John
Carter, George Goins, Bill Carter, Earl Weida, Scott McDonald
The
Chymes of Freedom
AKA:
The
Little Stones
Bremerton,
Washington
Circa
1966 ~ 1967
Members
Rick
Belyea ~ Drums
Bill
Carter* ~ Drums
John
Carter ~ Bass
George
Goins ~ Rhythm Guitar
Scott
MacDonald ~ Lead Guitar
Earl
Weida ~ Vocals
Roadies
and Crew
Dennis
Dougherty ~ Bubble Blower
Joe
Seahorn ~ Equipment
Frank
Tower ~ Equipment
Randy
Wendt ~ Bubble Blower
Bruce
Henderson ~ Manager
* writing credit on Stevie Ray Vaughn's "Crossfire".
In
Memory of
Earl
Weida
b:
1949 d: 2006
Chymes
of
Freedom did shows with the Lux Sit Light Show Company around Puget
Sound
area in 1967. They also worked with Ron Davies on songs for an
album
that Ron was doing.
Chymes of
Freedom
were aced out by the Sons of Champlin in San Francisco May
1967.
Record company had some relationship with the Sons of Champlin and the
Chymes of Freedom were out on the street in San Francisco.
The
"Changing
Times" Festival took place at Roosevelt field in Bremerton on June 6th,
1967. It was a mini rock festival with full light show etc.
George
Goins,
November 2006
Earl
Weida Jr.
"Earl
WEIDA,
Jr. Born in Vancouver WA. Feb 8, 1949, grew up in Seattle, attended
Oaklake
Elementary, Wilson Jr. Hi, and Ingram High School. Earl left high
school
early to join a rock-n-roll band as lead singer. "The Chimes of
Freedom"
won 1st place in the Battle of the Bands contest in Bremerton, WA about
1967. Earl drove for Yellow Cab a number of years. The last few years
Earl
drove a touring bus with MTR Western, a Motor Coach co. Among his
passengers
were the Seahawks as he took them to their games here on the west
coast.
Earl left this life on March 2, 2006 after just recently having
accepted
the Lord Jesus Christ as his savior. His body gave up to cancer. Earl
leaves
behind 5 siblings, Linda Vrell, Bob Weida, John D. Weida, Victor and
Don
Kores, his mother, Leona Houser and many nieces and nephews. A Memorial
Service will be held Saturday March 18th at 1:00 p.m. at the Northgate
Baptist Church, 10510 Stone Ave N, Seattle. Published in print on
3/12/2006."
Seattle TImes Obituary
Lisa Peppan,
former
North End Taxi driver, March 2007
Rick played
drums
for my group the River Bond, and as I
recall
never worked with the Chymes, although we were all close friends and
did
trade Mark Mercer and George Goins back and forth several times.
Thanks for remembering
Steve Rench,
August
2007
Last
Update: 25 August 2007
Credits:
Darryl Riffero, Kenny Coulter, Neal Skok, Allen Dean Whitehead, George
Goins, Bruce Henderson, Lisa Peppen, Rick Rench
Band
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