Paul Revere fronted the Raiders (playing a tricked-out organ made with the front end of a vintage Ford Mustang) until his death in 2014. He also began drinking heavily and using drugs. They recorded a 1963 version of “Louie Louie” that was eclipsed by another Portland garage band, the Kingsmen, but the Raiders were on their way to Hollywood. B.B. When the series ended in 1963, Stanley attended North Hollywood High School. Almost 40 years later, Paul Revere and the … "(1967) and the 1971 No. Comments: June 7, 2002 Sterling Heights, "Freedom Hill" Concert, was last night. A California native and graduate of Mount St. Mary’s College in Los Angeles, she worked at the Antelope Valley Press, Los Angeles Daily News and Minneapolis Star Tribune. Their string of smashes have been fixtures … By the time of their next album, Midnight Ride, released three months later, and, Spirit of '67, issued in November of 1966, the group members were playing multiple instruments. Born Paul Revere Dick on Jan. 7, 1938, in Harvard, Neb., he grew up on a farm near Boise, where he learned to play piano. Joined by early core members Drake Levin on guitar, Mike Smith on drums and Phil Volk on bass, the group performed a choreographed show in elaborate outfits complete with tri-cornered hats, brightly colored frock coats, white hose and knee-high black leather boots. He joined his first real band while in his teens, and was later joined by 16-year-old Mark Lindsay (b. In the following decades, a version of the group that was as much devoted to comedy as music performed under the leadership of Paul Revere. She left The Times in December 2015. Mark Lindsay is the former lead singer and co-founder of Paul Revere & the Raiders, and the voice on 17 Top 40 hits (Indian Reservation, Arizona, Kicks, Hungry) from the group's inception through 1975, and during a solo career as well. The result was the Collage album, a very strong rock record, built largely on songs by Lindsay and new member Keith Allison, that never found an audience. Revere died Saturday of cancer at his home in Garden Valley, Idaho, his longtime manager Roger Hart told the Associated Press. Mark's voice and persona with The Raiders made him a 60's and 70's icon and a mainstay on classic hits radio. “From day one, we’ve always been a party band that accidentally had some hit records and accidentally got on a hit television series,” Revere said in a 2000 interview with the Associated Press. I would have liked much more info on the making of the Raiders' records, but that aspect of their legacy is glossed over for the most part. Paul Revere, front, and the Raiders are seen in character in 1967. Arthur Kopit, three-time Tony-nominated playwright, dies at 83. Paul Revere & the Raiders in their prime, performing above on the Smothers Brothers TV Show in 1967. Humphreys was unavailable for comment, but a spokesperson for Humphreys confirmed Revere’s story. Paul Revere And The Raiders perform Out On That Road on Whats It All About World? Revere maintained a busy pace of touring and appearing at state fairs, casinos and clubs. Revere continued to front the band on the nostalgia circuit into the new millennium, although health issues prevented him from touring during July of 2014; in October of that year he died of cancer at his home in Garden Valley, Idaho at the age of 76. She had been in the Obituary Department since 2006, the last six years as editor. Paul Revere & the Raiders heroic Lead Singer/Songwriter/Producer - Mark Lindsay has impacted the music world in so many memorable ways. Where the Action Is had passed into television history. The official website of Paul Revere and the Raiders has just confirmed the passing of group leader Paul Revere at the age of 76. Roger Hart, manager for Paul Revere and the Raiders, said he died Saturday at … With their bright Revolutionary War-style outfits, tri-cornered hats, and energetic antics, Paul Revere and the Raiders were certainly one of the most visual pop/garage rock bands of the 1960s. A version of the group still tours as Paul Revere's Raiders, but there are no longer any members from their 1960s heydey. And suddenly, the Raiders tried to sound serious, heavy, and very modern. A year later, he met keyboardist Paul Revere, and they formed The Downbeats, later to be called Paul Revere & the Raiders. And their hits -- "Steppin' Out," "Just Like Me," "Hungry," "Him or Me -- What's It Gonna Be," and "Kicks" in particular -- are now seen by compilers as bold, unpretentious pieces of '60s rock & roll with a defiant, punk edge. Oct. 6, 6:52 a.m.: A news obituary in the Oct. 6 LATExtra section of Paul Revere, founder of the rock band Paul Revere and the Raiders, said Revere and Mark Lindsay wrote their 1965 hit “Just Like Me.” The song is credited to Richard Graham Dey and Roger Hart. He learned to play the piano as a boy, and developed a keen appreciation for the work of Spike Jones & His City Slickers. A complete list of survivors was unavailable Sunday. And suddenly it was 1969, the era of the "Woodstock Nation," and "Paul Revere & the Raiders," with their goofy costumes, seemed more than a little outmoded. Dick Clark had created another show, Happening '68, which was to be hosted by Revere Mr. Revere’s survivors include his wife of 35 years, Sydney, and a son, Jamie. This was the first name under that moniker and the change of name or direction didn't help their decreasing fortunes. In the early 70s Mark turned to film scoring. Paul Revere and the Raiders When Mark Lindsay was living in Los Angeles in the late 1960s, he shared a home with producer Terry Melcher (The … Playwright Arthur Kopit, known for “Indians,” “Wings” and “Nine,” an adaptation of the Federico Fellini’s film “8 1/2,″ has died. With a 1970 and a new decade Paul Revere and the Raiders gave the change of image one more shot. Paul Revere Dick passed away in … Official & Authorized Facebook of PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS Paul Revere was born Paul Revere Dick on January 7, 1938 in Harvard, Nebraska. At 18, with three barbershops to his name, he sold them to buy a drive-in restaurant and put together the band to attract young customers. Paul Revere, the organist and leader of the Raiders rock band, has died. It is still surreal to think that he is gone. Their music became heavier still and they changed their name to the "Raiders". 3,751 talking about this. After a near-constant touring schedule in recent years, Revere retreated six months ago to his adopted home state because of health issues, said his tour manager, Ron Lemen. The band had 20 consecutive hits and reached its peak with John D. Loudermilk’s “Indian Reservation” at No. Brian Rohan, the counterculture ‘dope lawyer’ to the stars, dies. At his parents' urging, he … Their new sound debuted with the single "Steppin' Out," a Revere-Lindsay original that was released during the summer of 1965. Revere's given name was such a natural as a gimmick that they became Paul Revere & the Raiders. Bhaskar Menon, first Asian handed the reins of major U.S. record label, dies, Menon was key in promoting Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ to an American audience, Ruth Schwartz, pioneer of homeless services in L.A., dies. Their second album. He associated with the pop group Paul Revere and the Raiders and reportedly lived with the band for a while. Paul RevereJanuary 7, 1938 ~ October 4, 2014Paul Revere, the founder and leader of Paul Revere and the Raiders and an Idaho icon, died October 4, 2014, at his home in Garden Valley following a long ba Meanwhile, their old music continued to command respect, with a parade of serious reissue labels -- spearheaded by Sundazed, France's Magic Records, and Australia's Raven Records -- reissuing audiophile-quality expanded-disc versions of the group's entire Columbia Records library. While still a teenager he opened a barbershop. Paul Revere, born Paul Revere Dick, the organist and leader of the Raiders rock band, died Oct. 4 at his home in Idaho, says Revere’s manager Roger Hart. He got them to create music that was a mix of fast-paced, guitar-and-vocal-dominated Beach Boys-style rock & roll, and also the more intense and intimidating brand of R&B produced by the Rolling Stones. Paul Revere, a teenage businessman who found an outlet for his entrepreneurial spirit in the form of a campy rock ‘n’ roll band that capitalized on his name, wore Revolutionary War-era costumes and cranked out a string of grungy hits in the mid-1960s, has died. He was 76. LOS ANGELES — Paul Revere, the organist and leader of the Raiders rock band, has died. Hard-working American rock & roll band of the 1960s who gained plenty of hits but suffered in comparison with their flashier British counterparts. Mark Lindsay sounded the way every male teen 14 through 17 pictured himself looking and acting at the age of 21, free and ready to say what he felt like and make it stick. The song "Louie, Louie," which they'd picked up from their rivals the Kingsmen, got them a local release that was picked up by Columbia Records, which not only released it nationally but signed Paul Revere & the Raiders to a contract. During his final years of activism, he joined thousands of farmworkers in boycott of Driscoll’s, the world’s largest berry distributor. Their third single, a Jerry Lee Lewis-style instrumental, charted low in the Hot 100, and by the middle of 1963, they were one of the major music attractions in the Pacific Northwest. Paul Revere & the Raiders is an American rock band that saw considerable U.S. mainstream success in the second half of the 1960s and early 1970s with hits such as "Kicks" (1966; ranked number 400 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time), "Hungry" (1966), "Him Or Me - What's It Gonna Be? Mark Lindsay (born March 9, 1942) is an American musician, best known as the lead singer for Paul Revere & the Raiders. Paul Revere and the Raiders were one of the most entertaining acts, I've ever seen. Doug Heath is the official longest standing member of Paul Revere & The Raiders. R.I.P. “We were visual and fun and crazy and were America’s answer to the British music invasion. Manager Roger Hart says Revere died Saturday at his home in Idaho after battling cancer. He learned to play the piano as a boy, and developed a keen appreciation for the work of Spike Jones & His City Slickers. Read Full Biography. James Mills, state legislator who championed public transit, historic preservation, dies at 93. G. Gordon Liddy, unrepentant Watergate burglar who became talk show host, dies, Turned his Nixon era infamy into a successful TV and talk show career, Malcolm Cecil, synthesizer pioneer and Stevie Wonder collaborator, dies at 84. Hard-working American rock & roll band of the 1960s who gained plenty of hits but suffered in comparison with their flashier British counterparts. The group continued performing as "Paul Revere's Raiders," led by Paul's son Jamie Revere and featuring Darren Dowler on lead vocals. And thus the band was christened Paul Revere and the Raiders. Mark Lindsay has led a pretty interesting life, to say the least. The group also learned quickly, under Melcher's guidance, how far they could go in making records. The Raiders took a John D. Loudermilk song called "Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)" and cut a version that shot all the way to number one, their first chart-topper in their history. Lindsay began performing at age 15 with local bands that played local venues. Way to go!! This summer’s release of Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood seemingly brought about a renewal of interest in Paul Revere & the Raiders, the famed 1960s rock band whose music was featured fairly prominently in the movie. ... We just happened to be at the right time and had the right name and had the right gimmick.”. He joined his first real band while in his teens, and was later joined by 16-year-old Mark Lindsay (b. Paul Revere, the charismatic leader of Paul Revere and the Raiders, died on Saturday at the age of 76. Just Like Us!, released in early 1966, was a landmark record, filled with great songs and even better performances, and earned a gold record award. Producer Terry Melcher honed the band’s hard-edged, guitar-driven sound with Lindsay, the front man, providing the vocals. Schwartz co-founded Shelter Partnership, a powerhouse distributor of clothing, bedding and furniture for homeless people. March 9, 1942), a singer/saxman who ended up replacing the group's vocalist. The problem was that they just couldn't sustain the momentum, or translate the sales of the single into parallel LP sales, or hold the public or radio programmers' interest from one single to the next. “After you’ve had some success, you’re afraid it’s gonna go away and you need to take advantage of it, so you work as hard as you can, because it might disappear tomorrow,” he told the Associated Press in 2000. After some local success the Downbeats moved to Portland, Ore., in 1960 and with encouragement of their new manager, radio disc jockey Hart, renamed themselves Paul Revere and the Raiders. Revere’s survivors include his wife of 35 years, Sydney. Before that, she was an editor in Sports. When Harpo, and soon after Fang and Smitty, left the group, the final illusion evaporated of Paul Revere and the Raiders as a real rock and roll unit, in the sense of integral involvment of essential members like in the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Beach Boys, etc. By 1975, Columbia Records had abandoned the group, and Lindsay had parted company with Revere. Dickerson, bassist and co-founder of Southern California band War, dies at 71, As bassist for Long Beach’s War, Dickerson played on Latin funk-rock classics including ‘Low Rider,’ ‘Why Can’t We Be Friends’ and ‘Cisco Kid.’, Longtime U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings of Florida dies at 84. Rep. Alcee Hastings, the fiercely liberal longtime Florida congressman whose fast-rising judicial career ended in impeachment, has died at 84. Paul Revere, front, and the Raiders are seen in character in 1967. 1 in 1971, but a revolving door of band members and changing musical tastes led to its decline. Read Full Biography. Two longtime Raiders have also died: the drummer Mike Smith in 2001, and the guitarist Drake Levin in 2009. Mitchell Karduna Karduna Talent Associates LLC 3358 Yost Blvd Oceanside, NY 11572 347-262-2430 mk678@msn.com In Memory of Paul Revere, 1938-2014 My First Note on Paul Revere's Passing We all know that Paul had been very ill for a while, and you always hope for the best -- a miracle, maybe. Those albums went gold, lofted high and long into the charts by the hit singles "Kicks" -- a great song that managed to be cool and anti-drug -- "Hungry," "Good Thing," and "Him or Me -- What's It Gonna Be.". Get all the day's most vital news with our Today's Headlines newsletter, sent every weekday morning. He was tapped to sing in a band called Freddy Chapman and the Idaho Playboys after he won a … Hard-working American rock & roll band of the 1960s who gained plenty of hits but suffered in comparison with their flashier British counterparts. Paul Revere Dick (January 7, 1938 – October 4, 2014) was an American musician, best known for being the leader, keyboardist and (by dropping his last name to create the stage name) namesake of Paul Revere & the Raiders.The band became notable for a string of hits (they claim 23 straight) from the early 1960s to the early 1970s and thrust Revere into the position of a celebrity. 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