We won the talent show in the 5th grade with a song called Wild Weekend which was a top 40 hit and a 4 cord melody ( C Am F and G ) we had written and called Susan Pronounced Sue San?? I don't remember... It was just two guitars no sax so I did the back ground and Lynn did the lead on Wild Weekend... https://youtu.be/z49t7c5cRmk...We only had standard guitars yet we managed to borrow two tape recorders that we could stick the microphone in the tone holes of the guitars and the mikes would amplify the guitars enough so all could hear in the Gymnasium... Back then grades one through 12 all went to the same school house.
I played Guitar, Saxophone, Clarinet, and on some songs played drums. I put myself through school playing with the Night Walkers, James Mobley and the Shades of Soul and finally Dewayne and the Benedettas
Our Organ player ended up becoming a professor and Doctor of music..He taught music theory at Oklahoma University... Jim could blow base on his B3 organ foot pedals play trumpet and play organ all at the same time. He did most of our arrangements unless it was a top 40 song we were doing. I played with them until I went into the service in 6/68.
Dewayne became a cop in Norman Oklahoma an passed away several years ago. Last time I saw Jim (18 years ago) he was still doing his professor thing at O.U.
I would not trade my early life for anything as I was happy and lucky. Not that now is bad or anything as my luck still seems to be with me !! hahaha
I played Guitar, Saxophone, Clarinet, and on some songs played drums. I put myself through school playing with the Night Walkers, James Mobley and the Shades of Soul and finally Dewayne and the Benedettas
Our Organ player ended up becoming a professor and Doctor of music..He taught music theory at Oklahoma University... Jim could blow base on his B3 organ foot pedals play trumpet and play organ all at the same time. He did most of our arrangements unless it was a top 40 song we were doing. I played with them until I went into the service in 6/68.
Dewayne became a cop in Norman Oklahoma an passed away several years ago. Last time I saw Jim (18 years ago) he was still doing his professor thing at O.U.
I would not trade my early life for anything as I was happy and lucky. Not that now is bad or anything as my luck still seems to be with me !! hahaha
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