What are some of your fondest memories of that fabulous local rock scene of the late 60's?
Dick Levon
4/27/2010 11:54:47 pm
I am overwhelmed by memories of those days. Hard to believe that so many years have passed. Maybe I'll be able to pin down a few memories and post them.
Deborah Reid
11/24/2013 08:58:22 pm
I went to WMU and was a friend of Jill Feldman. I hung out at "the guys" house in Kzoo all the time. In fact, I skipped many classes to hang out. Those were the best days. One weekend Dick, Fred, Danny and Jill came to my house in Fenton.....Parents were away, of course. Such good times.....
Debbie Harry Wilson
4/29/2010 09:48:26 am
I remember piling into the car with three or four other girls and driving to Saugatuck or Benton Harbor to listen to the "boys" and the bands. We had so much freedom then...our folks allowed us to take off and dance, dance, dance! It was a great time!
Dennis Gist
5/2/2010 01:49:01 pm
Deb,
Rob Teitel
5/8/2010 11:36:12 am
Late summer of '69 .... M 139 Benton Harbor.....Pure Smack opened for 'Ted' Kill 'em and grill 'em Nugent at the old armory....
Mark Seiler
5/14/2010 04:01:45 am
As a kid we used to hang out next door to where Greg (Chic) Erickson lived. I can still remember him practicing the flute solo from Wild Thing over and over... and over 'n over 'n over... You guys were all like rock Gods to us whippersnappers...
Scot Leist
5/19/2010 12:16:57 am
Even though I was too young at the time to get into the shows, I remember Pure Smack, Corner Store, The Mussies and new who most of the band members were because of my brother Gary who was in a few of these bands. I remember walking over to the S.H. Armory with a friend and taking turns boosting each other up on our shoulders so we could look through the windows to watch the show.
Dave Hamlin
6/11/2010 02:59:39 am
The best was the beer and wine hunt before going to the dance, where ever the dance was to be. Kind of a ritual,
Pam Schmidt Williams
6/11/2010 05:23:19 am
wow - so many memories - not sure which one is the best - how can you pick??? The pavilion, Armory, Robbie's basement to name a few........then we could go on to Blueberry Inn ....Dennis probably remembers that gig!
Donald Diebold
6/11/2010 09:18:35 pm
Of course I remember many of the the dances of that time. The one that sticks out is, trying to cram all our friends into one of the store fronts below the Nichols Hotel to hear the band.
tom edgcomb-saugatuck
7/18/2010 06:20:13 am
hey now! don't remember if it was as a 12 yr old kid sneaking into noah's ark, i do remember when it was the green door previous to that- in the green door era, i heard gary singing sunshine superman inside while a bunch of college kids partying in the street chanted "cops eat shit" and threw beer bottles at the state police riot squad, or the high school dances ( when they played 3/5's of a mile in 10 seconds, you KNEW your were tapped into a high voltage line )with corner store- but what brought me back to the reunion would be the smack lineup with charles and byron and fred and dick. talk about high voltage!! the last gig at the armory, when someone else local opened and rather than take a break between acts, the tune "hey jude" was started and brady, gary et. al. sneeked in and started to sing-- i'm tellin you,by the final chorus ' na na na na-' i thought the floor of that old armory was goin down- it just went straight up from there . how about the second to last show at the shadowland ballroom? gary crowd surfing before crowd surfing was a deal.
Sheila Lute Reeves
7/20/2010 05:51:58 am
I am proud to say I was way too young to have experienced these bands but heard them and about them all my life. They are a big part of South Haven's history. I wish I could have been there for the reunion of the bands. I heard it was amazing, not to mention MY brother in-law Timm Gildea. Makes me home sick...
judy barchalk
9/24/2010 11:55:41 pm
I grew up in B.H. but I see a lot of you traveled down here. I AM proud to say i AM old enough to have been part of this great era ! the ZOO - Blossomland parking lot dances- the HULLABLOO (?) I can't even remember how many times i saw TED in his Indian costume ! loved it - and CORNER STORE - the firt time they played at Blossomland outside ! That was the first nite of many years of FUN with a great punch of friends ! sure do miss them all - Gary - Dick -Fred -Brady - who could ask for better friends...thanks for the memories and I'm glad I found this site JUDY Your comment will be posted after it is approved.
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