Dick
and Dee Dee
(Backed
by the Statesmen)
The
Kingsmen
The
Sonics
The
Statesmen
The
Statics
Merrilee
& The Turnabouts
The
Wailers
Others ?
I was living in Auburn at the time (about 1965-67), when the Hillside was bringing in groups such as Merrilee and theTurnabouts, Tiny Tony and The Sonics. I remember one time the Kingsmen arrived with their gigantic tour bus and parked it out front. It was a very influential time for me as I had just picked up the guitar a year or so earlier at the age of eleven. Who would have thought at the time that some twenty to thirty years later I would have the opportunity to play with some members of these great northwest icon groups.Bill Cleland, October 2008
