NW Garage Bands
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NW Garage Bands
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.
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.
It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
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Lefty, since your posting I've been listening to them all week. RAW overload! Thanks
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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/ ]
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/ ]
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Yeah, another great one.andrew wrote:great sound http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20S_kwNb4rg
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Thanks for the link!Baxtercat wrote: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/ ]
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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
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
It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
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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.
[img:500:309]http://www.examiner.com/images/blog/EXI ... 00x309.png[/img]
There is a big Naval Airstation there.
Saw a lot of EA-6B Prowler's.
Very, very loud!
[img:763:484]http://xbradtc.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/prowler.jpg[/img]
At the front gate they have a sign that says,
"Please forgive the noise, it is the sound of freedom"
[img:500:375]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2582/378 ... 1defea.jpg[/img]
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.
[img:500:309]http://www.examiner.com/images/blog/EXI ... 00x309.png[/img]
There is a big Naval Airstation there.
Saw a lot of EA-6B Prowler's.
Very, very loud!
[img:763:484]http://xbradtc.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/prowler.jpg[/img]
At the front gate they have a sign that says,
"Please forgive the noise, it is the sound of freedom"
[img:500:375]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2582/378 ... 1defea.jpg[/img]
Tom
Don't let that smoke out!
Don't let that smoke out!
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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.
Guitar Bob
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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.Baxtercat wrote: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.
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Pretty cool one from my old neighborhood.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCctP9kStKg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCctP9kStKg
<i> "I've suffered for my music. Now it's your turn."</i>
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I wore out a copy of Sonics Boom when I was a teenager. Love that stuff.
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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