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Paul Revere, beloved classic rock legend, dies at age 76
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| 10/4/2014
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Posted on 10/05/2014 8:32:18 AM PDT by rktman
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To: rktman
Back when I was about 16 a friend’s father was a big wheel at Capital Records. They were going to have a benefit raffle, raffling off a pair of Paul Revere’s boots. The raffle never happened, so my friend ended up with the boots. We passed them around the band (he was our lead singer). Each of us got to wear them for a week. It was incredibly cool!
His father was Zim Zimmerel (sp?), a big band leader back in the day in Baltimore. His son, Jamie, was our singer. He is still performing today, singing with the big band.
Rest in Peace, Mr. Revere.
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posted on
10/05/2014 9:14:49 AM PDT
by
mark3681
To: Chode
LOL! I knew somebody would have a pic. On the back of his VOX bass guitar.
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posted on
10/05/2014 9:15:52 AM PDT
by
rktman
("The only thing dumber than a brood hen is a New York democrat." Mother Abagail.)
To: rktman
Known for their Revolutionary War-style attire like something the real Paul Revere or the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band would wear and their memorable organ riffs, Paul Revere and the Raiders got their start in 1963 with a cover of Richard Berry's “Louie, Louie,” which they recorded the same year as the Kingsmen, who had much more success with the single. However, Revere and his Raiders scored four Top Ten singles in the Sixties with “Kicks,” “Hungry,” “Good Thing” and “Him or Me, What's It Gonna Be.” Their biggest triumph came in 1971 with “Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian.” A cover of a John D. Loudermilk-penned track, the Raiders’ rendition became an unlikely smash, hitting Number One on the Billboard chart in July 1971 and selling over a million copies.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/raiders-leader-paul-revere-dead-at-76-20141005
I remember them. American Bandstand?
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posted on
10/05/2014 9:16:42 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(we're leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq - Barack Obama)
To: newfreep
We used to cover it “way back then” and I used a Fender Electric XII string for it. Fun song to do. And yes, we did the kicks along with it. :>}
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posted on
10/05/2014 9:20:30 AM PDT
by
rktman
("The only thing dumber than a brood hen is a New York democrat." Mother Abagail.)
To: rktman
First concert I ever went to was Paul Revere and the Raiders.
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Two of my best friends and I washed cars to make money for tickets.
It was a memorable show and a memorable car wash since I fell off the roof on one car! I didn't care - I needed that money for that show!
RIP.
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posted on
10/05/2014 9:21:16 AM PDT
by
hummingbird
(US = Koyaanisqatsi.)
To: rktman
![](http://www.collectoons.com/imgtoon/701/702/20100101_121507chode.gif)
you can still find them for under $2000
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posted on
10/05/2014 9:24:28 AM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: rktman
‘Let Me’ was another one of their hits.
Paul was also friends with the late deejay Larry “Superjock” Lujack. They went to high school together in Idaho. Lujack wrote about it in his book, also entitled ‘Superjock’.
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posted on
10/05/2014 9:27:15 AM PDT
by
hoagy62
("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
To: Chode
LOL! I had a VOX “strat” for a while when they first came out with them in the mid 60’s. Possibly one of the worst guitars I ever owned. Could never keep it in tune and it didn’t really sound that good. Some of their amps on the other hand. Just for grins, I may go to ebay and see if I made a HUGE mistake getting rid of it 50 years later. :>}
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posted on
10/05/2014 9:29:10 AM PDT
by
rktman
("The only thing dumber than a brood hen is a New York democrat." Mother Abagail.)
To: dainbramaged
LakeHills Roller Rink?
Blast from the past.
RIP Paul.
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posted on
10/05/2014 9:30:04 AM PDT
by
rockrr
(Everything is different now...)
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posted on
10/05/2014 9:36:34 AM PDT
by
Ezekiel
(All who mourn the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
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posted on
10/05/2014 9:36:56 AM PDT
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FrdmLvr
("WE ARE ALL OSAMA, 0BAMA!" al-Qaeda terrorists who breached the American compound in Benghazi)
To: rktman
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posted on
10/05/2014 9:37:16 AM PDT
by
skeeter
To: rktman
I had a major crush on Mark Lindsay when I was in 5th or 6th grade.
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posted on
10/05/2014 9:39:31 AM PDT
by
FrdmLvr
("WE ARE ALL OSAMA, 0BAMA!" al-Qaeda terrorists who breached the American compound in Benghazi)
To: dainbramaged
I saw them in 1966. Their song “kicks” was an early anti-drug song which was sort of radical in and of itself for that time period when rock groups regularly promoted drugs as cool.
To: rktman
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posted on
10/05/2014 9:50:55 AM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: rktman
I saw Paul Revere and the band in Lake Tahoe lounge shows back in the 1980s and 1990s. The shows were a good mix of music and comedy.
To: mosaicwolf
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posted on
10/05/2014 10:10:50 AM PDT
by
Magic Fingers
(Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
To: rktman
I was visiting my cousins in Montgomery, Ala back in about 1968 and we got tickets to see Paul Revere & The Raiders.
Now the opening act was just as good, it was Pigmeat Markham who was doing his comedy act of his only hit single ever, “Here Comes the Judge”. He was on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In and it was a signature joke.
So now who remembers Pigmeat Markham???????????
To: rktman
Thanks rk.....This was a fun band with very good songs.
They were constantly on the local AM radio. Their music brings back memories of those days and friends I was with.
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posted on
10/05/2014 11:03:23 AM PDT
by
virgil283
(Events are the teachers of fools)
To: dainbramaged
I loved watching Paul Revere and the Raiders on Where the Action Is. It was such a clever idea to shoot that program in an amusement park. May he rest in peace.
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posted on
10/05/2014 11:46:23 AM PDT
by
LottieDah
(If only those who speak so eloquently on behalf of animals would do so on behalf of the unborn.)
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