The Fader Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Harlem’s “Sometimes” wins our new “Cover of the Month” award, a song which was originally by Gene Thomas, then Paul Revere and the Raiders, then The Kingsmen, before finally landing at the Flamin’ Groovies version. Okay! Harlem changed this from a pretty sweet love song into something darker, just by virtue of being so [...]
You Ain't No Picasso (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
According to Harlem, they’ve never heard the original, Paul Revere version of this song, only the Flamin’ Groovies cover. So really, this month’s Cover of the Month is actually a cover of a cover. But however it got from their instruments to our ears, let’s be thankful for it. MP3: Harlem – Sometimes (Paul Revere [...]
The Drunkablog (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
So here's Paul Revere and the Raiders (post- uniforms ) with (an obviously lip- and instrument-faked) Cherokee Nation (or whatever they call it):
TheSpoof.com - Spoof News (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
HOLLYWOOD - Actress MacKenzie Phillips wrote a book about her years of working as a cleaning woman for her father's Hollywood housecleaning service. The ex-employee of the housecleaning service named The Mess Fixers has been asked to make a specia...
Celebrity VIP Lounge (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
Model Rachel Hunter is 40. Actor Cliff Robertson is 86. Actor Topol (”Fiddler on the Roof”) is 74. Singer Luther Simmons (The Main Ingredient) is 67. Singer Inez Fox is 67. Singer Dee Dee Sharp is 64. Singer-keyboardist Doug Ingle (Iron Butterfly) is 63. Country singer Freddy Weller (also of Paul Revere and the Raiders) is [...]
Eastside Uptown Girl (Free subscription) | 09/05/2009
Back in the days of old, when I was a teenager in Bellevue, we waited all week to hear live music and see bands at the legendary LAKE HILLS ROLLER RINK in Crossroads. It was THE place to go to see and be seen, and to maybe meet a hot new girl or guy. Please bear with me as I offer a small history lesson: Lake Hills Roller Rink hosted artists like James Brown, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Tower of Power,...
threedonia.com (Free subscription) | 09/05/2009
I don’t listen to a lot of pop music. I doubt I could name ten artists who have had top ten singles since 1985, but, even I know about these guys. They were ginormous in the ’90’s! For about a year they were everywhere! I’d see them on sports shows, morning news shows, cooking shows, [...]
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 08/13/2009
In 1984 he opened his own Fred Lawrence Associates boutique agency, with clients Anne Murray, the Manhattan Transfer, Alan Thicke, Paul Revere and the Raiders, and Toni Basil. The agency grew in prominence, and soon added to its roster Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons, the Everly Brothers, David Foster, Todd Thicke, and Jean Luc Ponty. ICM bought his agency in 1990, where Lawrence became head of...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Music News: Music, TV veteran oversaw the Raiders, Alan Thicke -- Music and TV talent agent Fred Lawrence died Aug. 7 of cardiac arrest after a lengthy illness in Burbank, Calif. He was 68.
The Big Picture (Free subscription) | 07/30/2009
If you hang around die-hard music fans long enough you end up hearing them extol the virtues of a few key cult films that capture the heyday of L.A.'s 1960's music explosion. One of the most difficult movies to find...
That Blue Yak (Free subscription) | 07/26/2009
I remember when I was going through my dad's records when I was younger. Mixed in with Jazz stuff I never heard of and Frank Sinatra records I also found a Paul Revere and the Raiders album. It was when they were cool but this song was on a later album. Here's Indian Reservation. I used to listen to this one on 45. Feel free to march around with a make shift hatchet while listening to it.
the defeatists! (Free subscription) | 07/19/2009
The Independent (UK) published a list recently of the Top Ten Rock Frontmen. Amazing insight into rock and roll criticism and probably solipsism. Liam Gallagher? Really? Johnny Rotten beating out Jagger for number 1? You think so? Seriously, I have...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/17/2009
Drake Levin, lead guitarist for the rock band Paul Revere and the Raiders in the 1960s and later an accomplished blues guitarist, died on July 4 at his home in San Francisco. He was 62. His wife of 37 years, Sandra, said Mr. Levin died of cancer. Mr. Levin...
Kiko's House (Free subscription) | 07/13/2009
Levin (right) and fellow Paul Revere and the Raiders. Photograph from Norton Records archives
The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
A 10 Fact Salute to Casey Kasem This week the venerable Casey Kasem announced that he was stepping down from his weekly countdown show. Here are 10 quick Casey facts everyone should know, presented in pure countdown-style!
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