A while back Benjamin Perry of the Renaissance wrote me a little story about the song "Borrowed Time". He said Larry Nestor wrote both sides and played piano on their first 45 (Toddlin Town label). They were working on a second 45 with Larry called “ Loving on borrowed time” in late 1966 when 3...
Gary Myers has a little history of the group in his book "On that Wisconsin beat". Band member Jay Lerner was from Milwaukee. The Statesmen was formed while he was attending Michigan State University. The group played together 1961-1964. I hope this help you. Sorry there is no photo of the...
Mike
Thank you for keeping us updated. Also thank you for your hours of research and hard work to make the book possible. I'm sure like many others I will be spending much of my spare time reading and learning more about these lesser known bands from the 1960's.
I found this interesting history of the She Five. I like the many photo's of the group and the newspaper clippings
http://www.radioflyerband.com/she_5.htm
Here is an interesting story about the Gatormen from band member Bill Johnson that some may enjoy reading http://juneauempire.com/neighbors/2011-05-28/gatormen-legend#.T-C7kfWyHF_
Joe Vaccarino's book Baltimore Sounds bands/artists of the Baltimore regional area from 1950 to 2000 might be worth considering. It out of print but a new updated version is coming this year.
I have a 45 by a group called the Court Jesters on the Royale label. Looking at the dead wax the only numbers I see are JH-3 and JH-4 for the flip . The record was produced Steve Wade and Johnny Adams if that helps. The record has a mid to late 60's sound. I was also curious if this was same...
I have some 45's that play perfectly fine except occasionally has some annoying hiss in parts. I was hoping to learn what would be a good editing software for this problem when recording. Any tips or suggestions would be appreciated.