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Westex

Ikon Class
Joined
Apr 21, 2011
Some high school yearbook fun from classmates.com.


The Beaux Jens in Ionia, Michigan in 1966.


Hey everybody... it's the Reasons Why ("Don't Be That Way" on Sound Track) from Temple, Texas.


The Countdown 5 shaking Westbury High students in Houston in 1968.


Floyd Dakil, 1964.


It's Kasual, man...
 

It says Mad Sounds, Inc. Could it actually have been Ikons stars Madd, Inc.? Lodi High was just a hop skip and 70 minute jump down the road from Madd, Inc.'s home turf.
 
Abilene's Continentals get gone in Stephenville...


Theze guys are dynamite...


These Waco kids be digging on the Springfield Rifle, stars of the Mark VII stable...


And these Duke City kids are pretty quick...
 
Here's some West Texas boys...


Big Spring's Just Us Four("Take A Walk", E-M-C-O)


Pampa's Tiger Boys("I'm A Tiger", Galactic)


A little group called the Sparkles ("Ain't No Friend of Mine", "Hipsville 29 B.C.", "Dadd's Gonna Put the Hurt On You", Hickory)


The Undertakers ("Unchain My Heart", Studio 7)
 
I collect year books from 1965 -67 too... If I can figure out how to do it, I'll try and upload some which I have too....

but for now, I will leave you with a guy who clearly understood the genre.




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These Austin teens be with it, dad.

While this Colorado Springs teen wants to get with it.
 
Lubbock coolness...


That's Tim of the Velveteens ("Ching-Bam-Bah", Golden Artists) and the Traveling Salesmen ("Days of Our Years", RCA) and some guy named Joe.


The Velveteens proper...


Can you spot the legend in waiting? A boy whose star is about to rise from the earthy plains? YEEHAW!


The Shucks of Monterey High


The kings of West Texas loud... the Sparkles (Posted previously by Lisa Wheeler)


S-L-I-C-K Monterery High Chick!
 
Did the Neal Ford and the Fanatics play at your school?


What about a bamboo stage constructed by 16 and 17 year old boys in your gym?



How about your garbage can? Did Neal Ford play there?

With the Moving Sidewalks?

Yeah.... I didn't think so. Your school sucked.
 
Okay... your school probably wasn't cool enough to host Hickory/Tantara/Gina recording artists the Fanatics.


What about the Glass Kans?



 
How boss is this...

Full page dedicated to the kewl "Charge" Renegades?

Granted... it's from the 1963 Hollywood Professional High Yearbook... but still!
 
The Clique @ King High School, Corpus Christi, Texas


"King dancers enjoyed the band's great sounds -- especially 'Splash Two'."
 
Canyon High, New Braunfels, Texas...

San Antonio's Rel-Yeas of "Country Boy" fame.


Hometown heroes the Trackers ("You Are My World" on Landa)