NW Garage Bands

[LeftyStrat]

I've always made it a priority to learn the musical scenes of everywhere I have lived. It's amazing to me that a small group of individuals in Athens, GA, defined the sound of a decade, or that a group of flannel shirt wearing guys defined a different decade in the nineties.

But going back, the NW produced some great garage bands, including the guys that did Louie Louie. My fav is this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNaNy123xYA

The Sonics were seriously rocking.

[andrew]

Lefty, since your posting I've been listening to them all week. RAW overload! Thanks

[andrew]

great sound http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20S_kwNb4rg

[Baxtercat]

My Dad was a Navy aviator, so we lived everywhere, including Whidbey Island, WA in '63—'65.

For one thin dollar we'd hear many of these bands on Fridays. Fun memories of gtrs, drums, Hammonds & Leslies echoing around the roller rink.


[PS, definitive site here http://pnwbands.com/ ]

[LeftyStrat]

great sound http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20S_kwNb4rg

Yeah, another great one.

[LeftyStrat]

My Dad was a Navy aviator, so we lived everywhere, including Whidbey Island, WA in '63—'65.

For one thin dollar we'd hear many of these bands on Fridays. Fun memories of gtrs, drums, Hammonds & Leslies echoing around the roller rink.

[IMG:480:640]http://i914.photobucket.com/albums/ac34 ... erBarn.jpg[/img]


[PS, definitive site here http://pnwbands.com/ ]

Thanks for the link!

[LeftyStrat]

Baxtercat, shared your post with my wife and she told me her grandfather was stationed there around the same time.

She also informed me these guys are still touring (yeah, she's a northwestern girl). It blew my mine to see young people digging them in Oslo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVTGS3rkKXk

[Structo]

Whidbey Island and the other islands are beautiful!

Worked on a job at Widbey in the 80's for several weeks.

Great crabbing, fishing, clamming, etc.

Got to see a pod of Orca's while there.

Not these but similar.
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There is a big Naval Airstation there.

Saw a lot of EA-6B Prowler's.
Very, very loud!
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At the front gate they have a sign that says,
"Please forgive the noise, it is the sound of freedom"


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[Baxtercat]

We HiSchool dudes'd egg ea. other to climb under that bridge along the beams...see how far you'd get before you got scared.

[LeftyStrat]

We HiSchool dudes'd egg ea. other to climb under that bridge along the beams...see how far you'd get before you got scared.

I honestly can't imagine growing up in the northwest. If I got used to the beauty I can see every day, sometimes just turning a corner and seeing the sound or those snow capped mountains, it's hard to imagine leaving.Though Monterey might be enough to seduce me. I had a wonderful time there my one visit.

[rock_mumbles]

A friend does this one ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7Nffq0bOgE

[crbowman]

Pretty cool one from my old neighborhood.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCctP9kStKg

[ER]

I wore out a copy of Sonics Boom when I was a teenager. Love that stuff.

[Structo]

Cool!

[cbass]

Sure is pretty up there. I love being in the country . it just reinforces my belief that life is not just some random coincidence of molecules colieding . g