Rock & Roll is Here to Stay...

[Joe Guy]

I can't remember if I posted this once before, but here's a lovely classic....

[RayThom]

JG, yes, you posted this a few years back. I think you said you were a roadie for the group until you went back to high school to complete your formal education.

[Joe Guy]

Thanks for the reminder. I can't remember whether or not I graduated from high school either. All I remember is getting so bombed on Grad Night that I couldn't remember anything that happened that day.

[Big RR]

Is that Ted Mack (Original Amateur Hour)? I recall watcing that show, brough to you by Geritol--twice the iron in a pound of calf's liver. It kind of looks like I recall him, but I'm not sure.

[Burning Petard]

I am positive it is Ted Mack. I was surprised by the clip above. I was sure Ted Mack's original amateur hour was gone from tv before Rock n Roll became the thing for three kids with guitars and who can get a drum set? The lead singer here has some nice moves that remind me of Chubby Checker. A quick trip to wikipedia informed me the show stayed on network tv well into the golden age of RnR.

But I fondly remember the musical saw and the spoon virtuosi.

snailgate

[Big RR]

thanks BP, I thought so; as I recall, it lasted int at least the late 60s--it wound up being a weekend afternoon show (kind of like Wide World of Sports) late in its run.

[wesw]

sounds like the muslim theme song for the Continent.

[Econoline]

If they're singing about driving a Thunderbird, why did they call themselves The Continentals?

[Joe Guy]

Here's another rocking group. They sure know how to put on a show....

[Bicycle Bill]

If they're singing about driving a Thunderbird, why did they call themselves The Continentals?

Because there were already a dozen or so garage bands already calling themselves "The Thunderbirds"??

-"BB"-

[Burning Petard]

Those Jokers--too bad they would not give their back-up singers any camera time. Snailgate

[RayThom]

The Jokers -- the Ventures on phenobarbital.