Thursday, April 16, 2009

The Featured Group is from Portland, Oregon

Although a big fan of both Spike Jones and Jerry Lee Lewis, the young leader was a 19-year-old who made most of his money with the barber shop and drive-in he owned in his hometown of Caldwell, Idaho. He formed an instrumental rock band called the Downbeats. The two founding fathers of this group struck up a fast friendship. By the early Sixties the newly-rechristened band had scored a few hits in Boise. Click here

2 comments:

  1. I live in the Portland area and found the profile to be very informative. The public rarely gets to run across info about the ones who delighted us with music well over 40 years ago. My favorite by Paul Revere is "Just Like Me". Also nice of you to put a couple of songs on your blog by them just to bring back the good old days.

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  2. Paul Revere was always great! Good dance songs and meaningful lyrics. Good combo.

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