michelle’s Godmother Darlene L.s house and there Darlene was sitting in rocking chair drinking eggnog and listening to Christmas records on her record player, I thought this was so awesome the lights of the Christmas tree and the sound of Christmas music, I remember thinking this is what I want to do when I get older. Then in 1983 while working in a stereo dept. store in W. Des Moines, IA., I started to discover Christmas music by Rock N Roll Bands, so I made my very 1st Xmass Rock Tape in Dec 1985. Then in Dec 1999, I was able to make my very 1st Xmass Rock CD, and ultimately in Dec 2017 I aired my very 1st Xmass Rock Radio Show on Radio WDGY.
Now I as I have been in the Music Biz in one way or another since 1982 and all I am interested in is music, I research bands and songs, tirelessly, even on artists I am not that into. Unbelievably I found about 40 Christmas songs I did not know about, so this year in 2023 for the 1st time ever I made 2 new Xmass shows, one R&B and a Pop Rock one too. With my new co-host DJ Megz Lonewolff of “Drinking The Cool-Aid” A True Crime Podcast which she launched in March 2020 and just released Episode #195, already fantastic, check out her show folks. You can catch me live on a new Radio Show “Ghost Box Radio” with Greg Bakun on Radio AM950 KTNF on 9 January 2023 Tuesday 10pm, I am going to try to get Megz on this show too. And so let us cover my 2 new Xmass Shows for this year.
“PsychoGello Pop Rock Xmass Show 2023” Episode #270
“Baby’s 1st Christmas” Connie Francis: 1961Born Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero on 12 December 1937 in Newark, New Jersey.
“Not So Merry Christmas” Bobby Vee: 1962Local Hero he was born Robert Thomas Velline 30 April 1943 in Fargo, North Dakota, I, MrZerr0 was on FOX 9 News covering his death on 24 Oct 2016 in Rogers, MN.
“My Boyfriend’s Coming Home For Christmas” Toni Wine: 1963 ( BillBoard #33)She was born on 4 June 1947 in Washington Heights, New York.
“The Bell That Couldn’t Jingle” Bobby Vinton: 1964He was born Stanley Robert Vinton on 16 April 1935 in Canonsburg, Penn.
“Santa And The Sidewalk Surfer” The Crossfires: 1964 They formed in Los Angeles as The Nightriders and then The Crossfires in 1964 and eventually became The Tyrtles and also recorded as Christmas Spirit and later on Flo And Eddie.
“It’s Christmas Eve” The Galaxies: 1965Formed in 1961 in Tacoma, WA. from the same music scene as The Kingsmen, The Sonics and Paul Revere And The Raiders.
“Cool Yule” Donnie Burns: 1966On ARC Records, I can not find much on this artist, but I love this song.
“Sock It To Me Santa” Bob Seger and The Heard: 1966He was born in Detroit, Michigan in May 1945. And later The Bob Seger System and then The Silver Bullet Band.
“Gingerbread Man” Tommy James And The Shondells: 1968He was born Thomas Gregory Jackson 29 April 1947 in Dayton, Ohio. The Shondells were formed in Niles, MI. If you want some great research look into his manager Morris Levy.
“What Child Is This” Mark Lindsay: 1969He was born in Eugene, OR. 9 March 1942 and was a member of Paul Revere And The Raiders from 1960 to 1975.
“Jesus Christ” Big Star: 1978They formed in 1971 in Memphis, TN.
“PsychoGello R&B Xmass 2023” Episode #269
“Blues For Christmas” John Lee Hooker: 1954He was born on 22 August 1912 in Tutwiler, Miss. Passed on 21 June 2001.
“Christmas Tears” Freddy King: 1961Born on 3 September 1934 in Gilmer, TX. and passed on 28 December 1976.
“Merry Twist-Mas” The Marcels from 1961 They were formed in 1959 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. “I Remember Christmas” by The Drifters: 1964 They were formed in New York City in 1953.
“Presents For Christmas” Solomon Burke: 1966He was born James Solomon McDonald on21 March 1940 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and passed on 10 October 2010.
“Who Took the Merry Out Of Christmas” The Staple Singers: 1972The formed in 1948 In Chicago, Ill.
“I Want To Come Home For Christmas” Marvin Gaye: 1972He was born Marvin Pentz Gay Jr. on 2 April 1939 Washington, DC and Passed 1 April 1984.
“Christmas Just Aint Christmas” The O’Jays: 1973They were formed in 1958 in Canton, Ohio.
“Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin” Albert King: 1977 He was born Albert Nelson on 25 April 1923 in Indianola, Mississippi and passed on 21 Dec 1992. MrZerro went to school in Mississippi, a Brandon Bulldog for 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th Grades.
“25th Of Last December” Roberta Flack: 1977She was born Roberta Cleopatra Flack on 10 February 1937 in Black Mountain N. Carolina.
“All Alone On Christmas” Darlene Love: 1992 She was born Darlene Wright on 26 July 1941 in Los Angeles California.
And of course there were 6 other Xmass shows before these 2, if you want to track them down, with my former co-hosts: De Dee, Evangeline, Missy Marrz, Asha Moonglow and Nikola.
Episode #21 Xmass 2017 Episode #73 Xmass 2018
Episode #122 Xmas 2019
Episode #172 Xmass 2020
Episode #212 Xmass 2021
Episode #242 Xmass 2022
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“3 Songs By Any Band and Music History” Dr. Rox Remember When? Article #153 November 2023 By: RLSchwinden aka MrZerr0
Being in the Record Business Since 1985 I learned straight away that most customers assume you love the artists they love and or that you love the format that they love. In many cases this is simply not true, after over 100 years (the 1st recording was made in 1877) there are now literally thousands of artists and bands, and dozens of genres of music to choose from. Let’s start off with the reproduction medium.
Vinyl Records
The very 1st format was the Cylinder introduced as a “Record” originally round like a drinking cup with no bottom made by putting wax on the outside of the cylinder, later a hard wax was developed topping out at a 2 minute run. Finally a hard plastic version was released that could hold 4 minutes. This format was offered from 1896 to 1929.
Then came the 10 inch 78rpm Record requiring a thicker heavier grade stylus (needle). They were made of shellac and then in the 1940s they were made from polyvinyl chloride (PVC) henceforth “Vinyl”. Usually double sided (holding 2 songs) The machines were both manual and electric. This format was manufactured from 1912 to 1959. The typical music genre offered was, Big Band, Vocal and Easy Listening, therefore the original “Blues” music is very sought after, very rare and highly collectible and expensive. At the time a kind of photo album was made and sold to hold your records in, usually 50 to 10 sleeves, which evolved into calling “Records” by the name of “Albums” as they held 10 songs by themselves.
Edison Diamond Disc Record 10 inch record holding up to 5 minutes running at 80 rpms, rather than the standard 78 rpms, these discs were almost twice as thick as the standard 78 rpm, and typically were single sided (containing only 1 song) they are not compatible with 78 rpm machines. Having a very short lifespan being manufactured from 1921 to 1929.
Transcription Records from the 50s into the 60s. They ran at 16 rpm and up to 20 min per side albeit with very low fidelity designed for mainly speaking voices, such as interviews or documentaries and occasionally background music in business’. Chrysler actually offered a factory under- dash record player from. 1956 to 1958
7 inch 45 rpm Single, with usually 2 songs, on rare occasion 2 songs on the B-Side. They often had a “Non-LP B-Side” meaning a song that was left off of the original album and in some cases both songs not being on the current album. Until 1969 all 45 rpm singles were mixed in “mono” (vs stereo) and usually an edit or even alternate version from the LP cut. in the 60s these still had a price point of .98 cents, unless you found them in the “Cut-Out” Bins then they were generally .25 ot 10 for a $1.oo. RCA was the biggest supporter on the 45 Single. These were made from 1948 to about 1992.
In 1948 Columbia Records rolled out the 33 1/3 rpm “album” usually containing 10 songs, in the 50s and 60s usually 12 songs holding up to 18 minutes per side, in the UK 14 songs. In the 70s the time was expanded to and past 20 minutes. In a last ditch effort the industry had figured out a way to compress the recording in get 30 minutes per side on a vinyl record such is the case of Def Leppard’s 1987 release “Hysteria” alas by then, no one, and I mean NO ONE was buying vinyl Cassette was the chosen format.
In September 1987 “NARM” and the 6 major labels at the time: BMG, CBS, EMI, PGD, UNI and WEA agreed and announced that 1987 would be the last year of Vinyl Records on a major scale and offered to us Record Stores to turn in 2 Vinyl Records for credit towards 1 CD, in a combined effort to boost less than stellar CD sales and plumitiing vinyl sales but all vinyl must be returned by 2 January 1988. They did offer a “Special Order Program” until October 1989. This was the predominant selling format until 1982, when Cassettes took over the number 1 selling format.
Many people have disputed this information, however one time my former boss Matt M. chimed in “Not only is he correct he left out part of the story, he only had 2 days off in Dec 1987 (5 Dec 1987 Sat & Christmas the 25th) and the first one was the Saturday after KISS played Vets (Fri 4 Dec 1987) when 1 one of the roadies, Jim, who he met the day before in our store and another roadie, Romeo who Rik knew from years before, brought Paul Stanley of KISS into our store to see Rik, so Rik didn’t get to see Paul that day as I gave him the day off because he had to spend the whole month of Dec handwriting vinyl returns, because the deadline was 4th Jan 1988”
12 inch Extended Mix Single up to 5 mixes of 1 song and usually a Non-LP song, with the popularity of Disco in the late 70s these were rolled out and became very popular, until they turned into CD5 or Maxi-Singles in the early 90s.
Universal Fire 1 June 2008 BLDG.6197 somewhere between 117,000 and 185,000 master tapes that could possibly be up to 500,000 songs Master Recordings
180 Gram Vinyl “Digital” Recordings In 1982 Steppenwolf’s album “Wolf Tracks” was completely digital. Starting in 1985 almost all recordings went to digital from analog. Essentially this is the same digital file used to make a CD, but now pressed to vinyl. The reason for using 180 gram vinyl is to hold a broader sound range. A 180 gram record has about 10% of the high end and 10% of the low end cut off when transferred to vinyl from the digital file. Also by using colored vinyl it creates better reproduction as colored vinyl is virgin vinyl with no impurities, as opposed to black “recycled” vinyl. Translucent vinyl simply has less impurities. While vinyl has been available in one way or another since the massive extinction in 1989, for example the UK never really walked away from vinyl as did Eastern European Countries, who purchased the USA record presses when “The Wall” came down and the Eastern Block opened up in Dec 1991.
Mobile Fidelity Half Speed Master Recordings Founded by Brad Miller in 1977, began releasing “Half Speed” Vinyl records boasting the best reproduction sound possible, by transferring the master tapes at half speed, a process he discovered while trying to get the best possible transfer of nature sounds to vinyl. Mobile Fidelity would generally only print 3500 to 7500 copies of each of their titles. However in August 2022 the company was exposed about the fact that up to 60% of their releases were made using the DSD system, creating doubt that analog is truly better than digital. This same year the company lost a fraud lawsuit costing them $25 million in damages.
Reel To Reel: Invented by the Germans in 1939 it was rolled out to USA consumers in 1958 and was available until 1984. This format could hold up to several hours of music depending on which one of the 6 available speeds the info was recorded at. It was Bing Crosby that championed this format, investing $50k in Ampex in 1947 to get this format into production. In my opinion this is the best quality reproduction ever made available. This format co- existed with Vinyl and 8 Track, however Reels were primarily for the Audiophile or business’.
8- Tracks: The stereo 8 was rolled out in 1966 primarily for portable music for automobiles and was manufactured until 1983. A lot of muscle cars from the 60s and 70s were equipped with stock 8 Track Players. This ran at a faster speed therefore having great sound reproduction, the set back having 4 channels songs could be split up and with an 8 channel playback head the tracks could sometimes bleed over in sound. In the mid 70s 8 Tracks sold up to 40% of the market with Vinyl being the chosen format.
Cassettes 4 Track: Introduced in 1966 named “4 Track” as a more compact alternative to 8 Track and Reels, this format ran at a slower speed therefore not the same sound quality as Reels or even 8 Track, it did however hold 15 minutes up to 2 hours of music depending on the cassette you purchased. As with all “Tapes” they were a $1.oo to pay the mechanical royalty to Ampex, until the royalty ran out in the mid 80s. Cassettes really did push Vinyl out of the main selling format in 1982, and ruled the sales market until 1991 when the price of car stereo CD players were greatly reduced. So you know all that 80s music you’re looking for on Vinyl, you know why it is so expensive and so hard to find, well that’s because Cassettes sold about 80% of the market share during the 80s.
Cassingle: Introduced in the UK in 1982, as an alternative to the 45 Single, this format rolled out in the USA in 1987 as the end of Vinyl was near. Initially only one song per side, very quickly went to both songs on both sides. This format lasted until 2001.
CDs: Invented by the Phillips CO. in 1974, this format got the green light in 1981 when the then President of Sony in Japan, who was also a Classical Conductor wanted to get all of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony on a single recording format without interruption. The 1st CD sold in Japan was The Beatles “Abbey Road” master from a vinyl record in 1982. rolled out in the USA in September 1985, I know because I had to attend a class on the new format at that time. Also many of the early CDs titles sold then contained a Video on the disc that needed a CD Player with a Video out to view, an example Jimi Hendrix “Smash Hits” 1st press.
CD5 and CD Maxi-Single:
With the end of vinyl and the intention to eventually end cassettes too, the labels introduced in 1990, 2 new types of CD singles, one with 2 songs like a 45 singles and the 2nd to replace 12″ vinyl singles. The cool thing about the Maxi Single is that you usually got a song not contained on the full CD. Imports from the UK or Japan were the absolute best as sometimes they contained up to 3 Non-LP or Live tracks not on anything else.
Napster: A Peer To Peer (P2P) file sharing program introduced in 1999 ushered in the collapse of the Music Industry, as once a person bought a CD they could share it with anyone at no cost, and therefore no revenue to the Artist or Record Label that created it. A lawsuit was filed immediately and Napster was shut down in 2001, only to reopen as a subscription service only to end in 2002. This however did lead to other streaming services.
Ipod: A portable media player rolled out in 2001 which held 512 MB to 256 GB depending on which version you bought and when you bought it. It is my understanding that when a single song cost .99 cents, Apple Music paid about .10 cents to the artist and .25 cents to the Record Label and Apple received the rest as they were the ones to offer the service. Sometime in about 2007 many Sony artists banded together and filed suit against Apple claiming they should get a larger share, as they created the music they are selling and the record labels recouped their investment decades ago. An agreement was reached and Apple agreed to pay the artists .25 cents by raising the cost of a single song to $1.29. I personally saw many music listeners sell off their entire collection after they loaded it onto their Ipod, only to find out later, the information could not be transferred from one device to another, so I would see them return to repurchase their favorites once again. This format came to a close in 2022.
Streaming: As a result of Napster this option was created in the late 90s. It seems to be the most popular format of the day, what consumers may not know is that some artists only receive a .008 of a cent for every play. What does that mean? The artist gets .08 cents for every 1000 plays. Hum … this just doesn’t seem right to me.
Now myself, my chosen format is Reel To Reel, analog recordings with no pops or clicks. but only a few hundred rock titles were ever made on reel, I own less than 100 of them. Next I would have to say CD would be my preference, they can hold up 79min. and many CD reissues have the Non-LP B-Sides, which I love, included on them, I own about 8000 CDs. Then vinyl, I probably have over 2000 Albums and 1500 Singles. I have said for many years Love ALL Kinds of music, and I do mean all kinds, However that does not mean I am a fan of every band, and specifically the most popular bands.
But As I started off talking about I love all music I can most generally find 3 songs by any artist that I do love no matter who they are, here are just a few examples:
Garth Brooks:
That Summer: 1992 The Night I Called The Old Man Out: 1993 Hard Luck Woman: 1994
The Cars:
Bye Bye Love: 1978 Since You’re Gone: 1981 Drive: 1984
Johnny Cash:
Ring Of Fire: 1963 Long Black Veil: 1965 Hurt: 2002
Cinderella: Shake Me: 1986 Don’t Know What You Got: 1988 Gypsy Road: 1988
Neil Diamond:
Cherry Cherry: 1966 Love To Love: 1966 Solitary Man: 1966
Foreigner: Long Long Way From Home: 1977 Girl On The Moon: 1981 I Want To know What Love Is: 1984
Guns N Roses: Knockin On Heaven’s Door: 1988 Pretty Tied Up: 1991 Locomotive: 1991
Rick James:
You And I: 1978 Give It To Me Baby: 1981 She Blew My Mind: 1982
Led Zeppelin:
Battle Of Evermore: 1971 Achilles Last Stand: 1976 Ozone Baby: 1982
Loverboy:
Turn Me Loose: 1980 When It’s Over: 1981 Lucky Ones: 1981
Metallica
Fade To Black: 1984
Wherever I May Roam: 1991 Memory Remains: 1997
Pink Floyd:
See Emily Play: 1967 Wish You Were Here: 1975 Comfortably Numb: 1979
Heaven: 1989 Uncle Tom’s Cabin: 1990 I Saw Red: 1990
Winger: In The Day We’ll Never See: 1990 Who’s The One: 1993 Down Incognito: 1993
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When I was a kid growing up in Sioux City, Iowa there were not a whole lot of musical options, so any chance I could I took advantage of what I was able to hear or see. My Mom asked to get HBO installed into our house as she loved to watch movies, as did I. In the summer of 1979 I saw the film “Animal House” (July 1978) on HBO in the soundtrack. I heard “Louie, Louie” by The Kingsmen, I loved it. Now, at the time in Sioux City, there was only a few places to buy Vinyl Records, the main independent store “Uncle John” owned by Mike Duncan (eventually his daughter Mindy ran this for him) and a store where my Grandfather Willis, my Dad Bill, and his brothers all worked which was Woolco. At The time a new album cost about $7.99, an older title like the ones I was looking for, as I was looking for artists from the mid 60s , in the late 70s (Disco sucked) IF, you could even find them were about $5.99. Well, I made about $1.95 an hour working at Woolco, yes 3 generations all worked at the same store.
Well at Woolco they had what was called the “Cut-Outs” Section. My Mom (Carol) had to explain this to me as she sold records at Kresge’s “Certain records are not made forever they stop making them if they don’t sell well” retail stores like Woolco or K-Mart (Kresge’s) had huge “Cut-Outs” Sections. So What is a “Cut-Out” it literally means “Cut Out Of Print” (No Longer Made) the 6 major records labels being; CBS, Capitol, MCA, RCA WEA, PGD, when they stopped making certain titles they would make a “Saw Cut” in the side or have the “Corner Cut Off” or make “Drill Hole” in the top corner, or have “Hole Punched” through the corner. and the price points were: .99, $1.99, $2.99, $3.99, $4.99, then those price stickers were color coded for a specific 3 month period, and after a year they dropped down to the next lowest price point until finally .49 and after that they were destroyed Woolco alone destroyed thousands upon thousands of KISS records in 1979 -80.
Starting in the 80s CBS began to melt down it’s overstocked records rather than sell them at a reduced price the thinking was “CBS Records will not devalue it’s artist catalog” these slow selling records were recycled into new records. Well, not making very much money and wanting every record I could get my hands on I shopped the “Cut-Outs” Section, it was there I found artists like The Byrds, Paul Revere And The Raiders and Thin Lizzy. It was here I found my found Raiders record Paul Revere And The Raiders “Greatest Hits” with their version of “Louie, Louie” not the same version that I heard in “Animal House” but at least I had the song to play at home in my room. You see kids, the very 1st time I ever heard of the internet was Winter 1986, so if you wanted to look up music you had to use a giant book called a “Phonolog” at a store like “Musicland” which the 1st one I ever saw was at Southern Hills Mall about 1982 (the mall opened in Mar 1980).
The album cover really appealed to me, I loved the colonial uniforms, as I always like a sense of uniformity of the 60s bands, everyone wearing the same suits or at least similar suits, I had Marx Revolutionary War toy soldiers only a few years earlier, so I thought the Raiders looked really cool, and I loved 5 songs on this record. Later in 1988 when I started to get all of The Raiders catalog, I found out I loved a great deal more songs.
Originally formed in 1958 as “The Downbeats” When Paul Revere Dick (7 Jan1938; Harvard, NE. – October 4, 2014) met Mark Lindsay (9 Mar 1942 Eugene, OR.) in Boise, ID. in 1960 the band changed their name to Paul Revere And Te Raiders, they later relocated to Portland, OR. in 1962. The band has had some 37 members in it’s 56 years career, Guitarists: Drake Levin, Jim Valley, Freddie Weller, Sioux City, Iowa born Doug Heath (9 Oct 1948), Paul’s own Son Jamie Revere, Bassists: Doc Holliday, Phil “Fang” Volk, Keith Allison (cousin of The Crickets Jerry Allison) and Ron Foos, Drummers: Mike Smith, Mississippi born Joe Carreo Jr. and Omar Martinez, just to name a few. In their career they have released 25 Albums, 42 Singles with 30 Songs on the BillBoard Charts. They have appeared on countless TV shows such as: “Batman” (1966) “Where The Action Is” (1965-67) one was filmed here in MPLS, “Ed Sullivan Show” (1967) “It’s Happening” (1968 -69), “Milton Berle Show” (1966), “Mike Douglas Show” (1966) “Lloyd Thaxton Show” (1965- 66).
Another cool thing I later figured out about The Raiders, much like their contemporaries of the time they used VOX Guitars and Amps, specifically Volk used a “Phantom” Bass and Weller used a V288 Aristocrat and Lindasy played a “Phantom” 12 String. Just like The Beatles, Rolling Stones and The Monkees used VOX Guitars and amps like the AC30 or “Super Beatle” 100w The Rolling Stones used a MkVI Teardrop and a V298 Wyman Bass, The Monkees used V219 Bobcat and V238 Country Western. I saw and met Paul Revere And The Raiders twice in Des Moines, IA. in 1993 and 1997 I found him to be the consummate showman, always on making plenty of jokes , though I was supposed to see them in 1989 in Williamsburg, IA. but car trouble prevented me from doing so. I finally saw Mark Lindsay in St. Paul in 2012, as I was supposed to see him in 1993 in Des Moines, and 2009 in Milaca, MN. Unbelievably Jim “Harpo” Valley became a children’s artist after The Raiders and also performed in Des Moines, I did not find out until a week later, when my friend Reno informed me he met him after the show. In 1997 I met Jon Vasey ESQ. a VOX collector, and the biggest Raiders fan I ever met. He and I had the endless argument about who was a better vocalist, Mark Lindsay or Micky Dolenz (fans what do you think ?) It took me a long time to do so, but I have created (so far) 4 Radio Shows on Paul Revere And The Raiders, with 2 more in the works. Here are the set lists for these shows.
WDGY “PsychoGello Shows”Paul Revere And The Raiders
Part #1: 1965 -1968
Fever: 1965, Just Like Me: 1965 , Steppin’ stone: 1966, 1001 Arabian Nights: 1966, Louie, Go Home: 1966, I Hear A Voice: 1967, I’m A Loser Too: 1968 ,Happening ’68: 1968.
Part #2″ 1969 – 1976 Ride On My Shoulder: 1969,I Dont Know: 1969, Just Seventeen: 1970, Indian Reservation: 1971, Powder Blue Mercedes Queen: 1972, Love Music: 1973, All Over You: 1974, Gonna Have A Good Time: 1975, The British Are Coming: 1976.
“Mark Lindsay Solo” Reason To Believe: 1969, Arizona: 1969, Silver Bird: 1970, Been Too Long On The Road: 1971, Something Big: 1972, California: 1973, Mamacita: 1975, Sing Your Own Song: 1976.
WDGY “Cover Up Show””Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian” 1965 John D. Loudermilk: 31 March 1934; Durham, NC. 21 Sep 2016
“Louie Go Home” 1966 The Chambermen: Spokan, WA.
“Steppin Out” 1966 The Atheanians: Edinburgh, Scotland
“Birds Of A Feather” 1969Keith Allison: 26 Aug 1942; Coleman, TX. 17 Nov 2021
“Freeborn Man” 1976 May The Outlaws; Tampa, FL.
“Hungry” 1977 Jan Sammy Hagar: 13 Oct 1947; Solinas, CA.
Coming soon to WDGY Paul Revere And The Raiders: “Top BillBoard Hits” Just Like Me #11: Nov 1965, Kicks: #4: Feb 1966, Hungry: #6: June 1966, Great Airplane Strike: #20: Oct 1966, Good Thing: #4: Dec 1966, Him Or Me: #5: April 1967, I Had A Dream #17: Aug 1967, Too Much Talk #19: Feb 1968, Mr. Sun Mr. Moon: #18: Jan 1969, Let Me: #20: April 1969, Indian Reservation: #1: Feb 1971.
“Mr. Zer0’s Evolation Show” trying to get on Radio WVIC 55 min. Featuring:Paul Revere And The Raiders, The Brotherhood, The Unknowns, Mark Lindsay, Jim Valley, Freddie Weller, Keith Allison, And several Cover Versions.
You can catch my Radio Show “Mr. Zer0’s PsychoGello Show” on WDGY AM740, Streaming, FM: 92.1, 103.7, 107.1, Sundays at 8am (occasionally at 7am too). You can hear The past 90 Episodes at www.MrZeroS.Com -Podcast. You can find “Mr. Zer0’s Evolation Show” (32 programs) and “Hits And History” (17 Programs) at www.MixCloud.Com. Check in next time. Until then … Nerd Is The Word”
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Dr. Rox Remember When? Article #151 September 2023
By: RLSchwinden aka MrZerr0
So many years ago when I lived on the Southside of Des Moines, I auditioned for a “Local Cover Band” I do not recall the name they used then, but they eventually became ‘Seven Hells’ incidentally I did sit in with them a few times in 2009. As we were going over the setlist, of what I consider the usual; KISS, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Motley Crue, Judas Priest etc. their singer Chris W. asked me “Am I to understand you like The Monkees?” I replied “Why, yes, that’s true” he asked “I just don’t understand how this can be true, you are into hard rock like the bands we just rehearsed and you are into kids music like that?”
I responded “You see Chis, I am a little older than you and I started listening to music at about 11 months old, I’d guess, when my Aunt Debby would play 45 Singles on her record player for me to dance to, she played the bands she liked Dave Clark 5 and The Beatles. My father Dick told me and my Mom Carol wrote it down in my baby book, that my favorite TV shows as a toddler were ‘Batman’ ‘Lost In Space’ and ‘The Monkees’ back in the olden days “Prime TV” started at 6pm EST. I didn’t know any different pertaining to TV Stations and times, but Batman was on at 6 O’Clock Wednesdays and Thursdays on ABC (Channel 9), Lost In Space was on CBS (Channel 14), Fridays and The Monkees were on NBC (Channel 4), Mondays, so as a toddler I would sit in front of the TV waiting to see these shows and listen to the music, coincidentally another favorite band of mine Paul Revere And The Raiders appeared on Batman in Nov 1966. So you see Chris it’s quite simple. I was listening to music in the mid 60s, Before the bands you liked even existed, what was I supposed to do, sit and wait and hope one day there would be a band like Black Sabbath, so I had something to listen to?”
I do vividly remember sometime in 1969 my favorite song was “Last Train To Clarksville” my Uncle John was a Monkees fan back then he had the 1st album and “Headquarters” and a few 45 singles for sure, he even had the Monkees talking hand puppet, and in ’69 when Peter Tork left the group, John pulled Peter’s head off the hand puppet. Also in ’69 I remember watching “Scooby-Doo” when it 1st aired September 1969 on CBS, incidentally I am currently watching these very episodes with my son Oblieon, David Jones appeared on Scooby-Doo in Dec 1972. I remember seeing Kool-Aid and Nerf commercials with the Monkees Trio David, Micky and Michael, as CBS started to air The Monkees in re-runs from Sept 1969 to Sept 1972.
It was about this time my mom’s best friend Toni C. would come over with her 2 children Spencer and Chris, and they would ask to watch The Monkees TV show, as they were into comedy shows, however by this time I had discovered “Star Trek” and “Planet Of The Apes” so Sci-fi was my bag you dig. As they were our guests we watched The Monkees, now I have to say at this time, watching the show I found it to be kinda silly, how I was still drawn to the music.I vividly remember seeing the songs “Words” “Love Is Only Sleeping” “Randy Scouse Git” and Tim Buckley performing “Song To The Siren” I loved This Music, and I have to say this show planted the seeds for the idea of me wanting to be in a band, I liked the idea of having 4 best friends (Spencer, Chris, Eric W. and I) playing in a band wearing matching raspberry shirts playing in small clubs to people dancing or sitting listening to us perform. I thought to myself “yea, this is what I want to do, this is definitely the life for me”.
I suppose it was also fueled by the fact may Dad Bill played drums in Merle Pithan’s band “The Boyz (from Sioux City)” and my Uncle Jeff (who knew Tommy Bolin) played guitar and gave me my 1st guitar, and the same Uncle John (mentioned) played drums in the band “Freedom Of Wild Water II” At 1st I wanted to be the singer- drummer like Micky Dolenz, (I thought he had the coolest haircut) but as my dad tried to teach me drums, we learned, sadly I did not have what it took, and my friend Chris C. DID already played drums, I decided I wanted to be the Mike Nesmith (guitarist- singer) in the band, as Uncle Jeff had already given me a guitar. Well it took many moves and many years later until I met Mike Langley who got me onto my guitar playing journey with his group “The Magic Acid Band”. Earlier this year I got the guitar I always dreamed of from way back then, a Red Sunburst Hollow Body (Thanks to the guys at Music Go Round Burnsville). In 1986 The Monkees got back together for a reunion tour that lasted for the next 3 years. Since then I have seen The Monkees in one form or another over 50 times in over 8 different states. As the following: David, Micky & Peter, Peter Solo, David Solo, Micky Solo, Michael Solo, Boyce & Hart, Micky & David, Michael, Micky & Peter, Michael & Micky. In fact I have met some of my very best life long friends because of The Monkees either collecting or at concerts.
Some of my Monkees related accomplishments. I was able to interview Michael Martin Murphey for Gary Strobl’s book on The Monkees; pertaining to Murphey’s involvement with The Monkees writing the songs “What Am I Doing Hanging Round” “Oklahoma Backroom Dancer” “Texas Morning” and “I, Prithee (do not ask for love)” and his band “Lewis And Clark Expedition” who was signed to the same record label, thanks to Nesmith.I worked on a job for David Jones in 1994 researching his performing, writing and producing credits. In Sept 2005 David Jones played my Catholic Church (St.John Neumann) function and earlier that day Jones I filmed a segment for VH1, unfortunately my part did not get used. In 2020 my name is in the credits on the CD/Vinyl “Micky Dolenz: Live In Japan (1982)” as I was the only one who interviewed and documented his trip to Japan in 1982.
When I decided to open Mr. Zer0’s Record Store in 2009, I decided to use a name I saw in Monkees’ Episode #52 “Devil And Peter Tork” Mr. Zero ran the pawn shop where Tork accidently sold his soul to the devil ‘Mr. Zero’ Mr. Zer0’s will be celebrating their 15th Xmass in the very same location. In 2012 when I was asked to make my 1st KFAI appearance, they asked me if I had a name for my show. I decided to use “PsychoGello” from Monkees Episode #58 “Frodis Caper” where Nesmith is making fun of the hippy psychedelic movement calling it “PsychoGello” I made 7 appearances on KFAI as “PsychoGello” and in June 2017 I moved this show to WDGY and is still on today, about to air my 7th Xmass show. So what are some of my favorite Monkees’ songs you might ask, well it goes like this:”Sweet Young Thing” (Nesmith) from their 1st album in Oct 1966. I played this song over and over so much my Aunt Cat had to say “There are other songs on the album”
“Look Out (hct)” (Diamond -Jones) from “More Of” released in Jan 1967, I just love those early songs of Neil Diamond this one “I’m A Believer” “A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You” “Love To Love” “Black And Blue”
“You Told Me” (Nesmith) from “Headquarters” released in Mar 1967. another fine tune form Nesmith with a bit of country added to it with Tork’s banjo.
“Words” (Boyce And Hart -Dolenz -Tork) from “Pisces” released in Nov 1967. This is my favorite song of all time. I was able to interview Tommy Boyce about this song in June 1986. Later in 1990 I became an acquaintance of Bobby Hart.
“Zor And Zam” (Chadwick -Dolenz) from “Birds And Bees” released in April 1968. What a haunting masterpiece. This blew me away when I first heard it as a teenager. Later, alos in 1990 I befriended this song’s writer Bill Chadwick.
“Long Title (dihtdtaoa)” (Tork) from the soundtrack to “Head” released in Nov 1968. Well this song just plain rocks and rings so true for me. Buffalo Springfield is the backing musicians on this one.
“You And I” (Chadwick -Jones) from “Instant Replay” released in Feb 1969. Another rocking tune that once again rings so true. This one is again written by Chadwick, with Lead Guitar from Neil Young of Buffalo Springfield.
“Looking For The Good Times” (Boyce And Hart -Jones) released in Oct 1969 from “Present”. another rocker.
“Tell Me Love” (Barry -Dolenz) from the final LP “Changes” released in June 1970 a great ballad. “Cripple Creek” From “Live 1967” finally a Tork song with banjo.
“Time And Time Again” (Chadwick -Jones) From Missing Links Vol. 1″ slated for “Changes” another Chadwick song and a great ballad.
“I Prithee” (Murphey -Dolenz) From “Missing Links Vol. 2” slated for the 1st LP. later recorded with Jones in ’67 and later again with Tork in ’68. A great psychedelic tune. “You’re So Good” (Stone -Dolenz) From “Missing Links Vol. 3” slated for “Present” a greta R&B tune as that’s what the Trio were into at the time. Sam And The Good Timers are the backing musicians on this track.
“Something To Show For It All” (Chadwick -Jones) still unreleased as of yet. Slated for “Changes” but used in the syndicated TV Show “An Evening With…” from April 1970. I got this unreleased recording from the songwriter and producer himself Bill Chadwick in 1992. A lovely ballad. I would like my son to play this at my wake.
I have a son and when he was born I got him a drumset. A Ludwig that I am re-wrapping in Pink Sparkle, Dolenz had a Champagne Sparkle Kit. When I was asked why I wanted to have a kit of that color, I responded it is my dream to be in a Monkees Tribute Band” the person responded what did they have 1 hit?” Ummm, no here is a list of their Top 40 Hits:
11 Top 40 Hits:
-1966-
“Last Train To Clarksville” (Boyce And Hart)
“I’m A Believer” (Diamond)
“(iny) Steppinstone” (Boyce And Hart)
-1967- “A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You” (Diamond)
“Girl I Knew Somewhere” (Nesmith)
“Pleasant Valley Sunday” (Goffin And King)
“Words” (Boyce And Hart)
“Daydream Believer”
(Stewart)
-1968-“Valleri” (Boyce And Hart)
“Tapioca Tundra” (Nesmith)
“D.W. Washburn” (Leiber And Stoller)
And so this is why The Monkees, like I tell my son “Everybody’s different” Check back next month. Until then … MrZerr0
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Article #150 August 2023By: RLSchwinden aka MrZerr0
The Duluth Veterans Tribute Fest is 26 August 2023 at Bayfront Festival Park. So being in KISSin Time for the last 10 years I get these questions:
1. Why are you in a tribute band and not just a cover dance band? For me I was always a fan of a specific band and I loved playing just one band’s songs, keeping to a certain theme. The very first project I was involved with we just played songs by The Beatles. Also I never really liked playing a variety of songs, especially songs by certain bands. Just like nowadays, go to any club and you will see several different bands playing the exact same songs, what can be the differentiating factor, who plays this song the best, these guys or those guys?
2. Don’t you feel silly? No, I get to live out my childhood dreams, and most people never get that opportunity. I always liked dressing up for more than just Halloween. I also wanted to be an actor, I have appeared in several films since 2011. (check IMDB).
3. Why don’t you play original music? Well I have been in several original bands over the decades and while I enjoyed playing music I created or helped create. It was hard to get booked to play shows after 1987. In addition, in most cases people were not getting into your music they had never heard before. And for decades now, a band has to realize they are not really going to “Make It” in the music biz, so why not do it for fun and make a little money in doing so.
4. Are tribute bands really necessary? Overall I say Why Tribute Bands. Easy answer. These 4 for example; The world’s favorite band of all time Led Zeppelin stopped touring in July 1980. The Beatles stopped touring August 1966. Jimi Hendrix last show was in Sep 1970. Jim Morrison’s last show was Dec 1970. Van Halen performed their last show in Oct 2015. This list could go on and on. The Sweet will be playing the Twin Cities soon, as the other 3 original members are dead, the only original member left is Guitarist Andy Scott (born in June 1949), and several new hires, true the music is still there but when it is down to just one original member, and not even the lead singer on the recordings, how far off is it really from a band paying tribute to the original band? What if you’re a huge Tom Petty fan, well unfortunately he died in 2017, so you can not see him anymore, or if you love Fleetwood Mac, even though they have had over 18 full members, sad but true Christine McVie is gone, since 2022.
In the late 60s there was a trend to put together 50s Rock N Roll Revival Shows, like having Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Fats Domino and Jerry Lee Lewis on the same bill (program) even then those artists were in their 30s and 40s. Berry was born in OCt 1926, so in 1969 he was 43 on tour playing these revival shows.
For example when the Monkees toured as a trio in 1986 they were crucified over the fact all 4 original members weren’t there and they were in the 40s, yet many of the 80s hairbands are now in their 50s and 60s and the touring bands are down to maybe 2 members or just the lead singer and a backing band example Brett Michaels, Tom Keifer, Geoff Tate. How about Quiet Riot, the band is down to its 2nd Bass Player Rudy Sarzo. Let us look at Foreigner the only original member to still perform with the band is Mick Jones (born Dec 1944) albeit occasionally at best even though lead vocalist Lou Gramm is still active he he is not in his own band, while there are a few other famous people in the band; Pilson & Hansen, in my opinion Foreigner is nothing more than an “Authorized Tribute Band” For the record Brett Michaels was born March 1963, Tom Keifer born Jan 1961, Geoff Tate was born in Jan 1959.
How about the 90s bands most of those lead singers are dead, Cobain, Staley, Cornell, Hoon, Weiland, Nowell and Wood, yet some of these bands still continue on. Since most of these 90s singers are in fact dead you could go see “Wicked Garden” and get the 90s experience in a live setting. An example TOOL is a great band, unfortunately they do not tour that often, so if you’re a TOOL fan, you can go see “10,000 Days”
I saw the Ronnie James Dio Hologram in June 2019, and to me, it was like a bad cartoon with a really good backing band. There was talk of taking the Jimi Hendrix Experience Hologram and the Michael Jackson Hologram backed by the remaining Jackson Brothers, but I never saw anything materialize outside of the Dio Hologram tour.
How about the major Stadium Tours, such as KISS, where Paul Stanley’s vocals are pre-recorded backing tracks, I know I saw this myself from only several feet away in Milwaukee, May 2022, or Motley Crue, Lee’s drums, Sixx’s bass tracks and Neil’s vocals. Sure these are very expensive shows costing millions of dollars, so the companies really wouldn’t want anything to go wrong, but is it right to charge $150.oo to watch a pantomime?
I ask this question when you see tribute bands, do you prefer them to dress the part or the band just walk out and perform in their usual attire, whatever that may be? For many it’s the music and they really don’t care who is up there, as long as they can drink and dance and have a good night out. Some want to relive their glory days or a time that has long since gone by. Myself I do want to the music to be correct, and sometimes it’s necessary to have a keyboard player off to the side to recreate the sound, and in many cases a tribute band needs to have a female singer to recreate the vocals of a 22 year old male from decades ago, but I am also going to watch the show, so I myself would like to see the band at least make an effort to look the part, and not have to watch what looks like 4 guys that just got off work and went to the club to play the favorite songs.
I have been in the music biz since 1981 in one way or another, I started working full time in a recordstore in 1986, I sold thousands upon thousands of Led Zeppelin cassettes back then. They were done as a band for over 5 years, so how would a 16 year old kid who just discovered Led Zeppelin get to enjoy the live experience of his new favorite band without the advent of “Tribute Bands”? Keep in mind there is not a whole lot of Led Zeppelin video footage out there as their manager Peter Grant wanted the fans to pay to go see his band live, not be able to watch them for free on TV. Or a young person sees KISS on Scooby Doo and wants to learn more about them, yes there are tons of video on KISS, but to be there and see it live is a spectacle to behold.
While there will always be a need for new original music and I fully support this, I feel there is also a need for Tribute Bands helping fans relive the past in a way they are able to. So until someone invents a time machine I recommend you go see the tribute bands while they are still around.
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D.V.C. from Sioux City to Des Moines then to Minneapolis.Dr. Rox Remember When? Article #149 July 2023By: RL Schwinden aka MrZerr0
When I was growing up in Sioux City, Iowa all I really wanted to do was be a “RockStar” as my Dad Bill was a drummer in the Twin Cities area in the early 60s, this only fueled my fire. As I have mentioned many times Tommy Bolin (1 Aug 1951 – 4 Dec 1976) was from my neighborhood, my cousin John, Uncle Jeff and Aunt Cindy were friends of Tommys. While I was inspired by bands like The Beatles, The Monkees, Steppenwolf, Deep Purple, The Osmonds, Black Sabbath and KISS, I thought it must not be too hard to become a rockstar, at first my dad tried to teach me the drums, we found I had no rhythm, my mom told me I could not sing a note, so I was drawn to the guitar, one that really appealed to me was a Red Hollowbody Electric. By this time my dad was playing in a band called “The Boyz (from Sioux City)” with Merle Pithan on Keyboards, this really began to pique my interest. As I got into my teens and I began to hang out with Mike Langley, I started to realize that I might not hit the heights of superstardom like my idols. When I was about 16 The Bolin Family moved into the house across the street on 25th and Pierce, it was then Summer of 1979 I first met Johnnie Bolin, Tommy’s younger brother and former drummer of the Tommy Bolin Band and Richard T. Bear, Johnnie was at that time the drummer for the Des Moines Band “The Penetrators” in Dec 1980 one Sat. night I hung out with Johnnie and his pal Archie Shelby in the Bolin’s kitchen, Johnnie signed a ‘Penetrators’ poster for me which I still have. So just after high school (West ’81) I split town upon my Uncle Jeff’s suggestion and moved to Phoenix with my Uncle’s Mike and Brad. While visiting Tri-City Mall in a book store I saw an ad for the new “D.V.C.” album on Alpha Records. I thought “Will you look at that, Johnnie (Bolin) has a new band with a record out (NO ONE called them “Vinyls”) that band was “D.V.C.” an abbreviation for “Power, Accuracy, Speed” in Latin. And so our story begins.
The Cast: John Valoyce Bartle 22 October; 1950 Sioux City, Iowa John Vern Bolin: 17 August 1954; Sioux City, Iowa
Robert Alan Forest 15 June 1953; Ames, IowaDavid
Ducharme Jones 20 Jan 1960; Des Moines, Iowa
Rick Reed 1959; Des Moines, Iowa
Maximilian Cross Padilla: 15 March 1955; Manhattan, NYC
Brian Arther Bart: 18 August 1958; Minneapolis, MN.
Eric Holtz: Sioux City, Iowa
The band “D.V.C.” roots go all the way back to 1967 at Central High in Sioux City, Iowa, where a young Tommy Bolin meets John Bartle whose friend is Eric Holtz.Bolin and Bartle jam on guitars together. Bartle eventually joins the Sioux Falls band “Chateaux” a young Tommy Bolin is fired from “A Patch Of Blue” and also joins Chateaux, before leaving for Cincinnati, OH. in late ’67. Bartle then joins “Seven Sons” from the ashes of “A Patch Of Blue” with George and Brad Larvick, David Napier and 3 others; they release several 45s before breaking up. John Bartle and Johnnie Bolin began playing together in a band called “Sailing” in a local truck stop in Sioux City some time in 1972. Sometime in 1975 while on a break from Deep Purple, Tommy is back in Sioux City and throws together a band called “The Gassers” which lasts from 1975 to 1976. There is a Live CD of this lineup titled “Tommy Bolin Live At The Jetbar” Bartle once told me “It’s my face on the cover and my voice on the recording, yet it’s credited to Tommy?” (laughs). The band consisted of Tommy Bolin on guitar, Johnnie Bolin on drums, John Bartle on lead vocals and guitar and Roger Rothewell on bass. Tommy passes away in 1976. Johnnie goes on to Richard T. Bear for 2 albums on RCA records “Bear” and “Captured Live” both from 1979 and Bartle goes onto “The Jan Park Band” from Des Moines, Iowa, they release 1 album on Columbia Records also in 1979, however Bartle told me in an interview: “We recorded a 2nd album that didn’t get released, because Jan’s husband wanted her out of the business, I still have the tapes for it, maybe someday I’ll release them, let them come after me, what are they going to do other than give me free publicity” While in Des Moines sometime in 1979 Bartle meets one David Ducharme-Jones a guitar player and vocalist who was playing a residency at Courtney’s in downtown Des Moines. Ducharme had met Johnnie Bolin in Okoboji, IA. and Johnnie sat in with his band to play on some Tommy Bolin songs. Bartle was working on a 2 song demo for a new record deal and asked Ducharme to play on the sessions. While recording Bartle had the idea to form a new 5 piece band with 3 lead guitar players to play triple guitar harmonies, and 4 part vocal harmonies especially on cover songs that had keyboards. Ducharme suggested his good friend (Rockin) Rick Reed for bass and another local talent from Ames, IA. Rob Forest. Bartle of course brought in Bolin on drums, and The Penetrators were born. From an interview with Ducharme: “Bartle came to pick me up in his Cadillac he bought with his advance money from the Jan Park deal, I was all of 19 years old so I was impressed, we spent the whole winter (1979) reheasering covers writing originals; “Now I See It” “Ain’t That The Way It Goes” Bartle being the main songwriter then, Forest wrote some; “Goosebumps” and playing gigs gearing up for the pending record label deal, since we had 3 guitar players who ever sang the lead on a song that was who played the solo of that song, we recorded some demos at Studio 2000 on Ingersol in Des Moines. Now I had just turned 20 and these guys were a older so they were more seasoned at the rock n roll lifestyle than I was and I decided that just maybe this wasn’t my scene, as I was in a serious relationship and getting married (17 Aug 1980) I decided to leave and relocate to Calif. man, was Bartle pissed about that, and he let me know it. Eventually Bartle played with my cousin Pat Morley the future drummer for “Soul Asylum”. I have a tape of my last show with The Penetrators”and here is a partial setlist:
The Penetrators: August 1980in Des Moines, Iowa @ So’s Your Mother Bye Bye Love (cars)Let The Good Times Roll (cars)Don’t Do Me Like That (tom petty)Now I see It (Bartle)Ain’t That The Way It Goes (Bartle)Goosebumps (Forest)Desire (rockets)Teaser (tommy bolin)The Grind (tommy bolin)Homeward Strut (tommy bolin) Owed To G (deep purple 4) Same Old Song And Dance (aerosmith)
It seems to me, John Bartle, especially was heavily influenced by “The Cars” and how could he not be, The Cars had 5 Top 40 Hits in just over a year from 1978 -79. Incidentally I did meet Ric Ocasek and his wife Paulina in Dec 1987 at a bookstore in Valley West Mall in W. Des Moines, Iowa and I saw Easton and Hawkes with “The New Cars” May 2007 in Shakopee. It was about this time that Tommy Bolin’s Ibanez Destroyer was stolen along with the rest of the band’s gear from a rehearsal space adjoined to a bowling alley in Minneapolis.
Enter Max Padilla;So with Ducharme leaving the band, so does his good friend Rick Reed. Bartle and Bolin set their collective sights on the bassist / vocalist Max Padilla from the band “Headstone” based in Waterloo, IA. Max had also played with”Footloose Band” and “Night Flight”. Padilla: “Bartle approached me first as they had a pending record deal, Johnnie came up to me later and was just as nice and humble as could be, Johnnie and I hit it off great we were best buds, we did everything together, now I was aware of his older brother Tommy, I had seen The James Gang on Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert, I had read his name in the credits of “Come Taste The Band” and “Spectrum” but never did think I would meet his brother Johnnie at “So’s Your Mother” in Des Moines, Iowa. Eventually Johnnie and I lived upstairs in the band house on Christmas Lake in MPLS. I remember one time Johnnie brought me some of Tommy’s stage clothes to wear on stage, he was just as nice as could be.” So Max joins The Penetrators, but as the band gets signed to Alpha Records they decide they need a new name, I believe it was Bartle who came up with the name “D.V.C.” Eric Holtz has left Columbia Records and joins Japanese label Alpha Records who did have some other artists like LuLu, The Police, Erasure, Depeche Mode, Falco, Billy Vera, Max-Q, George Benson and several others. Holtz produces the first album using a layering technique, where they would record the 3 singers, and then re-record the same parts and stack them upon each other really filling out the sound (Roy Thomas Baker did the same thing with Queen)
1st Album Summer 1981 Alpha #AAB-11005 (lead vocals) Let Me Be Your Fantasy (Padilla)Goosebumps (Forest)Turning (Bartle)Ain’t That The Way It Goes (Bartle)Teaser (Forest)Go For It (Forest)Now I See It (Bartle)Stop Foolin Around (Padilla)Baby Wants More (Bartle)Terrified (Forest)
My personal favorites from this release: Let Me Be Your Fantasy, Goosebumps, Terrified, Released in the USA on Vinyl and Cassette and Japan on Vinyl.I remember seeing an ad in “Circus” magazine for a contest to design the album cover for this release, and there was a follow up article showing the 2 runners up for the 2nd and 3rd place winners. 3 Single 45s were released for this album”Teaser/ Go For It” which was a hit in this area at the time late 1981 -1982″Let Me Be Your Fantasy/Now I See It” #7009″Goosebumps/Ain’t That the Way It Goes” #7013In fact “You Better Go For It” was used in a local Minneapolis Auto Dealership radio ad in spring- summer 2015.
Johnnie Bolin: Interview with me: “Well, Eric (Holtz) didn’t think the recorded really represented what we sounded like live, specifically my drums, I explained to him, well live I am using Steve Smith’s (Journey) 9 piece Sonar kit live, and in the studio you had me play a 5 piece, it’s just not the same I just can’t do as much. The problem we had then was they really didn’t know how to market us as a band were we “Rock” or “AOR” or “Heavy Metal” remember that was a transition time period from “New Wave” (post punk) to “Heavy Metal”.” Ducharme: “I am pretty sure that’s my guitar work on a few of those songs, that I did not get credit for, oh well”Bartle: “Washburn was really starting to come back at that time, they gave me a custom A-20 Bullseye model, and a black one with an endorsement, what happened to them… I sold ’em” Padilla: ” I played my 1976 Fender Blonde Precision, I bought at Taizio Music in NJ. for most of the album, but when I used a flanged sound I used a Yamaha BB-1200″ A friend of Johnnie’s Kurt J. recorded a show of DVC, here is the setlist and who sang what, and who the original version was by:
Aug 1981 Silver Dollar N. Sioux CIty, Iowa Bye Bye Love (cars)Tough Guys (reo) Stop Foolin Around (DVC) Max Padilla Fantasy Girl (38 special) Aint That The Way It Goes (DVC) John Bartle When Your World Is Running Down (police)Walk Away (james gang)Funk #49 (james gang )Rocky Mountain Way (barnstorm)In The City (joe walsh solo 1979, then eagles) Party’s Over (journey)Majestic (journey)Where Were You (journey)Make Your Move (DVC – Penatrators) Rob Forest Baby Wants More (DVC) John Bartle Gone Gone Gone (bad co)Now I See It (DVC) John Bartle Rock N Roll Manager (DVC- Penatrators) Bartle & Forest Terrified (DVC) Forest
Bolin: “Remember this was a different time back then, back then bands could play up to 5 nights a week, usually Tuesday to Saturday for about the same money bands are getting paid today, on that where is our “cost of living increase” (laughs). But all that started to change in the early 80s when that Lightner girl was killed by a drunk driver, her mom formed “MADD” Mothers Against Drunk Drivers, I’m not sure about every state but Iowa changed the drinking age from 19 to 21 July 1986. With that it effectively ended the ability of bands like “DVC” “Dare Force” and “Chameleon” to earn a living playing locally because bars and clubs were folding like dominos, because there were no new customers for almost 3 years, and in Iowa it seemed most bars and clubs had about a 18 month to 3 year life span.” Padilla: “I remember living in the band house on Christmas Lake and Bartle borrowing my portable cassette recorder working on “I Want Your Body” Bartle was a great songwriter and simply amazing in the studio and Forest showing the “Drop D Tuning” for “One More Time” I had never seen that before. Holtz turned in the acetates to the record label, and they came back with “We would like to hear some Keyboards on these songs” were just not down with that, we were a guitar band that’s the way we wrote and recorded those songs so we stuck to our guns, and while we waiting, Bob F. at the label was fired and pretty soon the record label folded. ” Bartle: “Yea I have the masters for the 2nd album, I think I am going to put them out soon, I mean why not Alpha folded decades ago, who’s going to come after me, and what could they possibly do? I have been working on a cover for the CD, check these out (shows me about 4 different paintings) I paint them with a brush, NOT An Air-Brush. You know I re-recorded “Tonight” on the Chill Factor CD on Antipreneur Records back in 1996.” “Chill Factor” consisted of: John Bartle, Johnnie Bolin, Dave Napier (from Seven Sons) and Bob Birch (from Board Of Directors) they also covered a Tommy Bolin and Gassers favorite they performed live “Wang Dang Doodle”.
2nd Album Post Toastee (Forest)Crash Landing (Forest)Nobody Wins (Bartle)Right Between The Eyes (Forest)One More Time (Padilla)Rock And Roll Women (Forest)Tonight Will Last Forever (Padilla)All I Need (Forest)I Want Your Body (Bartle)
My personal favorites from this release: Right Between The Eyes, One More Time, I Want Your Body, All I Need. I remember in April 1983 I saw a local Sioux City band with a female lead singer perform “Crash Landing” at the bar at KD Stockyards Station. They announced it with this “And now an original song from some friends of ours” The story I heard at the time, still living in Sioux City was: “Bartle was tired of touring and being on the road and was about to get married so he decided to leave DVC, and form a new local band “Glass Hammer” I still have a promo poster and until recently I had a Fender Twin Speaker Cabinet once used by the band (Glass Hammer). In April I found out DVC was going to be performing at the Auditorium with 4 other bands, one being the “Free Beer” band, I am afraid I do not recall the others, I do remember one was a local Native American Band. My memory of this next show is vivid, not just because I have actual photos I took, but Jack Forest (Rob’s brother) gave me a 25 min TV Station filmed VHS recording of the show. The band came out and there he was Johnnie Bolin behind the drums the very same Chrome Ludwig he played in his brother Tommy’s band summer of ’76 wearing white sunglasses. Bolin: “I was wearing sunglasses on stage, how did that happen, I can hardly see as it is, so for me to wear sunglasses, I don’t know” and Rob Forest front and center dressed as a 1920s Newspaper Boy, somehow this look was so cutting edge and Rock N Roll at the time.
Forest playing Johnnie’s Ibanez Candy Apple Red Destroyer, with his teeth! Forest was a phenomenal guitar player and equally as great of a vocalist. To his left was Max Padilla, the consummate rockstar, he looked like a human jaguar, the first guy I ever saw with highlighted hair he looked surreal and the way he moved on stage he would lick his right hand fingers as he plucked his bass strings, then he would do a half jump as the same time, he wore these extra long white sweatbands. Padilla: “That’s because I was sweating so much, I would become dehydrated, my fingers would stick to the strings if I didn’t, like our name said ‘Power, Accuracy, Speed’ we brought it 110% everytime, and remember, back then you had 110 watt par cans hanging behind your head and in your face, no LEDs back then, we were sweating me and Johnnie, and after the show behind Bolin’s drum it was just sawdust, man. The dude hit hard, you know what I am saying, Johnnie and I were a unit, we knew what each other were doing, solid rhythm”. And Padilla could sing almost exactly like Steve Perry of Journey and played bass at the exact same time and was a fantastic bass player at that. This is THEE Show where I had the idea “I doubt I can be a superstar, but I think I can do what these guys are doing. In fact I have actually played a few songs live with Johnnie Bolin on drums! In fact I will do so again on Sat. 5th Aug in Sioux City. this was John Bartle’s last show with DVC, and Brian Bart did come out and play the encore with the band.
2 May 1982Sioux City Auditorium Bartle’s last show (from Video and the best of my memory being front row taking photos) Teaser Goosebumps Let Me Be Your Fantasy Crash Landing Aint That The Way It Goes I Want Your Body Terrified Now I See It Stop Foolin Around Go For It On My Way Pushin Your Luck Post Toastee
The 2nd album was in a slightly different direction, firstly Forest wrote and sang the majority of the songs, and ultimately his image became part of the logo for the band (Forest with his back facing forward in front of a full Marshall stack turning up the volume to 10) secondly the music was heavier than on the 1st album. Alpha Records closed in July 1982 due to a slump in music sales in general due to Disco and the 8-Track. While Disco was a huge trend in the music biz from roughly 1977 to 1980, people generally went out and danced and for the most part did not actually buy Disco records. Many Music Retail Stores invested heavily in 8-Track inventory which was popular from about 1976 to 1980, when the 4-Track Cassette virtually killed the 8-Track format overnight in late 1979 the music stores were stuck with inventory they could neither sell or return. Having worked with many people who were in the biz at the time, one being Mike P. of Wax Works Ent. from Owensboro, KY. he had this to say “So Disco was over and there we were eating 8-Tracks for breakfast, wondering what we were going to do next, then “Thriller” came out in Nov 1982 and single handedly saved the Record Business 4th quarter in ’82″May 1982; Enter Brian Bart of “Dare Force” this band had been around in the Twin Cities since the late 70s. The band consisted of: Brian Bart; guitar and vocals, Johnny O’Neal; vocals and guitar, Brian Lorenson; Bass and Mark Miller; Drums. Dare Force has released 4 titles on Cassette, CD & Vinyl in their career. With Bart joining the band they really head in a new harder and heavier direction and yet still keeping their Pop sensibility. Padilla: “When Bart joined, it was tough to watch him leave his childhood buddies, but when he came on board he really took charge and got things done and steered the band in a new direction.Bolin: “As far as I could see Bart only joined DVC because we had a record deal at the time with Alpha, I could tell he later regretted leaving Dare Force when the label (Alpha) folded. But Bart was a big Tommy Bolin fan, so I know he liked that aspect of being in the band” In 1987 long after DVC Bart and Bolin recorded a version of “Post Toastee” in the same vein as the DVC 2nd album version. On Bart’s 1st Solo Cassette “Future Vision”. Pudge and Johnnie Bolin’s Friend Kurt J. recorded a show of DVC Mk2, here is the setlist, who sang and where the original song came from. Reading over this you can see how different the setlists from back then used to be, a lot of songs that were current hits on the radio, as this was a year or 2 before MTV ruined the Music Biz, because just after MTVs launch, people only remember a song if it had a video on MTV. My point is; go to any club or bar today and it’s the exact same song by the exact same bands they saw on MTV in 1988, nothing has changed in 35 years.
24 Sep 1982: Maplewood Bowl, Maplewood, MN. Seventeen (DVC) set for 3rd LP (Forest)Homeward Strut (Bolin)Hollywood (Thin Lizzy) (Padilla)Blue Wind (Beck & Hammer)Dizzy Miss Lizzy (Larry Williams & Beatles) (Forest)Keep On Rockin (DVC 3rd LP) (Forest)Where Have All The Good Times Gone (Kinks & Van Halen) (Forest) Im The One (Van Halen) (Forest)Soul On Fire (Dare Force) Brian Bart SoloGo For It (DVC 1) (Forest)Majestic (Journey)Where Were You (Journey) (Padilla) Let Me Be Your Fantasy (DVC 1) (Padilla)Pushin Your Luck (Dare Force) (Bart)Walkin On The Moon (police) (Padilla)When Your World Is Runnin Down (police) (Padilla)Rock N Roll Women (DVC 2) (Forest)Guitar Solo Brian & RobTerrified (DVC 1) (Forest)Whole Lotta Rosie (ac/dc) (Bart)Misty Mountain Hop (led zeppelin) (Bart)The Power (rainbow) (Padilla)On My Way (Dare Force) (Bart)Teaser (tommy bolin) (Forest) Owed To G (tommy bolin) Rock And Roll (led zeppelin) (Bart)Right Between The Eyes (DVC 2) (Forest)Goosebumps (DVC 1) (Forest)Drum SoloOne More Time (DVC 2) (Padilla)I Want Your Body (DVC 2) (Forest)Crash Landing (DVC 2) (Forest)The Grind (tommy bolin) (Bart)Post Toastee (tommy bolin) (Forest) I mentioned Brian Bart joins the band and changes the direction. I remember Bart played a White Gibson Explorer and he used to pull the headstock forward to recreate the Eddie Van Halen divebomb sound. Bart: “Yea, I still have that guitar, crazy thing all those years I did that it never affected the neck or the playability, crazy huh?” With Alpha records shutting down, DVC starts looking for a new record label. As I understand it they were working on a 3rd album with Brian Bart, as they had a few songs leftover and some new ones written with Bart and the 3 originals Bart brought with him from Dare Force. Here are some possible songs for inclusion. 3rd LP: 1983Are You Ready (Forest)Keep On Rockin (Forest)Seventeen (Forest)Make Your Move (Forest)Rock And Roll Manager (Forest)Post Toastee (2nd version) 1986 single By Bart & BolinOn My Way (Bart)Pushin Your Luck (Bart)Soul On Fire (Bart)
Bart: “Are You Ready, oh yea I forgot about that one, Forest and I wrote that one together, that song rocks, a great one to open with. You know Bolin recorded Post Toastee with me for my solo album ‘Future Vision’ After several months of looking for a new record deal, apparently Bart is discouraged and decides to go back to Dare Force.Forest: “I am leaving the band and getting married, and moving to Reno, NV. to be a blackjack dealer, we are still hopeful we will be releasing the 2nd album on a new label” So DVC play their last show in Sioux City. I recorded the show on a bitter cold Wednesday night. I do recall seeing DVC another time between May and Dec. Unfortunately I can not recall exactly where and when it was, I do believe I saw DVC the night before at The Patio, and also went the following night and recorded the final show. The Patio was a tiny little dive on Pierce street about a mile south from the Bolin’s and my family’s house, we used to go there all the time because there was not much else to do in Sioux City, and drinking age was 18 maybe 19, it didn’t really matter as I went to my 1st bar at 16 after work one night at the Plaza. I recall them playing 2 sets. They had these 2 white lighted pedestals that Padilla and Bart stood on. For the last song, “Walk In My Shadow” Johnnie told me this was a Bolin Brothers Favorite. Johnnie’s younger brother (Rick) Pudge sang lead vocals, John Bartle played lead guitar and so did Johnnie, Forest played bass and Bart played drums. Padilla: “Yes, our Saturday show was canceled due to weather, Our very last show was at Libation Station in St. Paul on Sunday the 11th Dec. 1982, every musician in town came out to send us off”
8 Dec 1982 The Patio: Sioux City, IowaAre You Ready To Rock (DVC original written by Forest & Bart) (Forest)Homeward Strut (Bolin)Hollywood (Thin Lizzy) (Padilla)Blue Wind (Beck & Hammer)Dizzy Miss Lizzy (Larry Williams & Beatles) anniversary Lennon was killed (Forest) Where Have All The Good Times Gone (Kinks & Van Halen) (Forest)I’m The One (Van Halen) (Forest)NOVO COMBO (up periscope) (Forest)Rock N Roll Women (DVC from 2nd LP) (Forest)Brian Bart’s Solo (Dare Force)Terrified (DVC 1) (Forest)On My Way (Dare Force) (Bart) Teaser (Bolin) (Forest)Let Me Be Your Fantasy (DVC 1) (Padilla)Pushin Your Luck (Dare Force) (Bart)Walkin On The Moon (Police) (Padilla)When Your World Is Running Down (Police) (Padilla)Right Between The Eyes (DVC 2) (Forest)GooseBumps (DVC 1) (Forest)Johnnie Bolin’s SoloOne More Time (DVC 2 written by: Forest) (Padilla)Rob Forest’s SoloCrash Landing (DVC 2) (Forest)Post Toastee (Bolin & DVC 2) (Forest)Max Padillia’s Solo Walk In My Shadow (Free & Energy) (Rick “Pudge” Bolin)John Bartle’s Solo And so DVC ended in Dec 1981. Unbelievably we saw Brian Bart just 3 weeks later open for KISS on Thurs. 30 Dec 1982 in Sioux City, Iowa at the Auditorium with Dare Force, yet another band that really inspired me, as DVC had just ended. Incidentally I just got a British Import CD Board Recording (NO VINYL) of the entire KISS show from 30 Dec. 1982. So Bartle formed “Glass Hammer” Brian Bart goes back to “Dare Force” Max Padilla moves to Milwaukee to join “Breathtaker” Forest moves to Reno, and for a brief moment the “Forest -Bolin Publishing Company” is formed (I have some stationary from this venture) and in only a few months Johnnie Bolin will replace Mark Miller in Dare Force and the band will put out their 2nd release. Pudge Bolin: “My brother and Max are joining a new band, they really want Max because he can sing those Journey songs so well”
In the summer of 2010 DVC got inducted into the Iowa Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame, and there is a movement to reunite DVC to play the event.Bolin: “I found Max, he’s a truck driver in Florida, I talked to him about the event, he is kinda on the fence about it, I talked to Rob too.” Padilla: “If we’re going to do this we are going to do it right, no half ass, I want to have some practices, and it has to be the original 4 or I’m out” Forrest: “That was a really long time ago, I don’t think I am really interested in doing that” And so Bartle and Bolin performed as usual, sadly without the other 2. And there you have it MrZerr0’s story on DVC. In my life some people have bothered to ask me who was a major influence to me, I do not hesitate and answer “DVC” from Sioux City, Des Moines and MPLS. Rob Forest absolutely influenced my vocal style (when I am NOT doing my tribute bands) Max Padilla influenced my stage presence, and Johnnie Bolin influenced my sense of humor.
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As you may or may not know, I (MrZerr0) has been in the “Music Biz” for over 40 years, yet everyday I encounter someone who thinks my love is Video Games and Comics, yet Mr. Zer0’s 55113 Roseville is a Vinyl Record & CD Store, that also sells VHS, DVDs, Toys Still In Package, Shirts and Vintage Video Games. But MrZerr0’s real personal passion is guitars, ever since I saw The Monkees on TV in 1966, I wanted to be the guitar player- singer in a pop band. Honestly, I think I wanted to be a singer- drummer 1st, like Micky Dolenz and Ringo Starr & Jerry Edmondton (Steppenwolf) but I soon realized playing drums was really hard, even with my Dad (Bill) as my personal instructor. I had to break it to him, I wanted to play guitar, he was to say the least, disappointed. Then I started to focus on the guys in front; like Michael Nesmith, George Harrison and Alan Osmond. I just thought they looked so much more cool standing there, in front with their guitars, Nesmith and his Red Monkees Gretsch, Harrison with his Rickenbacker 12 String and Alan with his White SG Special. I fell in love with the sound of Louie Shelton’s guitar work on “Last Train To Clarksville” and “Tomorrow’s Gonna Be Another Day” and Harrison’s guitar on “Day Tripper” and “Paperback Writer” and “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” and Alan Osmond’s guitar on “Hold Her Tight” and “Crazy Horses” … And Then, my Uncle John introduced me to Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin, wow this changed my life, and shortly after this I discovered Jimi Hendrix on my own specifically “Purple Haze” and “Foxey Lady”. Now, of course before all this, I was of course aware of Tommy Bolin, through my Uncle Jeff, who knew Tommy in Bolin’s 3rd band; ‘A Patch of Blue’ in 1966-67. I would have to say this was the beginning of my love affair with the guitar. Also for my 7th birthday, this same Uncle Jeff gave me his Egmond acoustic 6 string made in Holland (The Beatles used them). I had this guitar for many years until I traded it in for a Washburn in 1980.
I was about 9 years old when I started thinking about what guitar would look the coolest on me. I remember first thinking and liking a Red Gibson ES-330, it was like Nesmith’s but not Nesmith’s. I must confess I was really drawn to the cheaper Japanese knock-offs of the Gibson models. They seemed to look so much more exotic. But then about 1976 when I really started liking harder rock music, I started thinking a ES-330, was not really hard rock looking at all, it was cool enough for the 60s music I loved so much, but not for the rock of the 70s I was into. It seemed like everybody either played a Gibson Les Paul (Jimmy Page: Led Zeppelin) or a Fender Stratocaster (Ritchie Blackmore: Deep Purple), I felt I wanted to be different, I started to realize pretty early on I was not going to possess the ability to play Lead Guitar like my idols, so I started thinking more along the lines of being a singer who played rhythm guitar like: Paul Stanley (KISS), Marc Bolan (T-Rex), Ray Davies (Kinks) and Robin Zander (Cheap Trick) I thought I should play a guitar that was not associated with “Lead Guitar” so not a Les Paul or a Stratocaster. In 1976 I saw the “KISS: Alive!” album and the booklet that came with it. In the centerfold of the booklet Paul was playing a white Les Paul looking guitar, made by Gibson but not a Les Paul. Sometime in 1980 isaw a catalog that had this guitar shape in it for sale. A Gibson L6-S. I knew that was the guitar for me. When I lived in Phoenix in 1981, I saw a wine red L6 Deluxe for sale at Milano’s, alas I could not come up with the money to buy it.
Some of my favorite guitar players include: Tommy Bolin usually a Stratocaster, Ace Frehley (KISS) usually a Les Paul, Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath) usually a SG, Jimi Hendrix; usually a Stratocaster, Larry Byrom (Steppenwolf) usually a Gibson ES-335. The Edge (U2) Usually a Explorer, Wes Montgomery usually a Gibson L5, Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane) usually a ES-345.
MrZerr0’s Favorite Guitars:
Vox Mk VI (Teardrop)
A solid body and hollowbody Teardrop shaped, inspired by the Lute made in 6 string, 9 string and 12 string models. First introduced in 1963 made specifically for Brian Jones as he preferred a Fender Telecaster but wanted something different in appearance. The first model was made in white, with 2 single coil pickups and a 3 way switch 1 volume 1 tone and a fixed fender bridge, later models emulated the Stratoaster with 3 single coil pickups 1 volume and 2 tone controls with a 3 way selector switch. Notable users; Brian Jones (Rolling Stones), Johnny Thunders (New York Dolls), Tom Petty, David Bowie and Siouxie Sioux. While I do not own an original Vox, I do own a Phantom Works USA model, a Chinese Brian Jones Model, and a Apache/ Vox.
Gibson L6
Introduced in 1973 the models include L6 “Midnight Special” (supposedly only 160 made) the Deluxe and the L6-S. This model looks very much like a steamroller ran over a Les Paul, a wider, thinner single cutaway. A 24 fret neck, with 2 pickups usually 1 volume 1 tone and a 3 way switch, the “S” model had a 6 selector rotary phase switch and 2 tone controls with 1 volume. Notable users are: Paul Stanley (KISS), Dave Davies (Kinks), Keith Richards (Rolling Stones), Brad Delp (Boston), Bob Mothersbaugh (Devo), Prince. I love this model so much I have created a photo album solely dedicated to the “L6” contained in the fb for KISSin Time MPLS. There are over 200 photos of all the variations I could find of the “L6”
In Jan 2018 while I was staying in St. Cloud (I also had bronchial pneumonia at the time) I came across, for sale, for the 1st time ever an original “Midnight Special” from Oregon, They wanted $1000.oo for it, I made a counter offer, they showed me that there was another one for sale in Germany for $2000.oo. Unbelievable! Then by March 2018 a 3rd one showed up for sale in New Jersey for $1200.oo. I could not believe this as I had searched for one since 1976 and had never seen one for sale, ever, much less THREE!. In Dec 1982 (in Sioux City) I even asked Paul Stanley himself in-person, if I could buy his from him, he replied “Yes, I still have it, in a warehouse in New York, sorry no” (he did eventually sell it in 1998 for several thousand dollars). Shockingly in April 2018, a guy I kind of knew (Jim E.) comes walking in with a guitar case, I had to tell him “While I love guitars, we can not buy them here at Mr. Zer0’s, please take it 4 doors down to Music Go Round” he replied “I am not here to sell it, as I just bought it, I came here to show it to you” he pulled a guitar out of the case and it was a “Midnight Special” I exclaimed “You bought the one from New Jersey!” Jim answered “No, I just bought it from Willie’s here in St. Paul” I about passed out. How could this be a 4th one for sale only miles from my Record Store. And here it was I was finally holding an Original 1974 Gibson “Midnight Special” sadly no, Jim did not offer to sell it to me until years later. I do own a “Midnight Special” in Cream Sparkle, (thanks to Casey Guitars) a Deluxe in Pearl White and an “S” in White Sparkle. All made in 1975. And a Japanese version named “Encore” in wine red with a maple neck.
Gibson SG
A solid body “SG” means “Solid Guitar” introduced in 1961 to replace the Les Paul, usually referred to as the bat wing, or double design. In the beginning basically 5 models were made the Junior, the Special, the Standard and Custom and also a Bass, offering 1 pickup 1 volume nad 1 tone, or 2 pickups, 2 volumes and 2 tones, and even a 3 pickup model, usually in Cherry or Walnut, sometimes, Red, white or even Black.. Notable users are: Tommy Bolin, Robby Kreiger, Tony Iommi, Michael Nesmith, Glenn Buxton (Alice Cooper Group), Derek St. Holmes (Ted Nugent Band) Eric Clapton (Cream), Pete Townshend (The Who), Carlos Santana. I do own a 1972 Special in (yellowed) white, which was my very first SG I picked up in Sioux City in 1982 and has been all over the country with me. And a 1969 12 String in Copper, and a 1968 EBO (SG) Bass in wine red, and a 2010 Standard with a custom psychedelic painting by ‘The Butthole Surfers’ (so I was told when it was sold to me)
Gibson ES-330
Introduced in 1959 a thin line hollow body as a single pickup and a 2 pickup model, the 330 has a shorter scale as the neck joins the body at the 16th fret vs. the 335 that joins at the 19th fret. Another difference between the 330 and the 335 is the 330 is completely hollow and the 335 has a block in the center of the body. Also this model has similar dimensions as the Epiphone Casino used by The Beatles and Martin Barre (Jethro Tull). I first bought an ES-355 from Ye Olde guitar Shoppe in Des Moines in 1985, then traded that for an ES-330 (completely redone) in 1987. This one was played by a local Des Moines 60s band, the guitarist that owned eventually became a lawyer.
Gibson Grabber Bass
Introduced in 1973 with a maple bolt on neck which is unusual for Gibson, a single humbucker and 1 volume and 1 tone control, made in Natural, Black and Wine Red. Notable users include: Gene Simmons (KISS), Mark Evans (AC/DC), Suzie Quatro, Gerald Casale (Devo).
Unfortunately I have never owned a Grabber, when I was in 9th grade in Sioux City, I worked and saved all summer to buy a wine red one at Hospe’s, alas when I had enough to get it, they had clearanced it out for a mere $175.oo.
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