The Adventurers
Seattle, Washington
1959 ~ 1961

Members
 

Brady Anderson ~ Guitar
Evan "Brownie" Brown ~ Drums
Nancy Claire ~ Vocals
Buck England ~ Keyboards
Don Gardner ~ Drums
Bill Hahn ~ Bass, Trumpet
Joe "Jo Jo" Johansen ~ Guitar
Dave Kennedy ~ Keyboards
Bernie Ledinas ~ Drums
Jim Michaelsen ~ Saxophone
Art Pease ~ Drums
Wayne Rolf ~ Keyboards
Keith Shoemaker ~ Saxophone
Tommy Vallison ~ Drums
 

Listen to the Adventurers
Louie Louie  -  Linda Lu  -  Mashed Potatoes

In Memory of

Joe Johansen
Jim Michaelsen

In 1959 I was working at Boeing and looking for a way to quit and get a job drumming. I met a guy at work who had a friend that was a member of the Adventurers. He told the band he knew a guy who had drums and a meeting was set. The deal was that they were the back-up band for Jockey John Stone and he was headed for American Band Stand. I played several jobs with them but was out of my league at that time. At a job out in the boon-docks they were pushing me to "get with it" and I stuck a stick through the snare. The rest of the night was a bust as far as I was concerned and I think for them also.
 
As I heard a short time later after the "Payola investigation" began, the Band Stand deal was off when Stones record dropped way down.
 

I left them a short time later and joined a group that was started by a guy named Ramirez.
 
Don Gardner, May 2007