Re: The Legend of Paul Revere

[DENIS LALONDE <pickup@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello
      Well since Bob plays now in a ska band and John buys funky jazz
records, maybe the true Gruesomes soul was Gerry.....The forgotten
Gruesome...à la George Harrison....??????
Glynis & Richard Ward wrote:
> 
> >I love "Like, Long Hair" by them. This was a hit and may have been the only
> >one that Gardena Records had.
> 
> Yeah, that's a great song. And I have a funny story about it. And I'm gonna
> tell it.
> Well, that was the first Paul Revere & The Raiders record I ever bought,
> and I thought it was
> pretty cool. So when I was DJing "The Fuzz That Wuzz" and Bob and John from
> the Gruesomes were going to be on the show as guests, I decided to play
> that tune. You see, the two of them
> had the longest bowl haircuts at the time, with bangs right down to their
> chins. So I thought the
> song was fitting.
> I played it and they proceeded to say (on the air) that it was the
> suckiest, crappiest song they
> had ever heard. Instead of taking offence, I was pretty proud that I played
> it (and liked it) because
> as Mr. Phillips pointed out, it's a pretty great song. It was the first
> time I actually thought I had good
> taste (and sense) in music!
> Glynis