Favorite NY Bands of Yesteryear
Tim Mccardle
someone mentions the Todd Hobin Band. As a student and
bartender in the early 70's in Utica NY (anyone remember
the Little Big Man bar?) I saw some great local talent
and thought it might be interesting to share thoughts
on your fav's of years gone by. Here's mine;
Wilmer and the Dukes
The Brass Buttons
Todd Hobin
Valkyrie
Orleans
There are a lot more but let's hear yours.
Tracey or Jon
: I read a note in this group a little while back where
How about Canyon? They used to play in the Ulster, Dutchess, Putnam, and
Westchester County area back in the early 80s.
Another band I remember is Dakota, which used to play in the Utica
area.
Jon Poletti
off futy software engineer
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RevDrFreak
Mccardle) wrote:
> I read a note in this group a little while back where
> someone mentions the Todd Hobin Band. As a student and
> bartender in the early 70's in Utica NY (anyone remember
> the Little Big Man bar?) I saw some great local talent
> and thought it might be interesting to share thoughts
> on your fav's of years gone by. Here's mine;
>
> Wilmer and the Dukes
The Legendary Dukes are still around with the original organist and
drummer...the original guitar player runs the sound system. They've grown
as a group over the years, they're no longer just a Dukes cover band.
Definitely worth a listen. You can get the original Wilmer album on cd
with a couple of previously unreleased cuts.
> The Brass Buttons
The organist/trumpet player from the Buttons now runs a music store in East
Rochester (Hot Lix).
> There are a lot more but let's hear yours.
You forgot the Rustix...they did a reunion show about ten years ago...
RevDrFreak
'foot soldier
Rhonda Rodriguez
: Tim Mccardle (t...@barracuda.kodak.com) wrote:
: : I read a note in this group a little while back where
: : someone mentions the Todd Hobin Band. As a student and
: : bartender in the early 70's in Utica NY (anyone remember
: : the Little Big Man bar?) I saw some great local talent
: : and thought it might be interesting to share thoughts
: : on your fav's of years gone by. Here's mine;
: : Wilmer and the Dukes
: : The Brass Buttons
: : Todd Hobin
: : Valkyrie
: : Orleans
: : There are a lot more but let's hear yours.
The best local band when I was in school was Double Axle, which later
became Broken Axle. They ran the Northern Music and Video store in Potsdam
by day, played clubs, dances, etc. by night. They're still around, I
think. And of course I must mention Odyssee, a Norfolk-based heavy metal
band featuring my big brother as the lead singer. They actually won a
Battle of the Bands contest in Massena, in 1989 I think. They broke up
after graduation in '89.
C'est finis - Rhonda
Ronald Reinhard
(RevDrFreak) writes:
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>In article <3krrvf$6...@kodak.rdcs.Kodak.COM>, t...@barracuda.kodak.com
(Tim
>Mccardle) wrote:
>
>> I read a note in this group a little while back where
>> someone mentions the Todd Hobin Band. As a student and
>> bartender in the early 70's in Utica NY (anyone remember
>> the Little Big Man bar?) I saw some great local talent
>> and thought it might be interesting to share thoughts
>> on your fav's of years gone by.
> deleted
In the 70s around the Utica Rome area there were plenty too.
My favs were Alecstar and The Frogs!
Anyone know what became of the members of these 2 groups?
Alison Scott
>>In article <3krrvf$6...@kodak.rdcs.Kodak.COM>, t...@barracuda.kodak.com
>(Tim
>>Mccardle) wrote:
>>
>>> I read a note in this group a little while back where
>>> someone mentions the Todd Hobin Band. As a student and
>>> bartender in the early 70's in Utica NY (anyone remember
>>> the Little Big Man bar?) I saw some great local talent
>>> and thought it might be interesting to share thoughts
>>> on your fav's of years gone by.
>
late 70s and early 80s in the Canton and Potsdam area. The bass
player was a biology teacher at Lake Placid High School. His name is
Frank Johns.
Alison Scott
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Experience is what you get when you don't."
Sandy Kear
phs...@richmond.infi.net (Alison Scott) wrote:
>
>
> Does anybody remember Double Axle? They played around the
> late 70s and early 80s in the Canton and Potsdam area. The bass
> player was a biology teacher at Lake Placid High School. His name is
> Frank Johns.
>
>Alison Scott
>phs...@infi.net
>"Education is what you get when you read the fine print.
> Experience is what you get when you don't."
The last I heard, at least one of the members of Double Axle was still
in Potsdam, running Northern Music. I think Northern Music is still in
the old prosh building, but am not sure about that.
Sandy
JerryR8067
Bobby Comstock and the Counts (I Wanna Do It)
The Invictas - (The Hump) - On every bar box in the mid 60s -
Free Design - (Kites are Fun)
Ed Wool and the Nomads ( Watertown & Northern New York)
The Knights ( The Kissel Brothers)
Jerry Reed
Jerry...@aol.com
bruce higgins
ZOBO FUNN BAND!!!!!!!!!!
featuring the now internationally aclaimed progressive/jazz/rock guitar
visionary David Torn.
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Jeff Cope
Jeff
Dudeman
How about these?
Duke Jupiter
Aligators (one national record)
Benny Mardones
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: How about these?
O.K. How about these bands from the Syracuse area:
JAM FACTORY ANYBODY WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THESE GUYS?
STEFAN
YUGAN
Otis and the All Night Workers (Utica area)
Eric and the Chessmen (Utica area)
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Alan Dundas
Potsdam - The Raquette River Rounders (@ Djangoes)
Rochester - Slipton Fell (@ the cottage hotel)
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>Tim Mccardle (t...@barracuda.kodak.com) wrote:
>How about Canyon? They used to play in the Ulster, Dutchess, Putnam, and
>Westchester County area back in the early 80s.
>
My favorite was the New York Yanquis. It was Anne Lang, Robbie Dupree, and the
Hoppen brothers form Orleans. They were incredible.
Mike Stoico
When I die, I wanna go in my sleep like my grandfather,
Not screaming like the passengers in his car
Alan H. Martin
>... As a student and
>bartender in the early 70's in Utica NY ... I saw some great local talent
>and thought it might be interesting to share thoughts
>
>There are a lot more but let's hear yours.
The Warnerville Rascals, particularly their WGY-AM broadcast performance.
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I went to Postdam State, and Double Axel would play for our annual Broken
Bones Event (women boxing, then the band.) They were very popular in the
Fall of 1989, and difficult to try to book, as they were super busy. I
think they played for other other greek organizations along with bar
gigs (ie. beer blasts). They were my favorite band along with the
Gigillo (sp?) Ants.
Some super memories in the North Country while attending college!
Melissa
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Jacques Paquin
Personal Effects ( played at Scorgies a lot... the REAL one years ago)
Smokestack Lightnin ( Cottage Hotel - Mendon)
So much propane, so little time...
Jacques Paquin jpa...@eznet.net
Robert Reed
:>>I read a note in this group a little while back where
The Rustix - Rochester circa 1972
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DCHAYNES
guitar player formed his own group I remember seeing them play arounf '76
in a abr in Syracuse that was on a second floor. The drummer became
McCartney drummer in teh Venus and mars version of Wings.
Remember Sandy Big Tree Band?
Joe Militello
>From: t...@barracuda.kodak.com (Tim Mccardle)
>Subject: Favorite NY Bands of Yesteryear
>There are a lot more but let's hear yours.
Clearly, I'm a holdout from Buffalo's disco daze.
From the late 70s:
My favorite bands were ISSAC and JUNCTION WEST. With Lance Diamond and Mary
Jane Monaco, I mostly remember Issac playing at Ma Barkers, which was on
Kenmore Ave near St. Joseph's. Junction West, with Harry Stewart and Joe
(can't remeber the other lead singer's name,) played mostly at The Executive
on Genessee St.
Anyone know what has become of any of these folks?
jmil...@kuht.uh.edu
name, department
KUHT Television - University of Houston System
Doug Wyatt
higgins) wrote:
> Ithaca's fabulous
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>
> ZOBO FUNN BAND!!!!!!!!!!
>
>
> featuring the now internationally aclaimed progressive/jazz/rock guitar
> visionary David Torn.
You might like to check out my Torn WWW page:
http://www.io.com/~redlettr/artists/Torn.html
Doug
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James Bullock
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Steven Bonadio
>I went to Postdam State, and Double Axel would play for our annual Broken
>Bones Event (women boxing, then the band.) They were very popular in the
>Fall of 1989, and difficult to try to book, as they were super busy. I
>think they played for other other greek organizations along with bar
>gigs (ie. beer blasts). They were my favorite band along with the
>Gigillo (sp?) Ants.
Holy smokes...The Gigalo Aunts played in Potsdam? They are based in Boston
and I used to see them in smaller places (a few hundred people tops) and have
an international following. Did they actually play there?
Steven
Sterling Brisbin
(snip)
> on your fav's of years gone by. Here's mine;
>
> Wilmer and the Dukes
> The Brass Buttons
> Todd Hobin
> Valkyrie
> Orleans
Mine's Cross Creek, from Syracuse area. Dave Novak,
John Dancks, Jay, Freddie - you guys were (are?!) the
best. Dyno show, very tight, right-on vocals.
Cheers -
SGB
Suzanne Ferree King
When I was in grad school (physical chemistry) at the University of Chicago,
one day I was talking to the woman who was the secretary for my advisor. This
was in the later 1980's. We were talking about upstate NY and seemed to know
some of the same people (I lived in Syracuse 70-75 and Rochester 75-79)
and it turned out she was Sandy!! I remember that band well, (and
since I worked at WAER-FM and WCMF-FM and they were always on our "Music and
Events" calendar). What a coincidence.
Suzanne King
Tom Benson
Anyone remember The Road, or Wilmer Alexander and the Dukes? They
played mostly in the Buffalo/Rochester area I believe, late
60's early seventies.
>
Rob Limbert
I'll toss in Mr. Ed (or was it Mr. Edd?), who played in the Glens
Falls / Lake George area in the early 80's. They did a lot of 'Art Rock' -
Yes, Genesis, Supertramp, etc. - which appealed to me at the time. As I
recall, they did a pretty good job with most of it. Last I saw them, probably
around 1983, they had lost two members, and seemed a shadow of their former
selves.
Rob
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al...@knoware.nl
ds...@cornell.edu (Doug Wyatt) wrote:
As one of the 3 ex-Zobo keyboard players (1st was Rob Kaplan, I was the
2nd, and David Arnay was the last), it sure is nice to see Zobo remembered
here... it was really crazy and fun while it lasted :) Torn was, and still
is according to what I hear, light years ahead of the rest of the known
world. Would be great to hear from any old Zobo friends...Maybe,
Maybe,Maybe...
Alan
al...@knoware.nl