Perry, Reggie, Doug and I graduated in 1968. Charlie graduated in 1967 but went to a local university. The band officially broke up in the summer of 1968. We sold about 500 copies localy and both sides of the record were played on a local undergound station that was just starting up. I replaced it with a Fender Telecaster which I bought long before your release date. I was still playing an old Hagstrom 3 pick up guitar at the time. I believe the the release date you have is not accurate. We kept the name because most people called us the Embers or just the “‘Bers” So the band kept the name Cole and the Embers after Perry Cole was gone? He just collaborated with me on the songs. Cole and The Embers appeared on one side because of a labeling error and we didn’t really pick an A or B side because we thought both sides were good. I remember the DJ barking out some instructions to us from the other side of the glass and Steve saying “OK big daddy.” to which he replied “Bullshit.”Īs far as the label we had nothing to do with that. We put parts of the songs together in studio and had a good time doing it. I can remember our voices almost cracking because of the early morning after a late night of playing. We recorded at 9 am on a saturday morning. We recorded the songs in the basement studio of a local late night DJ named Nick Charles from a top 40 station called KXOK. I did the main part on “Love Won’t Hurt You”. in Indiana.Īt the time we recorded the songs the band consisted of Steve Starr, Scott Lay, Charlie Cablish and myself. We also played frat parties as far as SE Mo. We and another local group called the Extremes drew over 1,300 hundred kids one Saturday night. We played many school functions (dances, pep rallies etc.) as well as parties and some of the teen clubs that were so popular then such as Kirkwood Teen Town and the Rainy Daze teen club. A town about 30 miles from St Louis in St. We all went to and graduated from Kirkwood High School in Kirkwood, Mo. At the time of the recording Cole was gone and so was the rhythm position. As time passed we brought in Colin Johnson (rhythm), Steve Starr (keyboard), and Doug Paone (keyboard). Scott, Charlie, and I were the core of the group. It consisted of Perry Cole (singer), Reggie Shaw (rhythm), Jack Pebbler (keyboard), Scott Lay (bass), Charlie Cablish (drums) and myself (lead). Lead guitarist Robert Lepore wrote to me with the history of the group, hopefully we’ll have some photos at a later date: The label for “Love Won’t Hurt You” lacks the artist listing. There’s a neat section halfway through as the band moves through chord changes, and this is repeated at the end of the song after the fuzztone solo and last chorus. “Love Won’t Hurt You” is much slower but has a brooding sound with the repeated high-pitched note on the organ, clipped rhythm on the guitar and harmony vocals. “Hey Girl” rushes through verses and the catchy chorus, with a break for the organ solo, which really has a fine sound, followed by a quick guitar break.
If so, it’s behind the times but sounding great, however, a band member disputes the late release date (see below).
#Rainy daze pitched tv
The cool label shows it couldn’t be any earlier than late-’66 (named after the TV show of course), but I was surprised to see it listed in a database as a May, 1968 release. Here are two fine garage tracks from a Kirkwood, Missouri group.
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