Paul Revere and The Raiders

Paul
Revere
and The Raiders
A Household Name
By Dawn Bonner

It is incredible, many of the bands we grew up loving and enjoying are still on tour. Their music is timeless and it seems we can’t get enough of them. Now, not only can we see Paul Revere and The Raiders in concert, we can bring our children, and/or our grand children, to turn them on to great music (that is if they don’t already know this band). In the days where boy bands are designed, then handed music from a formulaic compound that is ‘supposed’ to guarantee a hit, it is refreshing to hear the music, which helped shape our lives.

Dick Clark is responsible for the band becoming a household name. He asked the band to audition for him in Jan. 1965. The band was one of the first to have 23 consecutive Billboard hits in a row. I always forget how many great songs they did, till I listen to them play.

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Past and Present Band Members

Red Hughes (vocals) 1958
Mark Lindsay (vocals/saxophone/songwriter/producer) 1958-1975
Dick McGarvin (drums) 1958
David Bell (drums) 1958-1959
Jerry Labrum (drums) 1959-1961
Robert White (guitar) 1958-1961
Richard White (guitar) 1958-1961
William Hubbard (bass guitar) 1958-1961
Andrea Loper (vocals) 1960
Mike Smith (drums) 1962-1967; 1970-1972
Ross Allemang (bass guitar) 1962-1963
Steve West (lead guitar) 1962
Dick Walker (lead guitar) 1962-1963
Drake Levin (lead guitar) 1963-1966; 1967
Jim “Harpo” Valley (lead guitar) 1966-1967
Phil “Fang” Volk (bass guitar) 1965-1967
Mike “Doc” Holliday (bass guitar) 1963-1965
Charlie Coe (lead guitar) 1963; (bass guitar) 1967-1968
Joe Correro, Jr. (drums) 1967-1970
Keith Allison (bass guitar/songwriter) 1968-1975
Freddy Weller (lead guitar) 1967-1973
Omar Martinez (drums/vocals) 1971-2007
Robert Wooley (keyboards) 1971-1978
Michael Bradley (vocals) late 70’s-1983
Carlo Driggs (vocals) 1983-2006
Jamie Revere (guitars) 1980’s-mid 1990’s

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