Spirit.

wasn't there a guy named Dennis Grigsby that went to Grant that played in local bands?...I know Dennis was in the Grant highschool band as he was there when I was...

Mobey Dick and the Whalers

The Walker Underpass.

Spirit.

Spirit was a great band, but not local.

Spirit was a great band, but not local.
There was a local band by that name, too. I bought a set of drums
from the drummer, Ricky. Purple swirl!

There was a local band by that name, too. I bought a set of drums
from the drummer, Ricky. Purple swirl!

"I got a line on you, babe". Sorry! After replying to your comment I had to go listen to some Spirit on vinyl!

"I got a line on you, babe". Sorry! After replying to your comment
I had to go listen to some Spirit on vinyl!
Vinyl is the only way to go. How else can you make "Keep me
hangin' on" by the Vanilla Fudge sound like the Supremes?

Vinyl is the only way to go. How else can you make "Keep me
hangin' on" by the Vanilla Fudge sound like the Supremes?

Such brilliance. Or did you make that up? :ohno:

Such brilliance. Or did you make that up? :ohno:
It really does. In fact the vocals sound very much like the
Supremes. That's 33 1/3rpm to 45rpm. Since I hated school and
homework there was a lot of free time for creative minds to work.

It really does. In fact the vocals sound very much like the
Supremes. That's 33 1/3rpm to 45rpm. Since I hated school and
homework there was a lot of free time for creative minds to work.

I did know that if you took the Beatles White Album and play the B side backwards it would screwup the needle.

And how about the Midnite Rebels? And the Knightmares?

What was the name of the band Bob Mills, the furniture store, owner played in? Remember when the Mathis Brothers, Jude & Jody, and later Bob Mills had country music televison shows? Some big country stars used to appear on those shows. I remember when Garth Brooks used to play at Shotgun Sams Pizza Parlor on 39th and May. Toby Keith's band Easy Money used to play at Chastain's. There was a band out of Norman called Stiff Richard. Their lead singer was a read headed Irish national from Dublin. He reminded me of the singer from the movie the "The Commitments". I believe the drummer of Stiff Richard went on to become the drummer of a successful band called Puddle of Mud.

Bigray in Ok

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Al Good's band. My brother-in-law, Wes Stevens played trumpet for him. He also played the bass fiddle for his own trio, the Wes Stevens' trio. Wes' trio played weekly at the Copa Habana for several years.
C. T.

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Al Good's band. My
brother-in-law, Wes Stevens played trumpet for him. He also played
the bass fiddle for his own trio, the Wes Stevens' trio. Wes' trio
played weekly at the Copa Habana for several years.
C. T.
Egad. I played with the Al Good band, too. Al was a character.

I heard Jay had passed on. Compton sang.

Hi, I am Jay's cousin. Jay Amos is alive and well in California. He has been playing in a band and is a head coach at a college. He is doing very well. Thanks for remembering him. I will let him know what I saw here.

Hi, I am Jay's cousin. Jay Amos is alive and well in California. He
has been playing in a band and is a head coach at a college. He
is doing very well. Thanks for remembering him. I will let him know
what I saw here.
That's good to know. Didn't James McGough(sp?) play keys for
that band? Maybe a Vox. I don't remember the name of it.
Who was the bass player? I'll always remember Jay's grey swirl
Ludwig kit.

Hi, I am Jay's cousin. Jay Amos is alive and well in California. He has been playing in a band and is a head coach at a college. He is doing very well. Thanks for remembering him. I will let him know what I saw here. Well..I'am glad to hear that Jay is still with us. When you get in touch with him please tell him that Rick Murphey said "HEY".

Anybody remember a cat named Jesse Ed Davis? A Kiowa guy from Anadarko area that eventually played with Taj Mahal and on solo albums of John Lennon and George Harrison.

Also found this about him...


"Davis began his musical career in the late 1950s playing in Oklahoma City and surrounding cities with John Ware (later Emmylou Harris' drummer), John Selk (later Donovan's bass player), Jerry Fisher (later Blood, Sweat & Tears vocalist) Mike Boyle, Chris Frederickson, drummer Bill Maxwell (later Andrae Crouch and Koinonia) and others.

The Hot Oklahoma Nights exhibit that recently closed at the Oklahoma History Museum had an exhibit about him. He died fairly young. He played with a lot of great musicians.

Bigray in Ok

Emailed with Jay. Here is an edited version of what he said.

The first band was the Extremes and the second band was the Mirage. James McGough played keyboard in both bands, Brooks Beck was the lead singer , Steve Smith was the lead guitar and the bass player was Larry, he was in Johnny Hughes and the Fender Benders before joining the Mirage.

Tell Rick Murphey that I remember him and his brother and that they lived on the same street as Ron Ritter. Who told him that I was dead? It was probably one of my old girlfriends. She probably said “ he’s dead to me”. The website for the band I play with now is www.baytownband.com The music that is played on that site is not me. We are recording new music to put on the web site but it’s not finished. My picture is there and my bio.

Jay, a.k.a. Sasha Fierce (must be a 60's band thing)

Does anyone remember a local band from the sixties called "The Henchmen?" If so, would you know who any of the band members were?????

Does anyone know the band that I played in during the 60's?
Neither do I.

Does anyone remember Joe Larsen (sp) a guitarist and Rick
Greenlee (sp) a bassist? They played together back then.
Can't remember a specific band, though.

There was another guitarist with the last name of Pepperdine.
I think that's right.

Preacher Smith, the Demon...Road Runners

Moby dick and the Whalers. Walker Underpass.....

Preacher Smith, the Demon... Road Runners
Gigged with the Preacher. He played everything in F# (black keys).
Unless there was another.

Just heard that Bill Hood from the "Maya" band died this afternoon.

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I knew Steve Spears and his family extremely well, I had a crush on him or months while his band practices in the garage at the Spears home on 71st and Penn. His mom Marie mom adored me besides being neighbors I spent a lot of time there? There was another band member name Lee Overstreet who played drums in the Sound Pounder’s band. I just happen to talked with his brother Jack who was much young about 20 years younger than Steve a couple of weeks ago. Said Steve is good, married, two grown children and works at TAFB. He just built a new house in Norman. Travis his son, bought 40 acres next to his parents to build he and his family a dream home. Tosha his daughter lives in Edmond with her husband and their 3 children. It is funny, Steve now has a belly and snow white hair. I just visited OKC in July for Steve's 60th birthday was what Jack said party. But aren’t we all getting older?

Anybody remember a cat named Jesse Ed Davis? A Kiowa guy from Anadarko area that eventually played with Taj Mahal and on solo albums of John Lennon and George Harrison.

Of course! He's in Harrison's "Concert for Bangladesh" video. Kendall's restaurant in Noble has a display about him. Legend has it that Duanne Allman took up playing slide guitar after hearing Jesse play "Statesboro Blues" when he was with Taj Mahal's band. He's one of Oklahoma's great untold stories, I believe. Another is Gus Hardin. Garth Brooks' sister played bass in her band before joining Garth. IMHO, Gus should have been another of Oklahoma's great country artists who are known by first name alone...Vince, Garth, Reba, Toby... But, like Jesse Ed Davis, she burned out when she got too close to the sun. She died in a car wreck in 1996. I heard that it was big news in Tulsa, but it was only a couple of paragraphs in the back of the Oklahoman here in OKC.

I played in a band named D-Tours 63-65:bow:. We played at Bixler's Sugar Shack regularly for about a year (on NW 23rd) and played at the state fair once or twice and some of Ronnie Kaye's sock hops.

I knew Steve Spears and his family extremely well, I had a crush on him or months while his band practices in the garage at the Spears home on 71st and Penn. His mom Marie mom adored me besides being neighbors I spent a lot of time there? There was another band member name Lee Overstreet who played drums in the Sound Pounder’s band. I just happen to talked with his brother Jack who was much young about 20 years younger than Steve a couple of weeks ago. Said Steve is good, married, two grown children and works at TAFB. He just built a new house in Norman. Travis his son, bought 40 acres next to his parents to build he and his family a dream home. Tosha his daughter lives in Edmond with her husband and their 3 children. It is funny, Steve now has a belly and snow white hair. I just visited OKC in July for Steve's 60th birthday was what Jack said party. But aren’t we all getting older?

Good to hear about Steve!!! I knew him and Debbie when they lived on SW 78 many years ago and have oftened wondered where they were and what they were doing now. He worked for SW Bell back then (mid-70's) and I went with them to a bowling tournament in Tulsa. He was a cutie.... and they were such a cute couple!!!

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Anybody remember the name of the trumpet player who led bands at Club Jamboree and the Derby Club in the late 50s, and wound up his career playing piano and occasionally using his horn at The Store (NW 50 and Portland)? I used to spend several hours a week at The Store, nursing a draw beer and taking in his technique. Among other things, he taught me Duke Ellington's intro to "A Train" that sounds like the screech of a subway horn (right hand crushes an E chord while left hand stays in C). He also had a great chart of "One For My Baby" that was totally unlike the published version, but sounded even better. However I'm having a senior moment trying to remember his name! He was an admitted alcoholic who was dry when I first met him but who fell off the wagon after a couple of years, and died of a massive coronary. He was well enough known in music circles that someone organized a benefit for his estate, held down at Norman, and it drew in headliners from all over the country...

Anyone remember "The Disciples" out of Norman?

I played in a band named D-Tours 63-65:bow:. We played at Bixler's Sugar Shack regularly for about a year (on NW 23rd) and played at the state fair once or twice and some of Ronnie Kaye's sock hops.

I remember the D-Tours...and Bixlers...and Ronnie Kaye, of course...knew a few girls who fell for his rampant womanizing--he swooned them all--but--he was quite nice and made them all feel special.

Back then KOMA was one of a handful of clear channel radio stations. That's not to be confused with a station owned by an incredibly nasty media conglomerate of the same name; a clear channel station was allowed, after sundown, to boost their signal to a then maximum output of 50,000 watts. The only other clear channel I can remember from back then is WLS in Chicago.

Rick

WOAI-AM in San Antonio is/was another 50 KW clear channel station. It became the flagship station of that certain media conglomerate, hence the name of that certain media conglomerate.

Anybody remember the name of the trumpet player who led bands at
Club Jamboree and the Derby Club in the late 50s, and wound up his
career playing piano and occasionally using his horn at The Store
(NW 50 and Portland)?
Wayne Nichols. He and Baird Jones played together.

Many thanks! Yep, I first discovered The Store when Baird was there; Wayne took his place after Baird moved out to Vegas for a while. I never really liked the club atmosphere, but put up with it to listen to Wayne!

Many thanks! Yep, I first discovered The Store when Baird was there;
Wayne took his place after Baird moved out to Vegas for a while. I
never really liked the club atmosphere, but put up with it to listen
to Wayne!
I hear from Wayne's daughter every now and then. I used to get
with Baird and saw his son a couple of weeks ago.

Do you know where Wayne's son is these days? He was pretty doggone good on the double bass. Last time I saw him was at a traveling BurlyQue show that played out at Lincoln Plaza, after Wayne fell off the wagon. Both he and his son were to be in the band for the show, but Wayne didn't make it. I went specifically to support Wayne, and talked with the son briefly at intermission. I hate to think how many years ago that was!!!

Do you know where Wayne's son is these days? He was pretty
doggone good on the double bass. Last time I saw him was at a
traveling BurlyQue show that played out at Lincoln Plaza, after Wayne
fell off the wagon. Both he and his son were to be in the band for the
show, but Wayne didn't make it. I went specifically to support Wayne,
and talked with the son briefly at intermission. I hate to think how
many years ago that was!!!
I haven't seen him in decades. We weren't very close.

Of course! He's in Harrison's "Concert for Bangladesh" video. Kendall's restaurant in Noble has a display about him. Legend has it that Duanne Allman took up playing slide guitar after hearing Jesse play "Statesboro Blues" when he was with Taj Mahal's band. He's one of Oklahoma's great untold stories, I believe. Another is Gus Hardin. Garth Brooks' sister played bass in her band before joining Garth. IMHO, Gus should have been another of Oklahoma's great country artists who are known by first name alone...Vince, Garth, Reba, Toby... But, like Jesse Ed Davis, she burned out when she got too close to the sun. She died in a car wreck in 1996. I heard that it was big news in Tulsa, but it was only a couple of paragraphs in the back of the Oklahoman here in OKC.

Jessie Ed did alot of great stuff with Leon Russell... what a great musician. And you're right about Gus Hardin. I was fortunate enough to hear her on some informal studio recordings, and her voice was absolutely unique and incredible.

Does anyone remember a band called the Catalinas?

Some groups I remember from Battles of the Bands: The Noblemen, Captain Hook & the Pirates, Glass Drum, The Extremes, Fair Weather Forecast, Fat Sow, Psychos, Lincoln-Harvey Market/Lienke Brothers, Johnny Hughes & the Fenderbenders, True Love.

One local band even dressed like Paul Revere and the Raiders (Nightwalkers, or some such?)

The Sound Pounders were popular in the 60's, too.

Lincoln-Harvey Market/Lienke Brothers...
They were always getting in some kind of trouble. Tom, bass,
Roger, guitar, and Tupper, keys, were quite popular. I knew them
via a friend. If I remember correctly, they had their own house
to rehearse in. At least their parents weren't there. Their father
was a doctor.

That's right, the brothers lived in their house while the parents lived not far away.

There was some sort of pot bust at the Will Rogers Park love-in in, Aug 4 1968. It might have been trumped up. They were soon pictured on the front page of the paper with a story gushing about how good and upstanding they were, knowing wind instruments as well as guitars.

That's right, the brothers lived in their house while the parents
lived not far away.

There was some sort of pot bust at the Will Rogers Park love-in in
Aug 4 1968. It might have been trumped up. They were soon
pictured on the front page of the paper with a story gushing about
how good and upstanding they were, knowing wind instruments as
well as guitars.
I remember that!

Does anyone remember The HoDads from the 60's? They had members from Harding High School, John Marshall High School, and Cassidy. I went with them to Purcell once. So they had about a fifty mile range of influence.

Aside from that, once you got north of the Kansas border, you were in a different world of music. Kansas, Nebraska, the Dakotas, for whatever reason they specialized in horns, and just a bit less on guitars. Those groups billed themselves as "show bands", as they had steps, and bows, and stage techniques. I loved their sounds. Sort of MoTown.

I remember the HoDads; can still visualize the drummer.

I just heard that Steve Cassidy who was with the 60's local band, The Continentals, passed away today. Some of you have mentioned him on this thread.

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Al Good's band. My brother-in-law, Wes Stevens played trumpet for him. He also played the bass fiddle for his own trio, the Wes Stevens' trio. Wes' trio played weekly at the Copa Habana for several years.
C. T.
I was friends with Als son Ron. He was the manager of a place called Read and Rock at Penn Square(books and records).

I remember the Noblemen, at least a couple of their members were from John Marshall when I was there. Their names were Mike Mathis and Mike Tzinski(not sure on the spelling). Their claim to fame was a song they did that made it onto a national ranking, not very high, but was played on local radio a little while. it was called Bend It.

Does anyone remember The HoDads from the 60's? They had members from Harding High School, John Marshall High School, and Cassidy. I went with them to Purcell once. So they had about a fifty mile range of influence.

Aside from that, once you got north of the Kansas border, you were in a different world of music. Kansas, Nebraska, the Dakotas, for whatever reason they specialized in horns, and just a bit less on guitars. Those groups billed themselves as "show bands", as they had steps, and bows, and stage techniques. I loved their sounds. Sort of MoTown.

I think I knew someone that played with the Ho-Dads, his name was Ronnie, can't remember the rest. or maybe it was the Roadrunners , not sure.

I remember the HoDads; can still visualize the drummer.

Drummer was Steve...somebody from Harding H.S. The Hodads sometimes put together a complete show band with horns. Sam Hankins was the vocalist and did a great James Brown tribute show. One of my friends from the John Marshall Band days played trumpet in the show band. George Trammell.

I've been over this thread repeatedly over the last couple of years. Even though I'm two time zones and 37 years removed from OKC as a resident, I guess it falls to me to mention the book of OKC bands authored by Rhett ____?___, owner of Rhett's Meats at Britton & May Ave. It's an amazing labor of love covering '60s bands from OKC and a little beyond. I don't have it in front of me at the moment, but I seem to remember it hinting that there would be a second volume covering Tulsa and other areas? Everybody who remembers enough to post to this thread ought to have it. As I recall, it's a little over $30 and well worth it...even for me, whose knowledge of the era's bands extended only as far as Junior and Senior Assembly dances.

Edited to add: Just after posting the previous paragraph, noticed a "Rhetticent" post-er prior to me. Are you the author of whom I speak, sir? If so, tell the folks all about the book.

Does anyone remember The HoDads from the 60's? They had members from Harding High School, John Marshall High School, and Cassidy. I went with them to Purcell once. So they had about a fifty mile range of influence.

I met a few. All good dudes, successful in their own rights. I understand they really made a splash back in the day.

And how about the Midnite Rebels? And the Knightmares?

am having a dickens posting here as a newbie, so here I try again.

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Here I am again finding a "necrothread" after I signed on here recently. I went to PCHS with the Midnight Rebels guys back in the day. Guitarist Bruce Eagle died several years ago, but the rest are still "vertical". They released several 45's which were in rotation on WKY back in the 60's:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9U95UFLsjk

sorry that is a crappy scratchy copy someone posted, but the flipside was:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BI7b5nLs2A

Those were recorded at Robinhood Bryan's studio in Tyler, TX,,,the best in the region at the time.

I found one other side they cut later at Benson Sound in OKC. It's another VERY odd sounding transfer...the original didn't sound thin and "hollow" like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcOuF30dPrY

am having a dickens posting here as a newbie, so here I try again.

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Here I am again finding a "necrothread" after I signed on here recently. I went to PCHS with the Midnight Rebels guys back in the day. Guitarist Bruce Eagle died several years ago, but the rest are still "vertical". They released several 45's which were in rotation on WKY back in the 60's:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9U95UFLsjk

sorry that is a crappy scratchy copy someone posted, but the flipside was:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BI7b5nLs2A

Those were recorded at Robinhood Bryan's studio in Tyler, TX,,,the best in the region at the time.

I found one other side they cut later at Benson Sound in OKC. It's another VERY odd sounding transfer...the original didn't sound thin and "hollow" like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcOuF30dPrY

As I recall, The "Viking Singers Trio" listed on the label were three black girls from Douglass (???). The Rebels often worked with other kids including a horn section from black OKC schools, which was totally !!!!!! in those days. PCHS was "lily white".

I'm frustrated posting here and may give up in the future, but try try again

Mark Keller is a long time friend dating back to those PCHS days. Ever wondered who sang:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM2OK_JaJ9I

Yep, Mark who also did much of the design and direction of those series of ads after he moved to Cali.

Here is a much newer Keller song with OKC's underrated guitarist Donny Juntunen playing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFoAyJ6JGT8

You've heard Mark and Donny all over the place on ads and songs for many years.

I haven't seen this thread before, but let throw in a group from the 60's to 70's. The Wes Steven's Trio. Wes played the base fiddle. He also played the trumpet for Al Good's band. Wes is my brother-in-law.
C. T.