This column is the first of what hopefully, will become more of a regular one on DBAWIS by yours truly. My intention (and we all know what happens to intentions, especially good ones) is to take a closer look at some of the hit records and hit makers from the rock era using some of my interview archives.
Archive for Mike Smith
Doug Thompson: “(WE’RE GONNA) ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK” AGAIN
Posted in Opinion with tags American Film Institute, American Graffiti, Bill Haley and The Comets, Bill Haley and The Saddlemen, Bill Haley with Haley’s Comets, Billboard Magazine, Billie Holiday, Billy Crystal, Blackboard Jungle, Cashbox, Dave Prater, DBAWIS, Dean Martin, Denny Doherty, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Doris Day, Doug Thompson, Ed Sullivan, Eddie Fisher, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Gene Clark, Gene Pitney, George Clooney, George Lucas, Glenn Ford, Grammy Hall of Fame, Halley’s Comet., Happy Days, International Astronomers Union, James Myers, Jim Dawson, Jimmy De Knight, jo stafford, John Phillips, Johnny Clifton and His String Band, Jr. Walker, Kay Starr, Kitty Kallen, Lionel Hampton, Louis Armstrong., Louis Jordan, Mary Wells, Max C. Freedman, Mike Smith, Milt Gabler, Motown, music, Nat King Cole, New Musical Express, Patti Page, Peggy Lee, Perry Como, Peter Ford, Pythian Temple, Records, Rock and Roll, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Rolling Stone Magazine, Rosemary Clooney, Roy Orbison, Sam & Dave), segarini, The Andrew Sisters, the Dave Clark Five, The Four Aces of Western Swing, The Ink Spots, The Weavers, Tony Bennett on November 17, 2014 by segariniFrank Gutch Jr: The World Had Paul Revere & The Raiders, But the Pac Northwest Had Paul Revere & The Raiders!!!; Halloween (Because Life Must Go On); and Those Ever Popular Notes…
Posted in Opinion with tags Anna Maria Rosales, Arborea, Cleopatra Degher, DBAWIS, Doc Holiday, Don & The Goodtimes, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Drake Levin, Frank Gutch Jr., Gabriel Rhodes, Green Monkey Records, Green Pajamas, Here They Come, Indie Music, Linn Brown, Mark Lindsay, Mike Smith, Mr. Lucky & The Gamblers, music, music videos, Paul Bearer & The Hearsemen, paul revere, Ramon Collins, Records, Roger Hart, segarini, The Live Five, The N Crowd, The Raiders on October 7, 2014 by segariniI would have placed a few more exclamation points behind the header but that would be overdoing it and while Paul Revere would occasionally go over the top, it was usually onstage. No doubt about it, Paul Revere & The Raiders lead the all-Pac NW rock ‘n’ roll team, no disrespect to the likes of The Wailers, The Sonics, The Frantics and other bands of their era, nor to Heart and Nirvana and Soundgarden and others of the more recent past/present.